{"id":124,"date":"2017-03-07T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/?p=124"},"modified":"2017-04-11T16:51:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:51:30","slug":"opdc-gives-permission-for-north-kensington-gate-north-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"OPDC gives permission for &#8216;North Kensington Gate&#8217; (north) development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the meeting of the OPDC Planning Committee on March 1st, approval was granted to the planning application for the proposals from Aurora Developments for the northern of its two sites in Scrubs Lane NW10. The address is 93-97 Scrubs Lane, overlooking St Marys Cemetery<\/p>\n<p>The site is shown below, along with a CGI image of the completed building. \u00a0The development includes 47 new housing units in two blocks (11 and 4 storey) with some commercial space on the ground floor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/NKG-North.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125\" src=\"http:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/NKG-North.gif\" alt=\"North Kensington Gate (north scheme)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Kensington Gate (north scheme)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/North-building-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126\" src=\"http:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/North-building-image.jpg\" alt=\"North Kensington Gate (north site)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/North-building-image.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/North-building-image-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/North-building-image-768x580.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Kensington Gate (north site)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The St Helens Residents Association spoke at the committee to object to the scheme on several grounds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the density of 440 housing units per hectare is way in excess of London Plan policies for a site with very poor public transport accessibility<\/li>\n<li>future planned improvements to public transport (the proposed Overground station at Hythe Road and Crossrail) are 10 years away and should not be used as justification for approval in 2017.<\/li>\n<li>the plans take no account of traffic congestion in Scrubs Lane, arising from waste vehicles entering and leaving the private road to the EMR and Powerday waste sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The planning committee at Hammersmith and Fulham has not yet discussed this planning application, nor the even more controversial proposals from Aurora for a 22 storey residential tower at 115-129A Scrubs Lane (see earlier post).<\/p>\n<p>The application was approved with only\u00a0Hammersmith &amp; Fulham councillor Natalia Perez voting against. \u00a0Further applications for Aurora&#8217;s southern site, 2 Scrubs Lane, and &#8216;Mitre Yard&#8217; (all on Scrubs Lane) look like coming before the committee in the next few months.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the daily reality of Scrubs Lane remains one of traffic queues, little pedestrian footfall, and a very busy waste site. \u00a0It is not clear how the addition of four residential towers will help to achieve the OPDC aim that &#8216;<em>Scrubs Lane will be transformed into a pleasant street, respectful of surrounding heritage assets with a high quality public realm&#8217;<\/em> (OPDC Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EMR-and-Powerday-exit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127\" src=\"http:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EMR-and-Powerday-exit.jpg\" alt=\"Waste vehicles queuing to enter the EMR and Powerday sites\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EMR-and-Powerday-exit.jpg 960w, https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EMR-and-Powerday-exit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EMR-and-Powerday-exit-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waste vehicles queuing to enter the EMR and Powerday sites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the meeting of the OPDC Planning Committee on March 1st, approval was granted to the planning application for the proposals from Aurora Developments for the northern of its two sites in Scrubs Lane NW10. The address is 93-97 Scrubs Lane, overlooking St Marys Cemetery The site is shown below, along with a CGI image &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/?p=124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;OPDC gives permission for &#8216;North Kensington Gate&#8217; (north) development&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakneighbourhoodforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}