The Canons Park Station Car Park Mis-Development.
We heard on the grapevine that this awful and damaging
proposal is to be recommended for grant and will come to the
December Planning Committee, but confirmation is still to be
received that this is definitely the case. With the large
number of objections to this outlandish project that has been
expressed right through the farce of the ‘consultations’, we
hope that the Planning Committee comes to its senses and
throw this out for re-consideration even if the planners
recommend it for grant.
Meanwhile every pressure should be applied to encourage a
re-think on this and other gross over-developments at
underground stations, chosen to expand the pool of
‘affordable housing’, though the Canons Park scheme has
only 30 percent of socially rented units.
Interestingly, we hear that the proposal for Rayners Lane
Station Car Park has been postponed to be re-designed. There
was a vocal protest against it, yet that site actually could have
taken a reasonably sized development and it was not as
sensitive as the Canons Park Station site, overlooking an
important a historic park and landscape, and would damage a
huge local asset, that is at the heart of our area and its
conservation status. This was recognised by Historic England
who also said that the height of the flats would harm the
setting of the park and should be reduced.
One wonders why that scheme and not Canons Park and
Stanmore have not be asked to be reconsidered, when the
Canons Park scheme cannot take a cliff of seven storey
mansion blocks on this sliver of a site, already containing a
vital car park for commuters and for the needs of profusely
attended games at Wembley and other venues and events in
the area.
At Stanmore - we hear that there are issues with the height of
two blocks of flats, which require one floor (only?) to be
removed because of the impact they would have on
Westbere, which abuts the site. Apparently, it is otherwise
acceptable to the officers and so, subject to these
amendments, it will also be recommended for grant and will
probably come to the January Committee.
With all the pandemic turmoil going on around us, we do not
need such stress-causing schemes to be-devil our lives in
lockdown.
Meanwhile, the huge eight storey Elysian luxury
development for senior citizens in Merrion Avenue abutting
Stanmore Station, built without a single ‘affordable’ flat, is
sending out tempting advertisements with invitations to
afternoon tea. So much for the sudden need for a mass of
affordable housing, still without a substantial number for
social renting, to be inflicted on the residents of two storey
suburban neighbourhoods.
Abe Hayeem
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PETITION CAMPAIGN
Please find below a link to a petition launched by the ‘Stop
the Development of Canons Park Station Car Park Group’,
calling for Harrow Council to reject planning application
P/0858/20 for the development of 118 flats in three seven-
storey blocks on the site of the station car park in Donnefield
Avenue.
To have this proposal debated by the next full council
meeting on 26th November 2020 we need to present a
petition of 2000 or more signatures. Each person in your
household can sign the petition, for which the direct link is:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/canonsprk
This pressure group strongly objects to the plans for
buildings, which are far too high, bulky and totally out of
character with the surrounding suburban area. They will
have a detrimental effect on the views across Grade 2 listed
Canons Park and the loss of 100 commuter parking spaces
will have a major effect on the locality, especially on
Wembley and local event days. This will be compounded by
the application for the development of Stanmore station car
park.
As well as signing the petition we ask you to forward it to
friends, family and other contacts, together with the attached
poster and a request for them to put it in their windows
and/or display it wherever they can to spread the word
amongst their neighbours.
We urge you to act now as we have no time to lose!
The Canons Park Station Car Park Mis-
Development.
We heard on the grapevine that this awful and
damaging proposal is to be recommended for grant
and will come to the December Planning Committee,
but confirmation is still to be received that this is
definitely the case. With the large number of
objections to this outlandish project that has been
expressed right through the farce of the
‘consultations’, we hope that the Planning
Committee comes to its senses and throw this out for
re-consideration even if the planners recommend it
for grant.
Meanwhile every pressure should be applied to
encourage a re-think on this and other gross over-
developments at underground stations, chosen to
expand the pool of ‘affordable housing’, though the
Canons Park scheme has only 30 percent of socially
rented units.
Interestingly, we hear that the proposal for Rayners
Lane Station Car Park has been postponed to be re-
designed. There was a vocal protest against it, yet
that site actually could have taken a reasonably sized
development and it was not as sensitive as the
Canons Park Station site, overlooking an important a
historic park and landscape, and would damage a
huge local asset, that is at the heart of our area and its
conservation status. This was recognised by Historic
England who also said that the height of the flats
would harm the setting of the park and should be
reduced.
One wonders why that scheme and not Canons Park
and Stanmore have not be asked to be reconsidered,
when the Canons Park scheme cannot take a cliff of
seven storey mansion blocks on this sliver of a site,
already containing a vital car park for commuters and
for the needs of profusely attended games at
Wembley and other venues and events in the area.
At Stanmore - we hear that there are issues with the
height of two blocks of flats, which require one floor
(only?) to be removed because of the impact they
would have on Westbere, which abuts the site.
Apparently, it is otherwise acceptable to the officers
and so, subject to these amendments, it will also be
recommended for grant and will probably come to
the January Committee.
With all the pandemic turmoil going on around us,
we do not need such stress-causing schemes to be-
devil our lives in lockdown.
Meanwhile, the huge eight storey Elysian luxury
development for senior citizens in Merrion Avenue
abutting Stanmore Station, built without a single
‘affordable’ flat, is sending out tempting
advertisements with invitations to afternoon tea. So
much for the sudden need for a mass of affordable
housing, still without a substantial number for social
renting, to be inflicted on the residents of two storey
suburban neighbourhoods.
Abe Hayeem
*********************
PETITION CAMPAIGN
Please find below a link to a petition launched by the
‘Stop the Development of Canons Park Station Car
Park Group’, calling for Harrow Council to reject
planning application P/0858/20 for the development
of 118 flats in three seven-storey blocks on the site of
the station car park in Donnefield Avenue.
To have this proposal debated by the next full
council meeting on 26th November 2020 we need to
present a petition of 2000 or more signatures. Each
person in your household can sign the petition, for
which the direct link is:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/canonsprk
This pressure group strongly objects to the plans for
buildings, which are far too high, bulky and totally
out of character with the surrounding suburban area.
They will have a detrimental effect on the views
across Grade 2 listed Canons Park and the loss of
100 commuter parking spaces will have a major
effect on the locality, especially on Wembley and
local event days. This will be compounded by the
application for the development of Stanmore station
car park.
As well as signing the petition we ask you to forward
it to friends, family and other contacts, together with
the attached poster and a request for them to put it in
their windows and/or display it wherever they can to
spread the word amongst their neighbours.
We urge you to act now as we have no time to lose!
Canons Park Residents Association