Royal borough of kensington and chelsea

A local council in Londona london boroughan upper tier local authoritya principal councilan education authoritya body responsible for highwaysa council with district-level functions in England and a council with district-level functionsalso called RBKC.

It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Kensington and Chelsea is divided into 18 wards, each electing either two or three councillors. There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Kensington and Chelsea area. The current local authority was first elected in , a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on 1 April Both were created in and replaced the Vestry of the Parish of Kensington and the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea. The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the local authorities responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection.

Royal borough of kensington and chelsea

It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England ; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the United Kingdom. It contains major museums and universities in Albertopolis , department stores such as Harrods , Peter Jones and Harvey Nichols , and embassies in Belgravia , Knightsbridge and Kensington Gardens. The borough is home to the Notting Hill Carnival , Europe's largest, and contains many of the most expensive residential properties in the world, as well as Kensington Palace , a British royal residence. Its motto, adapted from the opening words of Psalm , is Quam bonum in unum habitare , which translates roughly as 'How good it is to dwell in unity'. The borough was formed by the merger of the Royal Borough of Kensington and the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea , under the London Government Act , which reorganised 86 boroughs and urban districts into 32 London boroughs on 1 April together with the creation of the Greater London Council. The new borough was originally intended to be called only "Kensington", but after protests from thousands of Chelsea residents, the then Minister of Housing and Local Government, Sir Keith Joseph , announced on 2 January that the name of the new borough would be the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Of its history the council states: "Despite the boroughs being separate originally, Kensington and Chelsea still retain their unique characters. Even the amalgamation of the two boroughs, unpopular as it was at the time, has been accepted. Today conservation combined with the adoption of sympathetic new architecture is seen as a key objective. In every corner of the borough signs of its history can be seen: from Grade 1 listed buildings Kensington Palace and the Royal Hospital, Chelsea to others recalled in street names such as Pottery Lane and Hippodrome Mews. In years the area has been transformed from a "rural idyll" to a thriving part of the modern metropolis. Chelsea had originally been countryside upon which Thomas More built Beaufort House. He came to Chelsea in and built the house, which in his day had two courtyards laid out between the house and the river, and in the north of the site acres of gardens and orchards were planted.

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It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Kensington and Chelsea is divided into 18 wards, each electing either two or three councillors. There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Kensington and Chelsea area. The current local authority was first elected in , a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on 1 April Both were created in and replaced the Vestry of the Parish of Kensington and the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea. The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the local authorities responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection. This arrangement lasted until when Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council gained responsibility for some services that had been provided by the Greater London Council, such as waste disposal. Kensington and Chelsea became an education authority in Since the Greater London Authority has taken some responsibility for highways and planning control from the council, but within the English local government system the council remains a "most purpose" authority in terms of the available range of powers and functions. The local authority derives its powers and functions from the London Government Act and subsequent legislation, and has the powers and functions of a London borough council.

Royal borough of kensington and chelsea

The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street , running on an east—west axis. The area is also home to many embassies and consulates. One early spelling is Kesyngton , as written in The manor of Kensington, in the county of Middlesex , was one of several hundred granted by King William the Conqueror — to Geoffrey de Montbray or Mowbray , Bishop of Coutances in Normandy, one of his inner circle of advisors and one of the wealthiest men in post- Conquest England. He granted the tenancy of Kensington to his follower Aubrey de Vere I , who was holding the manor from him as overlord in , according to the Domesday Book. Aubrey de Vere I thus became a tenant-in-chief , holding directly from the king after , which increased his status in feudal England.

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It is an urban area and was named in the census as the most densely populated local authority in the United Kingdom, with a population of , at 13, per square kilometre the land area is approximately 12 square kilometres.

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