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Hammersmith and Fulham Council Tax: Band D Could Hit £3,059
The council's own scenarios raise its share of the bill by 100% to 150% from April 2027, a Band D total of up to £3,059. Residents get a say from 19 October.
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Schools
William Morris Sixth Form: Council Backs Move to Hythe House
Cabinet agreed a land swap on 12 October that would move the sixth form half a mile to Hythe House, Shepherd's Bush Road, once planning and a consultation are done.
Licensing
Olympia Square Alcohol Licence Granted: 10am to 9pm Daily
Olympia's open-air Square can sell alcohol from 10am to 9pm every day, an hour less than asked, despite 17 objections. Takeaway drinks must be sealed.
Planning
West 12's Old Vue Cinema Could Become 11 Padel Courts
Councillors decide on Tuesday whether Shepherd's Bush's closed Vue becomes a Rocket Padel centre open to 1am. Officers say yes. Three housing schemes too.
Schools
H&F Primary Schools: Closures Consultation Approved
Cabinet agreed on 12 October to consult on closing, merging or shrinking primary schools, with 1,520 places empty. No school is named; no start date yet.
Transport
Hammersmith Road Cycleway: Council Backs £20m TfL Scheme
Cabinet backed TfL's £20m permanent Cycleway 9 on Hammersmith Road on 12 October. TfL funding is still unapproved, and there is no start date yet.
Planning
Phoenix Academy White City: City Hall Approves 307 Homes
City Hall granted the Phoenix Academy rebuild and 307 flats on 28 September, overturning the council's April refusal. 90 of the homes will be social rent.
Licensing
Ringo Pizza Hammersmith Licence Suspended for a Month
Ringo Pizza's licence is suspended for a month after a Home Office review. Local Hero on Fulham Road gets an alcohol licence, with a 9pm garden curfew.
Council
Hammersmith and Fulham Council Tax: No Cap From April 2027
The council says Government funding changes could cost it up to 40% of its £222m budget. From April 2027 no referendum limit applies to its council tax.
Heritage
Sacred Heart Hammersmith Organ Wins £247,788 Lottery Grant
The UK's only Hippolyte Loret organ, smuggled out of Paris in 1904, is going to Canterbury for restoration. A free exhibition opens at the school on 19 October.
Planning
Sotheron Place, Fulham: £17m Loan to Build 31 Homes
A £17m loan will fund 31 flats at Sotheron Place, off the King's Road, 10 of them at affordable rents. What was approved, what it replaces and how it got here.
Community
Imperial's White City Maker Challenge: £1.65m Funding Ends
The Berkeley Foundation's £1.65m paid for nine years of the Maker Challenge in White City. More than 2,600 young people took part. The money stops this year.
Planning
Hammersmith and Fulham Planning: 79 Fewer Affordable Homes
Two schemes approved on 15 September cut 79 affordable homes between them. All five applications went through, and the minutes came out a week later.
Sport
Shepherds Bush Cricket Club Win First National Title
The Bush beat New Farnley by five wickets at Wormsley on 13 September, the first Middlesex club to win the national cup since Teddington in 1991.
Planning
Albert Wharf Fulham: 24 Fewer Affordable Homes, 37 More
A 313-home scheme on Wandsworth Bridge Road would cut affordable housing from 35% to 20%. That is 24 fewer affordable flats and 61 more for private sale.
House prices
Hammersmith and Fulham House Prices: Lowest July Since 2013
The borough average fell £72,836 in the year to July, to £738,048. Flats are down 10 per cent, and only 536 sales have been registered for January to May.
Council
Hammersmith and Fulham Council £14.4m Overspend Forecast
H&F Council expects to overspend by £14.4m this year. Adult social care drives £11.2m of it, and B&B homeless placements run at almost twice budget.
Jobs
Hammersmith and Fulham Claimants: Over-50s at 4-Year High
6,700 people claimed in August, up 145 on a year while London fell. Over-50s reached 1,915, the most since March 2022, and 60 to 64s drove the rise.
Licensing
Dr Dessert Granted Fulham Licence, But 30 Minutes Cut
Late deliveries from 174 Wandsworth Bridge Road can run to midnight midweek and 1am at weekends, half an hour less than asked, under 16 conditions.
Parks
£50,000 Upgrade Done at Shepherds Bush Playground, 94 to Go
Godolphin Road Open Space is the first of 95 H&F playgrounds finished under an £8.3m programme agreed a year ago. New climbing frame, accessible seesaw, porous surface.
Council
Hammersmith and Fulham Council Homes: 24 Fires in a Year
Twenty-four fires in H&F council homes last year and no deaths, but fire risk assessments have missed the 100 per cent target every month since August 2025.
Planning
Avonmore Primary School: Council to Override Light Rights
Cabinet is asked on 14 September to use Section 203 powers over the West Kensington school site, so 91 flats and a new school cannot be stopped by injunction.
Community
H&F Resident's Clare's Law Petition Needs 10,000 Names
A Hammersmith and Fulham resident wants the government to fund a national Clare's Law campaign. Her petition needs 10,000 names and closes 4 March 2027.
Council
H&F Dog Rules Renewed 7 Sept: £100 Fine, 4 Dogs Max
The dog control order runs to 2029: £100 fines, four dogs a person, on-the-spot penalties for fouling. Hammersmith Park's Japanese Garden bans dogs anyway.
Shepherd's Bush
Uxbridge Road A-Board Ban Starts October, £100 Fines
Shops on Uxbridge Road must clear their A-boards off the pavement from October or face £100 fines. The council counted up to 950 unlicensed boards borough-wide, and has issued just one licence.
Hammersmith
Azbuka School in Hammersmith Closes After 25 Years
Azbuka, the Russian-English bilingual school in Studland Street, has closed after 25 years and its charity is being wound up. Creditors meet on 3 September. Its founder blames VAT on school fees.
Licensing
Home Office Asks H&F to Revoke Pizza Shop Licence
Immigration Enforcement wants the licence at 40 Fulham Palace Road revoked over a £40,000 penalty still unpaid. A Wandsworth Bridge Road dessert shop faces seven objections the same night.
Jobs
H&F Over-50 Claimants Hit Highest Level Since 2022
The borough total barely moved in a year, but 1,905 over-50s are now claiming, the most since March 2022. Under-25s held flat and the 25 to 49 group fell.
Barons Court
Animal Farm at Barons Court Theatre: actor back after 21 years
Dov Citron returns to the Comeragh Road theatre with his solo Animal Farm, told by Moses the Raven, 29 September to 3 October. He last played there in 2005.
Council
Hammersmith and Fulham Litter Fines Fund the Patrols
The council has approved a four-year litter enforcement contract paid for out of fine income, and bidders are scored on the share of fines they hand back.
House prices
Hammersmith and Fulham House Prices Fall £111,315
The borough average fell 13.3% in the year to June 2026, to £725,562. That is the steepest annual drop since 2009, and every type of home is down.