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Statement of Community Involvement for The STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FOR THE GILLETTE SOUTH SITE, GREAT WEST ROAD ROAD, HOUNSLOW December 2016 STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT – GILLETTE SOUTH SITE, HOUNSLOW 1. Background 1.1 Polity Communications Ltd was asked by Access Self Storage (‘Access’) to organise community Involvement activities relating to their proposals for the regeneration of the former Isleworth House Site, Great West Road, Hounslow. The proposed mixed-use development which formed the subject of the local consultation included 102 apartments, including 34 duplexes all for private rent, a landscaped podium garden of 1,150 sq. m, 680 sq. m of flexible/affordable work space, an underground storage facility of 7,000 sq. m and public and 40 underground car parking spaces. 1.2 The site falls within the Osterley & Spring Grove Ward within the London Borough of Hounslow. 1.3 In formulating pre-application community involvement activities around redevelopment proposals, Access considered how to ensure that residents, businesses and civic societies in the locality of the site could: v have access to information about the scheme; v put forward their own ideas and feel confident that there was a process for considering ideas; v comment on the formal proposals, and; v get feedback and be informed about progress and outcomes. 1.4 Access indicated to officers of the local authority that it wished to respond to the desire expressed in the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (adopted June 2013) that encourage applicants of larger schemes to submit to the Council (as part of the planning application) a participation statement of early engagement that describes pre- application community involvement, the representations received and how these have been considered and reflected in the application as submitted. Such consultation is a key feature of current best practice in community involvement in planning and is fully supported by Access. 2 STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT – GILLETTE SOUTH SITE, HOUNSLOW 2. The CommunIty Involvement Event 2.1 The primary objective of the consultation event was to inform local people and seek their views about the proposals for the site prior to the finalisation of a planning application. This was based on a similar event at the same venue which was organised by us on behalf of Access approximately twelve months earlier for the previous draft proposals at the site which were for a mixed-use development including 90 apartments, three town houses, flexible office space, an underground storage facility and public and private landscaping. 2.2 The previous community involvement activities at the site in October 2015 revealed that the most significant issues raised by participants were matters related to traffic generation, traffic management and parking. Although there was some concern expressed about the height of the proposed building, we felt at that time that there was significant element of consultees who were supportive of the regeneration of the site and the quality of the proposals put forward. The mixed-use nature of the proposals was considered appropriate for the site and some participants wanted to see the inclusion of retail as well. 2.3 The community involvement event comprised an afternoon/evening exhibition held on Monday 17th October and Tuesday 18th October 2016 between 4pm and 8pm both days at the St Francis of Assisi Community Hall, 865 Great West Road, TW7. The venue was chosen due to its proximity to the site and ease of access for residents and businesses that are most affected by the regeneration proposals. This venue had also worked well on the previous occasion. The intention to hold the exhibition was shared with Hounslow Council planning officers in advance. 2.4 Publicity for the public exhibition was by means of an invitation letter (see Appendix A) that was hand delivered door to door on 10th October 2016 within an identified catchment area (see AppendIx B). This catchment was selected by assessing the site and its locality, and the delivery date was chosen in line with our normal practice to notify local residents and businesses just prior to the week preceding a consultation event. Some 800 letters were distributed. 3 STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT – GILLETTE SOUTH SITE, HOUNSLOW 2.5 In addition to the door-to-door distribution of the invitation letter, we also contacted local civic groups (these had been advised previously by local councillors). These included the Osterley and Wyke Green Residents’ Association and Keep Osterley Green. Individual email invitations to the exhibition were sent out to local ward Councillors. 2.6 The planned community event and the subsequent scheduled Planning Development Presentation (see below) featured on Cllr Tony Louki’s blog (see www.osterleyspringgrove.org) 2.7 The exhibition comprised a series of boards showing the proposed development of the building and sketches illustrating how the development would look (see AppendIx D). 2.8 There were 33 visitors to the exhibition and the team noted feedback from all visitors. Comment forms (see AppendIx C) about the proposals were made available and 7 responses were submitted at the exhibition and further emails and written correspondence were received. 2.9 The attendance was lower than the previous year (when there were 102 visitors and 39 feedback forms), and there is no obvious explanation for this as the publicity undertaken was the same as previously, including the invitation letter, the catchment for the door to door delivery, timing of distribution (seven days’ notice) and contact with civic groups. 2.10 Following the community involvement event, the development team also participated in a Planning Development Presentation, a relatively new initiative in the London Borough of Hounslow where applicants are given the opportunity to make a presentation about their emerging proposals to the members of the Planning Committee. The public can also attend the presentation and this was held on 20th October at Hounslow Civic Centre. Following a slide presentation by Roy Collado of the architects, a question and answer session followed where members of Council raised several points that were addressed. There were no questions from the public and it was not clear if any local residents were present. 2.11 Following the submission of the planning application, Précis Management Services Ltd intends to hold a further community event during the Council’s statutory consultation period to provide information to residents, civic groups and businesses about the finalised application scheme and responses to issues raised during the pre-application community involvement process. 4 STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT – GILLETTE SOUTH SITE, HOUNSLOW 3. Key Issues And responses 3.1 The table below is a summary of the feedback received from the community event, the subsequent Planning Development Presentation and emails which we received in response to the draft proposals. It is possible that more than one person or organisation may have made the issues or comments set out. The order of the feedback does not reflect any weighting in terms of comments received. Comment/vIewpoInt Response Concerned that it will become a social housing This is not a planning matter; the scheme aims to area. provide affordable homes in response to local authority aspirations. Parking problems in the area already exist. The Syon Lane Station Controlled Parking Zone is due to be extended next year, which will help to alleviate existing parking problems. Major traffic congestion already exists in and The development proposes limited parking and as around Gillette Corner. such, additional traffic flows will be negligible and will not affect the operation of the local road network. CPZ for residents should be in use at weekends to The current high demand for on street parking enable residents to park near their homes. includes that associated with commuters and local businesses parking during the week. The extended CPZ proposals have been the subject of public consultation and are designed to alleviate existing parking problems. Concerned about big lorries over the construction A Construction Logistics Plan will be implemented period. to minimise the impact of construction traffic. The plans are of an interesting concept. Noted. Concern over traffic flow in and out of the site. The site access arrangements have been the subject of a Road Safety Audit and no issues were identified that would prevent it operating in a safe and efficient manner. Sufficient information at the exhibition was not At the time of the exhibition the scheme was still provided. under development and so not all the information for the proposal was available. Consultation took place at an early stage in line with best practice which supports ‘front loading’ of community involvement. Much more information will be available once the scheme has been submitted for planning approval. 5 STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT – GILLETTE SOUTH SITE, HOUNSLOW Comment/vIewpoInt Response What consideration have you given to road traffic Parking on site has been provided at minimum congestion? The Gillette Corner/Syon levels to limit the amount of development traffic. Lane/GWR junction is one of the busiest in the The level of additional traffic will not change the area and is inundated daily during peak times, with nature of the operation of the local road network. queues often stretching back to the M4 bridge along Windmill Lane and Osterley Tube Station along the GWR. Whenever the M4 is closed or restricted, the traffic is even worse. You will be aware that approval has been given for the building of the Nishkam School along Syon lane for 1400 pupils. This will generate another 1300+ car journeys every morning during the peak. This development will simply add to the congestion and the air pollution. Only 10% will be family homes, which I believe is The site is located on a busy major road junction too little. with noise and air quality issues surrounding the site.
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