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The Ladbroke Association Survey of the Impact and Effects
of Subterranean Developments in Kensington

The Association has for some time been very concerned about the impact of subterranean developments in the Borough as a result of the relatively large number of planning applications that have now been granted for constructing single or multi-level basements under existing house and gardens.

In Spring 2009, the Association selected a number of properties in the Borough where planning permission had been granted for a significant basement development, and conducted a survey of the occupants of neighbouring houses to establish what their main concerns were.

Based on the replies received to the survey, the Association has prepared a Report with recommendations for improving the way that such developments are dealt with in the future. These recommendations are addressed both to the Council and to Central Government.

The report was finalized in December 2009 and copies have been sent to all RBKC councillors, local MPs and MEPs, other conservation/resident associations in the area, and neighbouring boroughs as well as many local residents including those who responded to the survey. Copies have also been sent to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and to his Conservative and Liberal-Democrat shadows.

If you are a resident of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and support any of the recommendations in the report, please do write to your MP or local Councillor to say so.

The immediate links below provide a web view of the Report and a separate summary of the responses:
• Text of Report
• Summary of responses to questionnaire

If you want a full copy of the Final Report then the link below will display a pdf version of it which you can then save and/or print:
• Final Report Document [530Kb]