From Harrow Hill Trust
Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) will be lost
if the Harrow School replacement Sports Hall is relocated and enlarged to
include a conference suite, as proposed.
We believe that there is a better location and design that the school should consider.
We believe that there is a better location and design that the school should consider.
Please give your support by 20 May by
signing our petition on change.org. Also, help us by
rejecting application P/1940/16 on the Harrow Council planning portal http://www.harrow.gov.uk.
Access
to appreciate the current wonderful views is already restricted to footpaths
and London's Capital Ring walking route, and they will be blocked or blighted
by the proposed positioning. This includes the views of our only Grade II
Listed Park which was set out by Capability Brown in 1768.
The
solution is to redevelop the existing brown field site, use more subterranean
construction and a green roof/ walls. Also to use a temporary sports 'Bubble'
and the nearby John Lyon swimming pool, during construction.
The
conditions for developing on MOL have not been met and the public have not been
consulted on the MOL aspects. If we can’t protect a site which is MOL, in a
Conservation Area, an Area of Special Character and alongside a Grade II listed
Park then what can we protect?
Show your support: sign our petition by 20 May
