Khan approves Simpson Haugh’s Kensington hotel scheme

Kensington Forum Hotel scheme

Seifert tower to be replaced after developers increases number of ‘affordable’ homes

The mayor of London has approved Simpson Haugh’s multimillion-pound redevelopment of a Richard Seifert hotel in west London after securing a threefold increase in the number of “affordable” homes going into the mixed-use scheme.

Sadiq Kahn had called in the proposals to replace the 1970s Kensington Forum hotel with a taller scheme featuring 749 bedrooms, 340 serviced apartments and an initial figure of 46 new homes – 20 of which would be “affordable” – last November.

The plans had previously been refused by Kensington & Chelsea council.

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