# Award of Contract - Characterisation Study

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [capitalEsourcing](/buyers/capitalesourcing/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Ove Arup & Partners Limited](/contract-winners/ove-arup-partners/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £37,500
- Award date: 11 November 2019
- Published: 3 February 2020
- Contract start: 11 November 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 308baa72-c9f4-41f7-96e4-bf7764d520d5-341229
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-61dd93dd-1ad3-42d0-b908-d51aa9b0a3b6

## Description

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has awarded a contract to provide an evidence-based study that will consider both the character of the Borough and the potential for delivering development to meet its housing need and the wider needs of London\. It will investigate opportunities for intensification across small and larger sites\. There is a pressing need for significantly more homes to be delivered in the Borough, particularly affordable homes in the context of the new Local Plan, the new London Plan and the Government's housing delivery test\. Geographically, the Borough is the smallest in London \(approximately 4\.8 sq miles\) but is intensively built up, much of which comprises of an outstanding Victorian townscape\. Additional information: This procurement was executed through the Council's electronic procurement portal, capitalEsourcing\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/308baa72-c9f4-41f7-96e4-bf7764d520d5-341229)