Following extraordinary activity the past fortnight on the former Conquest Club/White Lodge Club/Pyrene Sports Ground where its new owner, not satisfied with their many new hectares, decided to nick another belonging to the community, spoiling the view from 177 to 211 Syon Lane, wasting public money on an illegal structure and getting off on the wrong foot with hundreds of residents.
Brave jogger by the EFA’s illegal hoardings on Syon Lane
Filed under Education, Osterley, Planning, Wyke Green
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
Filed under London Road, Osterley, Planning, Spring Grove, Thornbury Road, Wyke Green
Conquest Club to Nishkam Academy: no planning application or permission granted – but site being bought with your money
Hounslow’s Labour council continues to invest local money in extending its primary schools to ease the demand for places for this age group. David Cameron turned up unannounced at the Green School recently to continue to punt his government’s money wasting free school dogma which means that Hounslow’s (councillors continue to be told) 3 new secondary schools needed by 2018 can only be developed by anyone but the local authority.
Despite this advancing, unproved and often controversial tax funded free market in education, Hounslow Council still has a duty to provide all children with a school place and, to attempt a fist at coordination, meets with other providers via a local Academy and Free School Reference Group. Continue reading
Filed under Education, Great West Road, Osterley, Planning, Schools, Wyke Green
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
Filed under Great West Road, London Road, Northumberland Estate, Osterley, Reports, Roads, Spring Grove, Wyke Green
Hounslow's streets and street services are having a major make-over. If you have problems or questions concerning any aspect of this work then please contact <a href="https://fms.hounslowhighways.org/.
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Elected (with me) on 3 May 2018 on a 9.4% swing
Councillor Unsa Chaudri
Councillor Richard Eason
RUTH CADBURY MP
Ruth Cadbury, MP for Brentford and Isleaorth, re-elected on 8 June 2017 with a 13% increase in vote and a 20% majority.
