The Kilburn Times has reported LINK that Brent Council Planning Committee has refused permission for the fee paying Lycee International de Londres Winston Churchill to build a 5 lane swiming pool sunken into the garden area in front of the former Brent Town Hall bulding, adjacent to Forty Lane and the Paddocks.
There were few objections to the plans and the Planning Officers' Report recommended approval LINK and continued to do so after members of the Committee visited the site and raised various issues LINK
The Kilburn Times quotes a Brent Council spokesperson: “The Planning Committee voted unanimously to refuse the proposal based, in particular, on concerns about its effect on the setting and views of the Grade II Listed Building on this prominent frontage site.”
This is an impression of the new pool building included in the planning application:
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The refusal comes as a surprise and some local people and schools had been looking forward to the promised public access when the pool was not being used by the French School.
Around the corner there is some uncertainty over the promised community swimming pool, and the extent of public access. on the site of the former Dexion House. This would be a 2,500 m2 pool in the basement of one of two new buildings which are given over to student accommodation.
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There were few objections to the plans and the Planning Officers' Report recommended approval LINK and continued to do so after members of the Committee visited the site and raised various issues LINK
The Kilburn Times quotes a Brent Council spokesperson: “The Planning Committee voted unanimously to refuse the proposal based, in particular, on concerns about its effect on the setting and views of the Grade II Listed Building on this prominent frontage site.”
This is an impression of the new pool building included in the planning application:
The refusal comes as a surprise and some local people and schools had been looking forward to the promised public access when the pool was not being used by the French School.
Around the corner there is some uncertainty over the promised community swimming pool, and the extent of public access. on the site of the former Dexion House. This would be a 2,500 m2 pool in the basement of one of two new buildings which are given over to student accommodation.
