We the undersigned oppose the proposed demolition of the family
home at 72 Harefield Road, Uxbridge and the erection on site of 9
flats containing 15 bedrooms and 14 parking spaces.
The primary reasons for objection are:
(i) Congestion and effect of traffic on Harefield Road
72 Harefield Road is located on the a very narrow stretch of the road in between three separate road junctions. It is already a congested and dangerous stretch of road with difficult sight lines and parking spaces causing traffic to only be able to use one side of the road. To create an entrance for a further 14 cars right in the middle of this location will add to the congestion and danger to road users and pedestrians.
(ii) Location of car park for 10 vehicles
The plans propose a 10 space car park at the back of the site.
This right next to the boundary of 2 Cambridge Road and means that
the length of this property’s garden will have suffer from
the inevitable pollution caused by all those cars on the other side
of the fence. This will also affect all the other gardens in close
proximity.
The location of the car park right next to the proposed small
garden space made available for the new occupants means that the
car park will sit in the middle of green space.
The parking spaces do not provide enough room for many occupants
that will live in the building which cause parking in Harefield
Road and the surrounding roads contributing further to the
congestion in the local area.
(iii) Overdevelopment of a small site
The plans propose change from a space that was designed to be
occupied by 4 or 5 people in one house to a multi-occupancy
building with up to 30 people occupying the same space. The
proposal sees the demolition of another interesting family home in
an area where there have numerous changes to the local environment.
The location of this proposed block of flats is completely out of
keeping with this part of Harefield Road and will simply erode the
character of the area even further. The destruction of a large
garden to be replaced with a car park is hardly an environmentally
friendly piece of planning.
(iv) Height of property/balconies and impact on residents behind
the property
To make up for the lack of sufficient garden space the proposal
intends to create a number of balconies at the back which will
overlook the previous private gardens at the back of the property.
These will now be overlooked and subject to whatever noise is
emitted from those balconies. The building, given its significant
height increase from the current family home will also take away
light from the numerous gardens at the back that it will now
overshadow.
This is the wrong development for the wrong part of Harefield
Road and we the undersigned call on the rejection of the
application.
On reaching 20 signatures it may be considered in conjunction with the relevant live planning application at an upcoming Committee meeting. The Council's Democratic Services Team will be in touch with the lead petitioner to advise and take this petition forward accordingly.
This ePetition ran from 22/05/2022 to 10/06/2022 and has now finished.
71 people signed this ePetition.