Nine Storey Development Planned at Stirling Road
100 flats to be built on top of commercial space in industrial estate
CGI of planned building. Picture: Hawkins/Brown
A development of two nine storey high tower blocks is being proposed in the Stirling Road industrial estate on the border of Acton and Chiswick.
The development, which would overlook the tip on Stirling Road. would comprise over 100 flats of which the developers say 32 would be ‘affordable or intermediate’. There would be commercial space at the ground floor level to ensure there was no loss for industrial use in the zoned area.
The application lodged with Ealing Council by BL Acton developers, proposes demolition of two existing non-adjacent buildings and construction of a mixed use development comprising 2,317 sq. m commercial space and 101 residential units within two buildings each of nine storeys at 29-39 Stirling Road with part of the development on Roslin Road on the site of Blissett's the bookbinders.
The area is adjacent to Bollo Lane, where earlier this week an exhibition was held to publicise details of another large development proposed on Transport for London sites which would see over 800 flats built in the area. Other large housing developments in the vicinity include the 2,500 flats being built as part of the Acton Gardens development and the 13 storey towers put up by Pocket Living.
The developer say, “We feel that reinforcing the existing light industrial provision within the locality by offering higher quality space, with generous floor to ceiling heights and large windows for natural daylighting is key to unlocking the potential of the sites.”
A total of 43 objections have been made on the grounds of overdevelopment, height and massing of these developments as well as pressure on infrastructure and transport.
Ealing Civic Society has objected to the planned loss of locally significant industrial workspace.
"In addition, the continued industrial use of the buildings surrounding the development site, for example for refuse and recycling, would significantly harm the amenity of potential residents. Furthermore, we object to the planned height of the building which would be out of scale with its immediate neighbours.
"Finally, the Council should note that the proposed 're-provision' would of necessity be use class B1C for compatibility with the residential component. This cannot be accepted as replacement of other wider B1, B2 and B8 use classes."
October 20, 2019