New Homes, Safer Homes

The Lots Road South site is part of a wider improvement plan for the Lots Road area. The affordable homes within this site form part of the Phase 3 schemes in the council’s New Homes Delivery Programme.

Proposals for Lots Road South are significant and complex. We appointed development partner Mount Anvil to ensure specialist experience, expertise and funding is in place to deliver the scheme. Mount Anvil are working with interested parties including the local community and ourselves as the landowner.

Proposed works

We will transform the Lots Road area by:

• delivering new homes
• providing local employment opportunities
• maintaining local facilities
• improving the character of the area

After consulting local residents and the community, a Lots Road South design guide was produced to inform the design and planning approach for the site.

Proposals for the site include:

• 274 sustainable, high-quality homes:
  • 118 social rent homes providing housing for those most in need on the waiting lists of Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham
    • this includes 65 extra care homes. These will provide safe, affordable homes and care for some of the most vulnerable members of the community
  • 53 other social rent homes
  • 156 high quality homes for sale
• affordable workspace, to support social enterprises, startups and other organisations
• flexibly designed community centre space, located in the heart of the scheme, available to the whole community
• other commercial spaces designed for a range of businesses and traders
• widened pavements on Lots Road, a creekside promenade and a new community square

If planning permission is granted and when the works are completed, we will manage and operate the community and affordable workspaces.

Scheme development: progress so far

Mount Anvil have been working together with the local community to develop the design of the new scheme.

They held four rounds of consultation since July 2023 on the emerging proposals which have included a series of workshops. At each stage, they have taken on board feedback from the community and updated design proposals.

Planning applications of the finalised plans have now been submitted to both RBKC and Hammersmith and Fulham councils. The Kensington and Chelsea Council application has been validated and residents can provide feedback on our planning portal.

To keep up to date with the latest proposals, visit the Mount Anvil website.

Other considerations

The Lots Road Auction House, based on the Lots Road South site, has relocated to The Piper Building in Hammersmith and Fulham. Mount Anvil have been working to ensure there is the opportunity for them to return to Lots Road once the scheme is finished.

Council depot and 77 Lots Road: preparatory works

In order to prepare the Lots Road South site for development, a number of enabling works are required, alongside the planning process:

• the existing car pound will be relocated to a new purpose-built facility on council-owned land at Park Royal in Ealing
• we will move the salt store off site.
• the street sweepers facility will move to the adjacent council-owned 77 Lots Road site
• our existing highways service facility which is next to the Lots Road South site, will be enhanced and consolidated
• to give access to the improved highways service facility and the vacant 77 Lots Road site, a dedicated gated access road off Lots Road will be created

Planning approval was obtained in 2024 for the demolition of the 77 Lots Road building next to Heatherley School of Fine Art. This included providing a new access road.

We are aiming to complete the construction of the consolidated highways services facility and work on 77 Lots Road site by spring 2026. Work is due to start in October 2025 on the next stage of these works. Local residents will be kept informed on progress. 

Protecting local amenities

Work will be contained within a secure compound including the existing 77 Lots Road site. To minimise disruption for local residents and businesses, the access route during construction is currently under review. This will look at the existing highways depot access and car pound entrance to the south of Lots Road.

A Construction Environmental Management Plan and Construction Transport Management Plan was submitted as part of the 77 Lots Road planning application. This would give measures to control the impact of noise, vibration and traffic and guide the building contractor's construction activities.

Chelsea Creek river wall: enabling works

As part of the Lots Road proposals, we will undertake work to repair and replace the sections of the Chelsea Creek river wall we own. The river wall is at the south-western corner of Lots Road, on the southern boundary of the existing car pound facility.

A new section of wall will provide a safe and stable bank between the existing sections of creek wall on the northern side of Chelsea Creek. This will ensure the biodiversity and environmental requirements are considered.

The new wall and enhanced adjacent land area would provide the opportunity for future improvements. These include:

• additional permanent trees and landscaping
• enhanced public access to the creek side area

These improvements would be undertaken as part of the Lots Road South proposals. They would be included in planning consultation with the community.

For more information on the Lots Road South proposals email [email protected].

Wider Lots Road improvement plans

There are wider improvements for the area which sits outside of the Lots Road South site. These include proposals for a new Lots Road Open Space which we have just finished consulting on. Read about this separate project on Lots Road Open Space.