Station Road flats plan refused

PLANS for a new block of flats on the site of an old Vauxhall car garage have been refused on traffic grounds.

In total, 41 residential units had been proposed at Station Road, West Drayton, along with space for a shop on the ground floor.

But yesterday (21/4), planners decided the development had not been thought through, and not enough parking spaces for shoppers using the retail outlet would be provided.
Petitioner Mrs Ahmed, who lives on nearby Drayton Gardens, directly adjacent to the proposed property, voiced her opposition to the plans.

"There are already parking problems around here because of people that commute at the nearby station and leave their cars, and this development will only add to that problem.

"The area is already heavily congested, and in the summer the amount of people sitting outside their flats with friends in the gardens would be problematic and bring our quality of living down.

"The building also looks a bit of an eyesore and is not going to fit in with any other buildings in the road."

The flats were also objected to by the Yiewsley Community Involvment Group who expressed concerns that the area was becoming over developed, and there were too many properties but not enough services.

In a written letter they argued that doctors, dentists, and schools in the area are already full to the point of bursting, and a development such as this would only add to the extra strain.

The plans are not the first to be refused on this site, back in September 2007, a block of flats was also refused by planners, on the grounds that it was attempting to cram too many people into too small an area.

At planning committee, councillors voted unanimously to refuse the application.