Kilburn Park Road: Westminster committee

Last week all three of us, along with many local residents, attended the Westminster Planning Committee considering the Kilburn Park Road roundabout application.


Although the committee had no formal powers, it was asked to consider the application as it stood and provide comments - comments which would be conveyed to Brent Council when they actually formally consider and decide on the application.


Alastair spoke on behalf of us, outlining our views on why the application as it currently stands should be re-considered. We talked, amongst other things, about the issues regarding light, overlooking, design, transportation, air pollution, noise, loss of the greenspace, the lack of an environmental assessment and parking.

We are very pleased that, following our representations, all four member of the committee agreed that Westminster Council should object to the application and recommend to Brent that it should not go ahead in its current form. In fact, the lanning committee were so concerned by the proposal that they specifically asked that Westminster's comments were toughened up to make it clear to Brent that they had real concerns about the roposs about the proposal - with the chairman commenting that had Westminster been asked to decide the application it would have been refused in its current state.

We are very glad that the committee agreed with us and it strengthens the case of local residents who believe that this proposal is inapropriate for Kilburn Park Road.

The next milestone will be the Brent Council meeting - due to be held in late February. We'll let you know when we have a date.

Alastair, Jan and Lee