Queen's Park Tower Meeting

Brent Council held a meeting on the proposed Queen's Park Tower last Thursday evening in Brondesbury Park.

Around 100 people turned up to listen to the changes that the new Conservative-LibDem Brent Council are proposing to make, following the creation of a stakeholder group to discuss the project. 2 representatives on the group are from Westminster, to ensure that our input is heard.

The new brief is still at the consultation stage, but Brent have committed to a development of no more than 12 storeys. Although the design is yet to be determined (probably via some kind of competition), we were shown pictures of likely impact from Carlton Vale, which shows a much less imposing building that before.

The changes to the Planning Brief are to be approved by the leadership of Brent Council on 13 November, with a consultation period afterwards (20 November - 11 January). A revised plan will be then drawn up in January, with the final version submitted once again to the leadership next February.

Although we remain concerned about the likely impact upon local services and the community, we recognise that the new Council have made a very bold step in reducing the height of the tower. We'll now await to see what comes from the consultation.

Lee