Metropolitan Police Half Acre, Brentford, TW8 8DH Data via plota.co.uk

P/2025/2496 - EIA Major Full Applications Approved

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2, approved documents and plans to allow for recent regulatory changes to the Building Safety Act in respect of fire safety act, height increase of two storeys, amendments to the Arts/Cultural centre, amendments to the configuration of the internal layouts, amendments to the unit mix, amendments to building elevations and facades, reduction of the basement, and updated landscaping proposals of planning permission for the demolition of the existing former Police Station and section house building, sui generis use and the erection of a new Arts/Cultural centre and new dwellings including affordable housing, C3, with associated hard and soft landscaping, revised vehicular access and all necessary enabling and ancillary works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

12 Aug 2025

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Approved

16 Sept 2026

Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Hounslow Planning Committee on 5 Feb 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the scheme would provide homes, affordable housing, an arts centre and public benefits without unacceptable harm.
Members voted unanimously to approve the application, subject to a legal agreement, conditions and GLA Stage 2 referral.

Read how the committee decided The proposed changes, officers’ assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Hounslow's committee minutes of 5 Feb 2026.

Documents 152

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF P-Decision Notice P-Decision Notice · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee Report P-Committee Report · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 100

Plans & drawings 41

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf P-Planning Application Form · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 4

PDF London Fire Brigade P-Consultation Responses · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Hounslow Green Party Comments P-Consultation Responses · 20 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Historic England Archaeological P-Consultation Responses · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF GLA P-Consultation Responses · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

Associated applications 3

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Conditions variation sought for 2
- VariationVariation of Condition 2, approved documents and plans to allow for recent regulatory changes…This application12 Aug 2025P/2025/2496
- AmendmentNon material amendment to allow rewording of the description to read arts / cultural centre14 Aug 2025P/2025/2346

Site constraints 11

St Paul's Brentford conservation area

Also St Paul's, Brentford. Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Article 4 direction

Dwellinghouses (C3) to small HMOs (C4) - borough-wide Article 4 Direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Archaeological priority area

An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.

The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.

Air quality management area: Hounslow AQMA

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

5 listed buildings within 150 m; SSSI 453 m away: Syon Park SSSI; Heritage at risk 80 m away: Grand Union Canal and Boston Manor, Brentford; Inside the Hounslow built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Town centre 30 m away: Brentford.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council: Hounslow
Application type: EIA Major Full Applications
Postcode: TW8 8DH
Received: 12 Aug 2025
Validated: 12 Aug 2025
Ward: Brentford West
Decision: APPROVED WITH A LEGAL AGREEMENT
Decision date: 16 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show

Public comments

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 29 Aug 2025
Comments by: 14 Oct 2025
Site or press notice: 5 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry: 2 Dec 2025

Historical activity at this location

31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

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2017 Approved

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P/2017/3371 21 Apr 2021

Within ~100m

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Hounslow

Planning Authority Score

2.1/10

Poor

#268 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Hounslow is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #203 out of 296. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Hounslow is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 75% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 75% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Hounslow decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

71%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #294 of 296

75%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #293 of 296

56%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #203 of 296

47%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #208 of 296

38%

Minor dwellings approved

82 decided (1-9 homes)

93%

Major dwellings approved

14 decided (10+ homes)

29%

Change of use approved

72 decided

1,191

Total decisions

340 refused in the year to March 2026

Metropolitan Police Half Acre, Brentford, TW8 8DH Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 152

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 100

Plans & drawings 41

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 4

Other documents 4

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 11

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