MAYOR GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO MASTER BREWER PLAN
SADIQ KHAN APPROVES DEVELOPMENT DESPITE CONCERNS OVER GREEN BELT IMPACT
MAYOR of London Sadiq Khan has approved plans for a 500-home scheme on the former Master Brewer site in Hillingdon.
Designed by architects TPJ and Collado Collins, the Hillingdon scheme includes 514 homes, of which 182 will be for London Affordable Rent or shared ownership.
Organised by Inland Homes, the development will include a series of blocks up to 11 storeys high, covering 2.5. hectares, on the site of the former Master Brewer hotel complex. The land is behind Hillingdon Tube station and flanked on three sides by Freezeland Way, Long Lane and the A40 to the northern end.
The fourth side is neighbouring green belt land near Ickenham.
In February, Hillingdon Council rejected the plans on the basis the site was being overdeveloped and that it would significantly increase traffic in the area.
The council also raised concerns about the impact it would have on the neighbouring green belt land and quality of life for local residents.
However, the Greater London Authority responded by saying that the design was one of “high quality” and that it would have “no unacceptable visual impact on the green belt”.
Mr Khan also said that the housing scheme would generate an extra £1.4 million contribution towards public transport.
This will not be the first time that developers have tried to build on the former Master Brewer site.
In 2014, the land was set to become a Tesco supermarket. However, Tesco was forced to abandon the project a year later due to financial difficulties, at which point property developers began to take an interest. Having been vacant since the hotel was demolished in 2012, the Master Brewer scheme must now be approved by housing secretary Robert Jenrick.