New Plans To Be Submitted for Griffin Park Development

Developer says latest scheme contains larger community park

View south into The Green from New Road. Picture: EcoWorld

September 20, 2024

EcoWorld London, the company planning to develop the former Griffin Park stadium site is about to submit another planning application for a housing scheme.

An earlier plan for the site never proceeded despite the demolition of the ground and the new proposals appear very similar to the earlier design.

Details were revealed at a public exhibition at the Armenian Church this Monday (16 September) which the company says are partly based on feedback from the local community.

The application will be for 41 townhouses and 108 apartments. All of the houses and 78 of the flats will be for sale on the private market with the remaining thirty of the flats offered for discount market sale which will mean they are classed as affordable. This number of flats and houses in the scheme remains unchanged from the earlier proposal submitted in 2021 and the apartment blocks appear to still be six storeys high according to visualisations in the exhibition materials.

Plan of the Griffin Park Development shown at the exhibition. Picture: EcoWorld

The main change with the earlier plans seems to be a larger community space in the middle of the development which has risen from 725 sqm to 1,770 sqm. This appears to have been achieved by a reduction in car parking space which the developer says was made with the encouragement of borough planners. The park will be a flexible space which can host a number of activities and events and there would be play spaces for children of all ages.

At the centre will be The Hive which aims to provide a space for remembrance, reflection and congregation. The park will also contain historical references to the orchard and football club.

Indicative view of The Mews Street. Picture: EcoWorld

A 60% carbon reduction saving is being claimed for the design due to the use of low carbon heating systems, solar panels and electric vehicle charging points.

The development originally was meant to enable the Brentford Community Stadium scheme but that has already proceeded. An additional over £5m of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will be generated.

Shared surfaces aim to make the new streets safe for pedestrians by slowing vehicles down. While pedestrians have free access through all sides of the site, there is only one vehicle entrance and, once inside, paving types limit the area accessed by vehicles and the speed they can travel.

It is anticipated that the planning application will be made in the near future with a view to gaining final permission by this time next year. This would enable construction to start towards the end of 2025 and project completion by summer 2028.

The first proposal for the site was back in 2016 when Willmott Dixon proposed a development of 75 townhouses. EcoWorld submitted its earlier plan in 2021 but never proceeded with it.

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