Griffin Park is one of five linked residential developments - Central Eastern, Central Southern (known as ‘Apo Kew Bridge Gate’), Capital Court (known as Verdo) and Duffy located at Kew Bridge Gate, adjacent to the new stadium, in addition to Griffin Park. Together these five linked schemes fund the costs incurred in the delivery of the Brentford Community Stadium.

The five sites together deliver a package of benefits including a substantial contribution to local housing supply and a range of affordable housing types and tenures, in addition to the cost of delivery of the new Community Stadium.

From 2020 – 2022, EcoWorld London consulted with key stakeholders, the local community and residents’ groups and Brentford Football Club supporters to discuss the application.

This included:

• A dedicated consultation website.

• Letters to 15,000 households.

• 13 meetings with local people and local political stakeholders.

• An online consultation event.

• Meet the contractor online event.

• Meetings with key local stakeholders, including Bees United and B.I.A.S, Brentford. Voice, the Armenian Church.

• Newsletter to residents

EcoWorld London progressed the demolition of the Griffin Park football stadium in two phases: 1st phase (March 2021 – July 2021) and 2nd phase (Feb 2023 – Jun 2023).

Feedback from the initial consultation was collated, reviewed and shaped the design development of the latest proposals, including by:

• Increasing the number of trees in the community park.

• Introducing more biodiverse planting in the community park.

• Retaining features from the stadium to include in the development.

• Introducing residents’ allotments.

• Adjusting the car parking layout to provide clear routes and access points at crossings for safety.

• Improving access and visibility to Griffin Park.

• Widening the Braemar Road entrance pavement.

• Introducing pinch points along the mews street to slow vehicles; and

• Addressing safety concerns of neighbours living at the north and east entrance points by introducing measures to slow down cyclists and improve the landscaping.

We have also ensured compliance with the latest updates to Building Regulations and planning policies.

EcoWorld London has continued to meet local groups such as Brentford Voice, Bees United and B.I.A.S and we will continue to do so during the planning determination process.

• New high-quality housing, including Discount Market Sale homes.

• New, large (1,770 sqm) community park for use by everyone.

• Enhanced public realm – landscape areas, new trees and seating areas.

• New landscaped routes improving the permeability of the area.

• Honouring local heritage of the area.

• Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) payments, towards improvements to local infrastructure.

30 Discount Market Sale (DMS) homes, which offer the opportunity to purchase a new build home at a discount (to be agreed with London Borough of Hounslow) to Open Market Value and will help provide an accessible pathway to home ownership. Research suggests DMS homes will be affordable to c.20,000 households in Hounslow.

The proposed homes will help meet an affordability gap by providing housing options for those who would not typically be prioritised for a Shared Ownership home and would not be able to afford a private sale home.

The proposed development offers an opportunity to provide a pathway into affordable home ownership by enabling delivery of 30 secure, high-quality homes for local households and a significant number of key worker households.

EcoWorld London is the developer bringing forward the development.  We are supported by a great team:

• Carter Jonas is the planning consultant, preparing the planning application.

• HTA are the architects.

• Exterior Architecture are the landscape architects.

• Iceni Projects have recently joined the team to support our community engagement.

We are keen to hear any further feedback, so please do contact us via the get in touch page.

We will also be holding a drop-in event where you will have the opportunity to view the updates and meet the project team.

We have documented and considered all previous feedback from the 2021 consultation and this will form part of the planning application via the Statement of Community Involvement.

As we further refine our proposals, we are keen to involve our neighbours and local community in the design of the Community Park. We are planning a series of workshops and will be seeking representatives from the local community to attend.

We will also be enlivening the hoarding around Griffin Park and are keen to celebrate and honour local heritage. Any ideas are welcome!

Finally, we would also love to hear stories from local people so we can record and document the history of the Griffin Park, as it evolves into its future. Please get in touch if you have any stories to share.

EcoWorld London plan to submit the planning application later this year. We are currently updating the supporting planning documents to take account of the updates and current planning policy.

We will respond to any questions received and review all feedback. It will be considered by the team, as well as being documented and included with all previously received feedback from the 2021 consultation, to form part of the planning application via the Statement of Community Involvement.

The development has three storey houses located around the edge of the site with one, four storey building to the west.

The two tallest buildings are located in the centre of the development, away from neighbouring properties, with a stepped back sixth storey.

The site is located close to a trainline and bus services. We are providing car parking in line with London Borough of Hounslow’s policy.

The new residents will not be provided with parking permits for local streets.

It will be made clear in future marketing material that the majority of homes do not come with a car parking space, to ensure we appeal to those who do not own a car.

The application places the buildings as far away as possible from neighbouring properties and ensures appropriate distance is provided between existing and proposed windows.

The number of windows proposed in rear elevations have been minimised and where there are windows, they are predominantly secondary windows.

In almost all areas, the latest proposals are at greater distances from the existing buildings than the buildings that would be delivered by the implemented, earlier planning permission received, in response to feedback.

The buildings will be a sufficient distance from neighbouring properties. In comparison with the existing stadium this application would increase the light to almost all neighbouring properties.

The Community Park will also receive good amounts of light, being south facing.

EcoWorld will continue to work with residents on a one-to-one basis. We expect this process to start in detail in the next stage of design post planning submission.

We appreciate that this will be of concern for our neighbours and we will do our utmost to minimise the impact of construction.  An initial Construction Logistics Plan will be submitted along with the planning application and any planning approval will be accompanied with controls to minimise disruption to local residents and business such as working hours and site deliveries.

Then once a Contractor is selected, a more detailed Construction and Traffic Management Plan will be drafted and consulted on with the local community before works start on-site. This will aim to set out measures to mitigate or minimise against any disturbance and nuisance caused by construction. This typically includes measures to set out the hours of work and systems to manage number and quantum of deliveries a day.