Category Archives: London Road

by loukit | March 24, 2015 · 18:57

Spring Grove to the rescue 2 – Sainsbury’s

The Barklays Bank site acquired by Tesco

The Barclays Bank site being acquired by Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s and Tesco are less able to cut it with their big shops or the Germans so they’re coming to a High Street near you

Sainsbury’s has secured all permissions for the former Barclays Bank site at 459 London Road and Tesco is developing 1 Clifton Road.

The closure of the third and last of Isleworth’s Barclays Bank branches offered the orange team an opportunity to maintain their rivalry with the blue team, Sainsbury’s secured the option to buy the lease on the former bank site but they had to get their permissions first. Continue reading →

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Filed under College Road, London Road, Planning, Spring Grove

by loukit | March 24, 2015 · 18:35

Spring Grove to the rescue 1 – Tesco

The ARK site acquired by Tesco

Tesco and Sainsbury’s seeking to reverse their superstore failures and fight it out on London Road

Tesco is developing 1 Clifton Road and Sainsbury’s has secured all permissions for 459 London Road Isleworth.

Soon after May 2014’s election, a couple of early cases featured Tesco Stores Limited; not the confident and connected market leader Hounslow had to deal with when their superstore expansion meant five giant sheds were built in the borough in the early 1990s.

One Tesco attempt was to wake their neighbours up really early morning by seeking to change their Syon Lane store opening hours from 8.00 am to 6.00 am. I felt that the council’s planners were going to allow this but I was able to get it on to the Planning Committee agenda for its 31 July 2014 meeting with the aim of getting its members to reject Tesco’s application. Continue reading →

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Filed under London Road, Osterley, Planning, Spring Grove, Thornbury Road, Wyke Green

by loukit | March 22, 2015 · 17:16

Response to College Road area parking petition being worked on

Click on image to download pdf file for a full map of the proposed CPZs

I handed a petition to the Mayor of Hounslow on behalf of signatories from the College Road, Grove Road, Avenue Road neighbourhood requesting parking controls at the 27.1.2015 Borough Council meeting.

Other submissions recorded that night were two separate petitions from the Thornbury Road neighbourhood and another from Wyke Gardens estate, also requesting local parking controls. Continue reading →

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Filed under College Road, CPZ, London Road, Parking

by loukit | December 10, 2014 · 22:32

Half a year a Councillor – meeting at West Thames College Thursday 13 November 2014

Some 40 locals turned up at West Thames College to see a presentation on Hounslow Highways and exchange with that organisation’s man in charge, Mr Rob Gillespie. The evening was arranged to also offer Osterley & Spring Grove residents an opportunity to raise or discuss issues with other local people and their ward councillor six months after the borough elections.

Tony Louki and Rob Gillespie

The guest speaker was chosen as his teams have been around during the last year across most of the ward renewing pavements, replacing streetlights and resurfacing roads. Another reason was because a fair amount of casework raised by residents includes tree, verge, flytipping and street issues. Continue reading →

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Filed under Great West Road, London Road, Northumberland Estate, Osterley, Reports, Roads, Spring Grove, Wyke Green

Tagged as Hounslow Highways, Rob Gillespie, Tony Louki, West Thames College