Why Kensal Canalside

Kensal Canalside is the largest brownfield site in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and was selected by the Mayor of London as one of 48 Opportunity Areas.

An Opportunity Area is land that has been identified as an area for growth, including the construction of new homes, shops and work places, as well as roads and infrastructure to support London’s good growth.

Across the whole Kensal Canalside Opportunity Area there is the potential to deliver approximately 3,500 much-needed new homes, as well as create many jobs and apprenticeship opportunities for the local community.

There are over 3,000 households on RBKC’s housing waiting list. Our proposals will make a positive contribution towards reducing that figure.

In summary the proposals will:

  • Deliver an attractive and welcoming new neighbourhood on a brownfield site already allocated for development by RBKC and the Mayor of London

  • Create thousands of much-needed homes for the community, including genuinely affordable homes

  • Provide new shops, leisure, entertainment, and work places, creating thousands of new jobs in the process

  • Create new public landscaped green areas and better links to the canalside

  • Improve safety and the environment for pedestrians and cyclists with a new junction and traffic lights.

Further reading

More information can be found on RBKC’s own Supplementary Planning Document (Kensal Canalside SPD) by clicking here.

More information can be found on the Mayor of London’s London Plan by clicking here.

View the Local Plan by clicking here