A house in Uxbridge is set to be demolished and replaced with a block flats after the Hillingdon Planning Committee gave the plans the green light on Wednesday (January 15). Plans to instead build two semi-detached houses on the site were given approval in August 2024, however these have since been scrapped.
The nine-flat block will be built on 72 Harefield Road, Uxbridge, with one three-bedroom unit, five two-bedroom flats, and three one-bedroom flats spanning across four floors. There will be a total of 12 parking spaces provided behind the building, including one disabled parking space.
Committee Chair Councillor Henry Higgins said: “The London Plan is one of the most disastrous things that London has ever had… we’ve actually got more parking spaces on this site than than the London Plan allows.
“I do agree there are issues around this with amenities and stuff, but you know it’s the market. Two-bedroom houses down that road cost almost half-a-million pounds each, it is relevant to what is going to go on.”
72 Harefield Road, Uxbridge
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During the consultation phase, over 30 signatures were received in a petition objecting to the development. Concerns were raised about the lack of family sized housing in the development, with only one three-bedroom flat planned.
According to planning documents, the council does not share this concern because the plans are replacing one family-sized home with another family-sized home and an additional eight flats. Another issue raised during consultation considered the resulting increase in traffic locally. Residents concerned believe this resultant pressure on traffic would also increase noise and air pollution.
The council believes peak period traffic movement into and out of the site would be expected to rise to approximately 2-3 vehicle movements. It is expected the local traffic network could absorb the increase, therefore to reject the plans on these grounds would be ‘unjustified’, according to planning documents.
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