Planning

Chandos Avenue Planning Application

There is a planning application for a three-storey house in Chandos Avenue, behind the Pizza Hut on the corner of South Ealing Road.  After discussions with local residents, EFRA submitted an objection to the proposal on the grounds that it would constitute a material over-development of the site and would therefore be inappropriate.  It would have an adverse impact on the character of the local neighbourhood and on the amenity of existing and future residents.

Orion Park: Bike Training Facility - Planning Appeal

EFRA supported Ealing Council’s refusal to grant retrospective planning approval for motorbike training in Orion Park on the grounds that residents on the south side of Belsize Avenue, Mayo Court and Jefferson Close suffer
excessive amounts of noise and that motor bike training is an inappropriate activity for a residential area.

Proposed Relaxation of Rules on Property Extensions

In December 2012 EFRA submitted a response to a consultation about relaxing planning rules for extensions, to both homes and business premises, and about relaxing constraints such as converting commercial property to private use.  You may have heard about this item on the news at the time when Richmond and other councils objected.  EFRA also objected, on the grounds that rear extensions are already permitted and that the proposed relaxation could be abused and is in any case inappropriate in a suburban area such as ours where it could cause problems for neighbours.

Reynard Mills – New Planning Application

A third application has been submitted to develop the Reynard Mills site off Windmill Road.  The latest plans are for 831 residents, 229 flats and houses, with 6- and 5- storey tower blocks.  This is still a massive overdevelopment of the site, which will lead to intolerable traffic and parking pressures on the surrounding streets.  You can read more about the concerns over this new proposal here.

Orion Park: Bike Training Facility

For some years now, Get Bike has been running training classes for motor cyclists at Orion Park opposite Northfields tube station.  Following investigative work by EFRA members in Belsize Avenue and Jefferson Close, the Council acknowledged that Get Bike did not have planning permission for the training of motor cyclists in the car park at Orion Park.  Consequently Get Bike has now submitted a planning application seeking permission to use the site for motor cycle training.