Student towers from Empire Court, North End Road
Consented towers are the blue images
Despite opposition from nearby residents who said they had not been consulted and would lose light and suffer ASB from students, the planning application for 619 bed student accomodation in Watking Road, Wembley Park, was passed by Brent Planning Committee last night. The committee were told there was demand for such accommodation from London colleges as well as the Football Business University in Wembley. They were also told the provision would relieve pressure on other accommodation including HMOs and would deliver the equivalent ot 247 units towards Brent's Housing target. Officers argued that students would support the local night-time and cultural economy.
A double tower on the site of Prospect House on the North Circular Road was also approved. The site is on a flood plain and framed by the River Brent and the Grand Union Canal, as well as the polluted North Circular Road.
The site has some dubious history worth reading in this article by Alison Hopkins. LINK
2 comments:
So again, more high rises which do not benefit anyone in Brent, it only benefits universities with property in central London who can now realise shed loads of cash by selling them. So who benefits from property building massess of student boxes in Brent? How many student bedspaces are there in Brent now? How much social housing is generated by them, we suspect nil, just like the concil tax.
Student accomodation = huge increase in people using our local public services but NO council tax paid by the students nor by the building owners = us local residents getting worse services and higher council tax! 😤
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