A joint venture between Ballymore and Sainsbury’s will see 2,500 new homes built in Kensal Green.
New development plans stretch across 7.2 hectares of majority brownfield land near Kensal Green Cemetery and the Grand Union Canal. This includes 3.8 hectares of open space, with green space with play areas for children.
However, residents have expressed concerns about the impact of developing on the land. Local campaigners ‘Keep Kensal Green’ are fighting against the development which they argue will cause traffic congestion, lacks adequate social housing, and will contribute to cultural and environmental degradation.
Campaigner Jessica Jones highlighted the need for affordable, accessible housing in the borough, she said: ‘What we want is not no housing or no development, but development that provides proper housing for people who live and work here.’ Campaigners also say existing social housing, Kensal House, will be cast into shadow by a 14-story tower.
Source: Faulkner Brown Architects | Ballymore Group
Around 13% of homes in ‘Project Flourish’ will be dedicated to social housing. Amid the London housing crisis, over 2900 households in Kensington and Chelsea are on the waiting list for social housing. Local councillor, Emma Dent Coad, opposes the development. She says that the little space available in the North Kensington area should be dedicated to these families:
‘What was actually written in the planning policy to make sure that one of the poorest wards in London is actually going to benefit from this?’
Dent Coad has written to the Mayor of London to urge him to call the application in for his own determination, or to overturn the decision.
Eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire, North Kensington residents are still recovering. To Jessica Jones, the possibility of a new development which does not meet the area’s need for safe social housing is ‘re-traumatizing’.
Source: City News
Impact on Kensal Green Cemetery
Heritage England has concluded that development near Kensal Cemetery would cause a “high level of harm”. Buildings up to 105m are predicted to overshadow the cemetery, harming its setting. Jessica Jones says that Kensal Cemetery is a staple of in the neighbourhood:
‘Cemeteries are not for the dead. They’re for the living. This is something that people get really wrong. They say, well, what does it matter? It’s just a bunch of dead people. No, it’s a bunch of families and living people who go there to feel at peace and to feel connected with people that they’ve lost.’
Kensal Green Cemetery is a Grade I listed park, and its visitors were not told about the approved development plans. Regular visitor Miranda Saunders, says the space is not just about being connected to her loved ones, but to other visitors as well:
“I think there’s quite a strong sense of community with Kensal Green, you can connect with other people who are visiting their loved ones and speak to them.”
Source: Amanda Slater
John Mulryan, Managing Director of Ballymore said: ‘Kensal Canalside will bring thousands of jobs, a new high street, leisure spaces’ open to ‘thousands of residents in the wider community.’
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HeadlineThe community shaken by Grenfell Tower now fights against £3bn development
Short Headline Residents of North Kensington are campaigning against plans to develop on Kensal Canalside.
StandfirstLess than a mile from the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the local community is still fighting for sufficient social housing.
A joint venture between Ballymore and Sainsbury’s will see 2,500 new homes built in Kensal Green.
New development plans stretch across 7.2 hectares of majority brownfield land near Kensal Green Cemetery and the Grand Union Canal. This includes 3.8 hectares of open space, with green space with play areas for children.
However, residents have expressed concerns about the impact of developing on the land. Local campaigners ‘Keep Kensal Green’ are fighting against the development which they argue will cause traffic congestion, lacks adequate social housing, and will contribute to cultural and environmental degradation.
Campaigner Jessica Jones highlighted the need for affordable, accessible housing in the borough, she said: ‘What we want is not no housing or no development, but development that provides proper housing for people who live and work here.’ Campaigners also say existing social housing, Kensal House, will be cast into shadow by a 14-story tower.
Source: Faulkner Brown Architects | Ballymore Group
Around 13% of homes in ‘Project Flourish’ will be dedicated to social housing. Amid the London housing crisis, over 2900 households in Kensington and Chelsea are on the waiting list for social housing. Local councillor, Emma Dent Coad, opposes the development. She says that the little space available in the North Kensington area should be dedicated to these families:
‘What was actually written in the planning policy to make sure that one of the poorest wards in London is actually going to benefit from this?’
Dent Coad has written to the Mayor of London to urge him to call the application in for his own determination, or to overturn the decision.
Eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire, North Kensington residents are still recovering. To Jessica Jones, the possibility of a new development which does not meet the area’s need for safe social housing is ‘re-traumatizing’.
Source: City News
Impact on Kensal Green Cemetery
Heritage England has concluded that development near Kensal Cemetery would cause a “high level of harm”. Buildings up to 105m are predicted to overshadow the cemetery, harming its setting. Jessica Jones says that Kensal Cemetery is a staple of in the neighbourhood:
‘Cemeteries are not for the dead. They’re for the living. This is something that people get really wrong. They say, well, what does it matter? It’s just a bunch of dead people. No, it’s a bunch of families and living people who go there to feel at peace and to feel connected with people that they’ve lost.’
Kensal Green Cemetery is a Grade I listed park, and its visitors were not told about the approved development plans. Regular visitor Miranda Saunders, says the space is not just about being connected to her loved ones, but to other visitors as well:
“I think there’s quite a strong sense of community with Kensal Green, you can connect with other people who are visiting their loved ones and speak to them.”
Source: Amanda Slater
John Mulryan, Managing Director of Ballymore said: ‘Kensal Canalside will bring thousands of jobs, a new high street, leisure spaces’ open to ‘thousands of residents in the wider community.’
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