Lily Kotsana was outraged to learn that a huge eight storey hotel could be built just a stone's throw away from where she lives.

Late last year plans were submitted to demolish six buildings in 27-39 Hartfield Road to make way for the 177 room development.

But now that a consultation has gone out, neighbours are flocking to object.

That includes Ms Kotsana who resides in Graham Road.

"Do we really need another hotel in Wimbledon town centre, after the Premier Inn on the Broadway and the other approved hotel developments in the vicinity," she said.

"How can this be rationally justified?

"Copperfields is sadly gone, and so will Mica cafe, Carry Royal and Chutneys, all local businesses with a genuine relationship with local people.

"Allowing all small independents to be bulldozed and replaced by large developments and chain store outlets would be bad news for the town.

In one of the documents submitted by Reef Estates, it said that the new building would "improve and enhance" that area of town.

"Wimbledon Town centre has evolved over 200 years from the traditional small-scale Georgian/Victorian terraced rows to large scale contemporary structures," the planning document read.

"The proposed hotel must therefore address both these scales and styles in the immediate context in order to be successfully integrated.

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"It will significantly regenerate the area of Hartfield Road with a high quality hotel building and leading UK hotel and commercial operators."

But Ms Kotsana disagrees.

Not only does she believe that the designs are "boring and bulky", but also that the lack of parking spaces could not possibly work.

"It is totally unacceptable to grant planning permission for a hotel with 177 rooms, without requiring a single car parking space to be provided," she added.

"This issue will be exacerbated by the fact that another hotel at 12 Hartfield Road (on the Slug site) has been approved, again, with no parking spaces."

The proposed development would provide 14 on-site short-term cycle parking spaces on Beulah Road and six long-term cycle spaces within the rear service area.

She said although the noise from the construction works wouldn't be too unbearable, the mum said it would be a danger for kids living in the largely residential street.

"My kids runs up and down that street," she said.

"The construction will be a huge disruption, but my concern is once it has been built how much extra strain on the community there will be.

"Are they just going to turn Hartfield Road into a high rise road?"