Duke of Northumberland's planning application
See the front page - if you live in Isleworth and try to negotiate the horrendous traffic you will be horrified to see that the Duke has a planning application in to build on the allotments in Park Rd. - a development of over 100 homes. At the same time another application wants to move the allotments in a vastly different form and plonk them in a Grade 1 listed landscape designed by Capability Brown. These applications go to planning cttee. this Thursday 22 June. The Duke claims he needs the dosh for the upkeep of Syon House the same tale he has been telling for everything, the hotel development, the sale of art works from Syon - the Aphrodite statue auctioned at Sotheby's for a cool £9M a couple of years ago, he has yet to spend any of this. It is outrageous that Hounslow seem to be looking with some favour at this application and local organisations are doing all they can to make the case for refusal. Please do go to the planning cttee. and make you feelings known if you can - 7.30.p.m. Hounslow Civic Centre. You can only imagine how many extra traffic movements this will put on our overburdened roads, plus we have another school due to open this year just up the road from this application, right at the junction of Park and Twickenham Rds. virtually at the junction with Busch Corner. It is appalling that rich members of the aristocracy think they can ride roughshod over local people who do actually care for the local heritage and environment.
Vanessa Smith ● 2977d12 Comments