Sadiq\u00a0Khan has used his influence to boost the number of affordable homes proposed by a developer of the\u00a0new\u00a0Kensington Forum Hotel.<\/p>\n
The original planning proposal submitted to\u00a0Kensington and Chelsea\u00a0borough was rejected in September 2018.\u00a0 London\u2019s Mayor decided to take on the application last November.<\/p>\n
As a direct result of Sadiq Khan\u2019s intervention, the number of homes to be built on the new development has risen from 20 to a total of 62 affordable new homes.\u00a0 All the units will be offered to Londoners on low incomes at social rent levels.<\/p>\n
The 62 homes will provide 100 per cent affordable housing, unlike the original proposal that planned for only 20 affordable homes of a total number of 46.<\/p>\n
The new development will include a\u00a0749 bedroom\u00a0hotel and 340 serviced apartments.\u00a0\u00a0Positioned within walking distance of the capital\u2019s parks and famous museums\u00a0in Kensington, the development is aimed at attracting more visitors into the royal borough.<\/p>\n
London\u2019s Mayor, Sadiq Khan said: \u201cI welcome the developer committing to provide 100 per cent social housing in this scheme in a borough that has consistently failed to meet its housing targets. I\u2019m clear that I will do everything in my power to increase the delivery of new social rented and other genuinely affordable homes across the capital.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In previous years,\u00a0Kensington and Chelsea borough council\u00a0has held a poor track record when it comes to granting planning permission for affordable homes. In 2017\u00a0it failed to approve any and up until April 2018, it was responsible for approving only 89 new affordable homes throughout the borough.<\/p>\n
London Mayor not afraid to intervene on\u00a0borough\u2019s planning\u00a0decisions<\/h3>\n
This not the first time that the Mayor has \u2018called in\u2019 a decision by the borough.\u00a0\u00a0Last September,\u00a0after the borough\u2019s refusal,\u00a0the Mayor gave permission for Newcombe House in Notting Hill\u00a0to go ahead and agreed for the volume of affordable homes to more than double to 35% from 17%.<\/p>\n
Mayor wants to\u00a0protect residents and enhance\u00a0visitors\u2019 experience of\u00a0London<\/h3>\n
Sadiq Khan said: \u201cHaving considered all the evidence available to me, I have decided to approve this application.\u00a0 In recent years,\u00a0Kensington and Chelsea has consistently failed to meet\u00a0our\u00a0housing targets and\u00a0I have\u00a0pushed\u00a0my\u00a0planning powers to their limits in order to deliver more affordable homes in the borough.\u00a0 It\u2019s\u00a0vital we give all visitors the best possible experience throughout their stay in London.\u00a0These plans also include hundreds of new hotel rooms, which is critical to maintaining the capital\u2019s status as a leading global tourist destination.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Mayor of London picks up the housing baton to increase affordable units on new site Sadiq\u00a0Khan has used his influence to boost the number of affordable homes proposed by a developer of the\u00a0new\u00a0Kensington Forum Hotel. The original planning proposal submitted to\u00a0Kensington and Chelsea\u00a0borough was rejected in September 2018.\u00a0 London\u2019s Mayor decided to take on… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":5024031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,12],"tags":[79,328],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5024030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6097668,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024030\/revisions\/6097668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5024031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5024030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5024030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5024030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}