Category: Planning

TfL’s proposed Bollo Lane development will have an enormous impact on Hounslow residents, putting even more strain on local infrastructure – schools, GPs, buses, trains, tubes, roads and more. It will also tower over, and overshadow, the charm of the nearby Gunnersbury Park Garden Estate, pretty mock-Tudor houses built in 1927, in the important Gunnersbury Park conservation area…

The Chiswick Shops Task Force, led by councillors from both councils that incorporate Chiswick, has published its first report: Ensuring a thriving retail economy in Chiswick. Nearly 18 months in the preparation, this detailed report highlights the threats to Chiswick’s unusually varied retail districts but also identifies opportunities to improve them further. Besides the obvious…

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…