Plans Submitted for 274 Flats Near Chelsea Creek
Lots Road South proposal already meeting with opposition
Lots Road South visualisation. Picture: Miller Hare.
November 10, 2025
A major new redevelopment scheme delivering 274 flats across three buildings has been proposed for a cross-borough site by Chelsea Creek.
Developer Mount Anvil in partnership with Kensington and Chelsea Council has submitted plans to redevelop the land with community spaces and public realm works also proposed.
The Lots Road South scheme, as it has been named, sits next to Chelsea Creek, a waterway that flows into the Thames, however the development is separate from one nearby which is named Chelsea Creek. Lots Road South has drawn more than 50 objections at the time of writing, with the height of the buildings of particular concern.
Marcus Bate, Partnerships, Planning, Communities and Sustainability Director at Mount Anvil, said the development will help create “a new neighbourhood that residents of all ages will be proud to call home”.
The Lots Road site sits in the south-west corner of Kensington and Chelsea with about a third of it over the borough boundary in neighbouring Hammersmith and Fulham.
The land is owned by Kensington and Chelsea Council. It is currently home to a mix of businesses such as a self-storage facility. Lots Road Auctions was previously based there but relocated in March 2024.
Under the council and Mount Anvil’s scheme the existing buildings would be demolished and replaced with the three buildings between five and 13 storeys tall.
A total of 274 flats are proposed, split between 118 affordable and 156 at market rate. Of the affordable homes, 65 will be extra care properties while 53 will be ‘general needs’, all at social rent.
The application, which has been filed with both Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham councils, also outlines plans to deliver public realm improvements, such as a new public square and additional planting.
Commercial and community centre spaces are similarly included, to be leased back to Kensington and Chelsea Council.
Lots Road South plan is raising concerns about 'canyonisation'. Picture: Miller Hare.
Since going live on Kensington and Chelsea’s planning portal the proposed scheme has, however, drawn more than 50 objections. A council spokesperson said a consultation on the application took place over the last couple of months and is now closed.
The comments will now be reviewed and inform a report to go before the Planning Committee for decision at a future date.
Among those to make representations was the Chelsea Society, which provided a comment from Sir Paul Lever, Chairman of its Planning Committee.
While praising the “significant efforts” made by Mount Anvil to engage with the local community, Mr Lever wrote the society urged the council to reject the application.
“The three key areas in which the application is deficient are the volume of development proposed for the site is too intense; the heights of two of the buildings (Blocks D and E) are excessive and would result in the canyonisation of the street; the amount of employment space delivered is inadequate, given that the development, in Chelsea’s only Employment Zone, is meant to be employment-led,” he wrote.
Another objector began their submission by writing, “Who wants to be enclosed by a building and brick wall constructed in front of their bedroom, kitchen, and dining room?
“Not many of us would raise our hands in answer to this question. Unfortunately, this is precisely the situation my wife and I will be in if this application is approved.”
Cllr Emma Will, Lead Member for Property at Kensington and Chelsea Council, said: “We are determined to make the most of opportunities to build high quality, affordable new homes for our residents across the borough. Lots Road South is one of the proposed developments in our New Homes Programmes and provides a great opportunity for us to deliver on this commitment.
“It also includes the borough’s first ever purpose-built extra care scheme and much-needed infrastructure to support the community. Residents have been consulted extensively throughout the process, and we await the outcome of the Planning Committee.”
Mr Bate said the “much-needed new homes represent a big step towards meeting the borough’s housing goals and creating a new neighbourhood that residents of all ages will be proud to call home”.
He continued, “Together with our partners at RBKC, we’ve engaged extensively with the local community. Since being appointed in 2023, we’ve met over 520 members of the community across 49 different community engagements, ensuring our emerging proposals are meeting the needs and wants of the local community.
“Last year fewer than 4,000 new affordable homes started construction, so we have put forward our proposals as the need for more affordable housing in London becomes ever more acute; 53 homes will be social rent general needs homes and 65 will be social rent care homes, providing safe, affordable homes and care for some of the most vulnerable members of the community.”
Ben Lynch - Local Democracy Reporter