Housing Plan for Craven House Car Park
Permission sought for five or six residential dwellings on the site
The car park on Craven Road. Picture: Google Streetview
September 11, 2024
An application (243242PIP) has been submitted for the conversion of a car park in central Ealing into housing.
The site is on Craven Road (W5 2UA) at the rear of Craven House which faces onto Uxbridge Road. This office block is also the subject of a proposal to convert it to residential use.
The applicant, which is named as ‘MRD48LLP’ in planning documents, for the car park conversion, is seeking ‘permission in principle’ to build five or six residential dwellings on the site. This is the first stage in a two-stage process to obtain permission which would see detailed designs submitted at a later date. A cover letter with the application suggests that the new housing would be up to three storeys high and consist of three or four bedroom units.
The applicant’s agent argues that this is a brownfield site with excellent transport links which is an ideal location for housing. Objections have already been received from residents of nearby Cavalier House on the grounds of loss of privacy among other reasons.
The car park previously belonged to the owners of Craven House had 93 parking spaces. This would be reduced to 37 should the new housing proceed.
Comments on the application must be sent to Ealing Council by 19 September.
Another application for housing to be built on the site of the nearby bowls club has been approved pending the signing of legal agreements. The application (243024PACBSD) submitted to the council by Greeneedle Ltd for prior approval of a change of use of Craven House into 81 flats has yet to be determined.
Craven House on Uxbridge Road. Picture: Facebook
The Central Ealing Neighbourhood Forum has objected to the Craven House application saying, “The proposal is contrary to the designation of this stretch of the Uxbridge Road as the 'office corridor', which would be further diluted by the proposal. The offices are currently occupied and no justification has been provided for the proposals with no suggestion that the existing use is no longer required or viable.”
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