I thought I would do a short update on some Kensal Green Planning issues that have been rumbling on.
The former Willesden Social Club site on the corner of Rucklidge Avenue has yet another application in. This sounds quite similar to the previous ones, although this time the units are intended to be "affordable". The applicant is Origen Housing, which are already quite advanced in their work on the former Service Station site on Harlesden High Street.
The Green Man, which successfully got planning permission to regularise its status after an unauthorised conversion, has yet to do anything about the new planning permission it has. I gather the enforcement team have now paid another visit and threatened prosecution unless quick progress is made.
There is a long running issue about the church at the top of Scrubs Lane. The original planning permission included the erection of a set of giraffe heads. I cannot actually recall the art in question, but they were apparently subject to metal theft. However, there is still a planning condition for artwork on the site. I am told that progress is slowly being made, and that a design is now available that the planners consider a suitable concept.
Park House behind the Harlesden Tesco is now well on the way to completion.
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The artist was Rebecca Nassauer. She lived in Queens' Park but has since died of breast cancer. Her obituary in the Independent (18th Jan 2011) mentions the giraffe heads. A wonderful woman and greatly missed.
Rob Grover
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