Sloanes square up to fight overhaul

23 January 2007
 
Celebrities and residents have this week proposed a new scheme aimed at retaining the current character of Sloane Square.
The Sloane Square Improvement Group (SSIG) is opposing the London Borough council of Kensington & Chelsea’s scheme to replace the gyratory system with cross roads (Surveyor, 11 January).
The borough is now looking to have a public consultation to gather views on the two designs, which it hopes to get under way by March.
The authority, one of the wealthiest in the country, believes the new crossroads will create two new accessible public spaces, which will together ‘be larger by far’ than the present central island, and also lead to reduced traffic noise levels.
The authority also claims two consultations exercises, in 2003 and 2005, have shown extensive support among Chelsea and Belgravia residents for the plans. However, protesters, including actor Rupert Everett, and musician, Bryan Ferry, claim to have collected more than 3,700 signatures against the £5.5M scheme.
The rival scheme has put together by design consultancy, Atkins, working with SSIG to create a ‘renovated and improved’ Sloane Square.
The scheme retains the current traffic layout but with wider pavements, a shared surface at junctions, improved lighting and more planting and hedgerows. The design takes as its starting point the classic symmetrical layout of the 1930s, with its tree-fringed central island, circular traffic flow and radial roads leading to and from the square.
Matthew Tribe, head of the Atkins' urban and public realm design team, said: ‘Our scheme is developed with one clear purpose in mind – to make Sloane Square a place which people enjoy visiting and which provides a focal gateway to Chelsea and the Kings Road area.’

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