More on Kilburn Park Road ...

As we mentioned late last week, Brent Council decided to pass the planning application to build 130 flats on the roundabout at a planning committee meeting last Wednesday.

Although we always knew we were up against it when we started our campaign with residents last Autumn, it is still incredibly disappointing to see a planning committee decide against you, as they did late last Wednesday night. All three of us, along with many residents - both from Brent and Westminster - had turned up to hear the result and, in some cases, to speak out against the idea before the decision was made (including Alastair, who represented the three of us, and Kim who represented the KPR residents).

Despite our long list of objections, despite the clear and unambiguous view of Westminster's planning committee that this was a flawed application and even despite one of the local councillors over the border in Brent admitting this was an "imperfect" application, the committee still decided to plough ahead and pass the application nonetheless. Sadly, we still believe the committee are wrong on this one.

There is much more than could be said, but we'll leave it at that for now.

A massive thanks to all the residents who have supported the campaign and, particularly, to those who were able to turn out on a wet and windy night in Wembley to hear the verdict. It was your commitment which has made such a difference throughout the last few months.

We hope to meet with many of you over the next few weeks to discuss the matter.

Alastair, Jan and Lee