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Loss of 50 parking spaces on Windmill Road

Just read the report that the Council, in its infinite wisdom and in furtherance of its policy of causing misery to anyone who owns a car, is proposing to remove 50 parking spaces in Windmill Road north of the A4.Anyone who lives in this area and drives will know that it is already difficult to park if you come home late at night and also at the weekends.  Where are these 50 cars going to go?Please could this be reconsidered??

Alison Robins ● 423d8 Comments

There’s already a situation where LBH residents in and around Windmill Road don’t have access to a parking space. One individual parks his car in Darwin Road overnight, moves it before the first restrictions start at 10am, returns after that and then moves it again in the afternoon, before finally parking up overnight.People evidently aren’t being told that they won’t be granted parking permits in Hounslow when they buy a property and then get a nasty surprise when they find nowhere to park.

Simon Hayes ● 417d

I'll certainly be batting off an email to Guy before Thursday.  I hope other people who are going to be adversely affected will do the same.I'm troubled by the fact that it doesn't seem to have been well-publicised - I wonder how many people living in the area actually know about it?

Alison Robins ● 422d

Yes, Jim Storrar of Brentford Voice produced a lengthy report about the original proposal. It is I think different now and I haven't yet waded through the Planning report - it is here https://democraticservices.hounslow.gov.uk/documents/s191233/ChurchillHouse-CommitteeReport.pdf if you need some help with going to sleep. As I said a minute ago - any feedback from people local to it will be very welcome.

Guy Lambert ● 422d

Seen it now. It is an 'upgrade' of single yellow lines to DYLs meaning parking overnight and at weekends is banned. I think this is a bad idea, given the pressures of late night etc parking in that area and the very likely advent of more vehicles that cannot be accommodated on the Churchill House site. There are other elements of this proposal that I dislike and I'm thinking of addressing the committee on Thursday to put across some objections.If you'd like to let me know your concerns please email guy.lambert@hounslow.gov.ukIt would be good to hear from people more local to this site who have reservations and I would look to present some of your objections.

Guy Lambert ● 422d

Guy, it's referred to in the report on this website about the Council giving the go-ahead for the major development in Windmill Road. It's mentioned towards the end of the report.Having read it I then Googled "loss of parking in Windmill Road, Brentford" and found another report (again from this website) which gave further info and went on about the loss of 50 parking spaces.  That report was actually a couple of years old so I'm hoping (against hope!) that it's old news and the proposal has been binned.

Alison Robins ● 422d

No idea where this story came from. I would be strongly against it if it was real.

Guy Lambert ● 422d

Thats because all the latte sipping laptop workers who make these decisions don't understand how work actually works and that everything can be done the way they work.Who on earth dreams up 'Artisan Worlshops' with no vehicular access for deliveries collections or indeed to keep a working vehicle like a van or light truck?Yet how many skilled and semi skilled local jobs have now been dissolved by loss of adequate workplaces locally?Nowhere have any stipulations been made to include safe local van /working vehicle parking or indeed adequate parking for those who depend 100% on a vehicle to make a living.Sooner of later the bubble of overdensification without infrastructure provision of all basics will burst.Myopic and poor planning direction.

Raymond Havelock ● 422d

One thing I've noticed a large increase in over the past few years is the number of people in my road who have a work vehicle, quite often a van, and a private car. One house (small terrace frontage) in my road is responsible for two large vans and a car which - if, say, parked in a row with space to manoeuvre - take up the width of four houses. It is these 'sorts' who at least add to making parking more difficult. Just as well that some in the road - me and an immediate neighbour for ex. - don't have a vehicle although admittedly I have done in the past.

Anne England ● 422d