Category: Planning

It’s two years since plans first emerged for the B&Q site (on the North Circular/Gunnersbury Avenue just north of Chiswick roundabout) for six blocks of flats (mostly for students) up to 22 storeys high plus a cinema (if my memory is correct).  Those plans have been shelved. The proposal is now for “the world’s first…

On Tuesday, 21st June several local organisations and individuals spoke at the public inquiry, all against the proposals to build the 32-storey Chiswick Curve at Chiswick roundabout.  The same issues were raised over and over again: its design; its visual impact; pollution levels at the roundabout; landscaping; and contradictions with the local plan and London policies.  Joanna Biddolph spoke out strongly…