Draft masterplan for the 4th application
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Our Newsletters tell most of the story of the Campaign to get an appropriate design for the Campion housing development:
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How did we get here?
At an initial exhibition in November '05 the Linden Homes showed a draft design about 350 homes.
The first application was for 273 homes - mostly flats - was submitted in May '06. It was refused by the Council.
The second application was for 239 homes - mostly flats - was submitted in December '06. It was also refused by the Council.
Linden Homes appealed against the refusals to the Government Inspectorate. After a Public Inquiry in June '07.
the Inspector rejected the appeal in very strong terms.
The third application was for 154 homes - mostly 1/2-bed flats. It was refused by the Council. Linden Homes appealed again. After a Public Inquiry in
July '09 the Inspector upheld the appeal.
The fourth application to develop the site provides for 82 homes of which 61 would be family houses.
Work Starts On the Fourth Application
The fourth application to develop the Campion House site was approved by the Sustainable Development Committe (SDC) at its meeting on 17th March with only one vote against. For us this represented an excellent result and a very satisfactory conclusion to our long campaign (over four years) against inappropriate development proposals. However, the previous (third) application had also been approved despite our opposition to it. In the end Linden Homes decided that the area was over-supplied with one and two-bedroom flats (a point we had made all along) and that they therefore wanted to put in a fourth application which would be mainly family houses despite the approval obtained for their third application. We were very happy with that outcome and even more with the details of the design. In principle Linden Homes could still revert to the third application but all the material they have given us is based on the fourth application. Long may it stay that way.
The Building Schedule
We met with the Linden Homes team in March (councillor Sheila 0'Reilly also attended) to discuss arrangements for the building work. They assured us that they wanted to keep residents fully informed and wanted to hear of any concerns that residents might have about the building work. We expressed concerns about such matters as dust control and removing the asbestos from the Campion House boiler room. Linden Homes said that they would be fully compliant with all the regulations for these and other problems. We asked that windows be put in the fence so that residents could see the work in progress and this was agreed. The Linden Team also provided us with a full set of email and telephone details for all the members of their Campion Team.
The working hours for the building work will be Mon-Friday 8:00 to 18:00 hrs, Saturday 8:00 to 13:00 hrs.
Preliminary work such as scrub clearance has already been carried out. Tests have been made on the foundations of Tigar Hall and various surveys are either underway or have been completed (Ecological survey, Bat survey etc). Linden Homes have told us that the work will be completed in five phases and have sent a detailed drawing showing what each phase will cover. We have produced a simplified diagram in our current newsletter.
The work on Phase 1 is expected to start before the end of July and the aim is to complete it in January 2011. As you will see from the diagrams this part of the development will at the southern end of the site and will therefore include the conversion of Tigar Hall.
The initial point for vehicular entry/exit onto the site will be at the southern end of the site (next to No.104). As soon as preparations allow, the entry/exit point will be moved further along Thornbury Road so that it will be next to Campion House. See our Newsletter for details. Traffic will come onto the site from the A4 road which means that it will take the shortest possible route along local roads. Full details of access points and traffic routes have still to finalised with the Council.
Please let us know of any concerns
If you have any concerns about the way the building work is proceeding you can either take them up with Linden Homes directly, pass your concerns on to us, or contact the LBH case officer (Sean Doran, email: sean.doran@hounslow.gov.uk). We have good contacts with the Linden Campion team and would be very happy to take up any matters of concern with them. You can contact us either by email (campionconcerns@yahoo.co.uk) or by using our Feedback Form.
