GOVERNMENT plans could remove vital protection against over development on Hounslow's green spaces, that could impact upon the future use of Osterley Campus when Brunel University leave the land.
The proposals were outlined in a report published by the Treasury on measures to change the housing supply in the country. The report calls for a massive extension of regional planning and regional involvement in housing, new centralised housing targets, and more green field and Green Belt development.
To do this, the Council's powers on planning will be taken away and passed to more distant regional politicians.
Former Brunel student, Alexander Northcote, said: "As a student, I studied on the Osterley Campus it is a tremendous open space in the heart of a conservation area. Local councillors are best placed to decide what happens to it. But this report means any decision will be handled at a regional or national level." The planning brief is at: http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/final-brunel-brief.doc
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