Mount Anvil and Catalyst have actually changed the design to increase the number of flats they can squeeze in. Planning Application 221747HYBRID involves the erection of a seventh tower block that is 17 storeys huj. Also several of the other blocks were revised to make them huj'er and larger. This will ensure that the developers, Mount Anvil and Catalyst, will increase the number of flats originally approved from 990 to 1228 - 238 extra flats. In this planning application, the erection of a seventh 17 storey huj tower block will not be used to house local people in need, but will be marketed to potential private owners in the Middle East and the Far East. As seems to be the usual with the present Ealing Council, they give little thought to family and social housing that is actually affordable. All that really want, it seems, is another "council tax farm", irrespective of it being too tall for the site, resulting in a scheme that is too dense and having an adverse impact on the character and appearance of the area.All of this so that Catalyst and Mount Anvil can make a greater profit for themselves.
Anthony Hawran ● 887d