Property group Queensgate Investments has revealed plans for the development of the Kensington Forum Hotel site, on Cromwell Road in South Kensington, London.
The new proposals include 178 new homes and a new 756-room hotel and retail and restaurant spaces and the demolition of the existing (and not much loved) 28-storey, Brutalist hotel. The current owners bought the hotel and the site in 2015 and have since been considering what to do with it as the present structure is outdated and costly to run.
Indications are that the new buildings would rise from seven to 18 to 28 stories with most of the built up volume concentrated along Cromwell road – away from the residential areas of Courtfield Gardens and Ashburn Gardens. A new garden square and other open spaces are also to feature in the development.
The developers are expected to apply for planning permission in Spring 2018.
