Decision Set to Be Made on Storage Facility Plan

Eleven storey building is at junction of Ealing Road and Great West Road

A visualisation the scheme from the developer's application showing the building from north of the A4/M4

Participate

Yet Another Delay to Tesco/Homebase Inquiry Decision

Sign up for our Brentford newsletter

Comment on this story on the

February 2, 2024

Councillors on the borough planning committee will be meeting this Monday (5 February) to decide on a planning application (P/2023/1974) for a major self-storage facility in Brentford.

The council planning team are recommending approval for the scheme which includes light industrial workspace for incubator units at the junction of the Great West Road and Ealing Road.

They praised the attempt made in the design to echo the Art Deco style of the surrounding area and said that the operation would generate 67 jobs but not a significant amount of extra traffic.

Visualisation of the Karbon self-storage building viewed looking west on the Great West Road (A4)

Nine objections were received to the application on the grounds of height, loss of light and privacy, noise and disturbances and more traffic.

The facility, on the vacant site next to the Premier Inn would be operated by Karbon and would be a similar height to the hotel and the building on the opposite side of Ealing Road.

There would be no access to the self-storage units in the building from Ealing Road. Customers would need to turn left off the Great West Road to a reception point on the west side of the building.

The site proposed for redevelopment. Picture: Google Streetview

Built floorspace will comprise 3,349sqm GIA but this can be increased to 7544sqm GIA through the use of demountable mezzanine floors.

If approved a £50,000 contribution will be made to investigating improved crossing facilities nearby on the A4.

The site was once a part of the wider Alfa Laval and Baltic Centre complex, which since its demolition in 1996 has been redeveloped in fragments including the Premier Inn.

Permission had been granted in 2019 for a thirteen story office building on the site but this lapsed in 2022 after a lack of interest in the space and the owner going out of business.

Like Reading Articles Like This? Help Us Produce More

This site remains committed to providing local community news and public interest journalism.

Articles such as the one above are integral to what we do. We aim to feature as much as possible on local societies, charities based in the area, fundraising efforts by residents, community-based initiatives and even helping people find missing pets.

We’ve always done that and won’t be changing, in fact we’d like to do more.

However, the readership that these stories generates is often below that needed to cover the cost of producing them. Our financial resources are limited and the local media environment is intensely competitive so there is a constraint on what we can do.

We are therefore asking our readers to consider offering financial support to these efforts. Any money given will help support community and public interest news and the expansion of our coverage in this area.

A suggested monthly payment is £8 but we would be grateful for any amount for instance if you think this site offers the equivalent value of a subscription to a daily printed newspaper you may wish to consider £20 per month. If neither of these amounts is suitable for you then contact info@neighbournet.com and we can set up an alternative. All payments are made through a secure web site.

One-off donations are also appreciated. Choose The Amount You Wish To Contribute.

If you do support us in this way we’d be interested to hear what kind of articles you would like to see more of on the site – send your suggestions to the editor.

For businesses we offer the chance to be a corporate sponsor of community content on the site. For £30 plus VAT per month you will be the designated sponsor of at least one article a month with your logo appearing if supplied. If there is a specific community group or initiative you’d like to support we can make sure your sponsorship is featured on related content for a one off payment of £50 plus VAT. All payments are made through a secure web site.