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Welcome to the consultation website on proposals for 134 Kenton Road, Harrow
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Indicative view of our updated proposals, viewed from Nash Way

Whitbread PLC is delighted to present proposals for the redevelopment of 134 Kenton Road to provide much needed new homes in Harrow

Thank you to everyone who engaged in our pre-application public consultation. We have listened to your feedback and updated our proposals to reflect your feedback and that of planning officers, where possible.
Following two rounds of public consultation, we have submitted a planning application to Harrow Council to redevelop 134 Kenton road into new homes alongside an improved bar/restaurant on Kenton Road.
We have listened to community feedback collected during the first round of consultation and revised our proposals where possible in response. Ahead of submitting a planning application to Harrow Council, we want to present our revised plans for 134 Kenton Road, and continue our dialogue with local partners. On this website, you will find information on our vision for the site, and how you can participate in the second round of public consultation.
Our Proposals
The Site

The site sits on the corner of Kenton Road and Carlton Avenue in Harrow, in a prime position within the Kenton District, located just a short walk from Kenton Station

The site comprises a Premier Inn Hotel and Beefeater. Having been extensively altered and extended over time, this usage is now contained within two separate and dated buildings surrounded by extensive car parking.
The proposals represent a great opportunity to improve the sustainability and energy standards of the site. The site exhibits prevailing accessibility challenges for pedestrians as a result of the level changes. No buildings on site are locally or statutorily listed, neither is it located in a Conservation Area.
Located adjacent to Kenton Station, within a short walk to Northwick Park Station, and in a primary frontage in the Kenton District Centre, this under-used brownfield site presents a fantastic opportunity to deliver a new residential community which better reflects its setting – with accessible landscaping, high quality greening and attractive architecture.
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Our Vision

Our vision is to transform 134 Kenton Road to deliver a varied mix of high quality homes, including 35% affordable housing, family homes and co-living accommodation, helping to meet Harrow’s diverse housing need.

Providing new homes to tackle Harrow’s housing need

New bar/restaurant fronting Kenton Road

Improved architecture, landscape and pedestrian experience

A mix of housing types, including 35% affordable housing, family homes and co-living

Considerate construction management and servicing

Sustainable and energy efficient design

Providing much-needed new homes in Harrow

In line with the London Plan’s annual housebuilding target for Harrow of 802 homes per year, the proposals will create high quality, sustainable new homes, redeveloping a brownfield site.

We propose to create a varied mix of housing types to suit all lifestyles, from family homes to co-living accommodation:

  • 109 built-to-rent apartments, all with private amenity space
  • Over 10% of built-to-rent apartments will be disability accessible
  • 103 co-living units, designed to a high quality in accordance with standards for large scale, purpose built shared living
  • 11% of co-living units will be disability accessible
  • The build-to-rent homes will have individual terraces, and the co-living accommodation will have a considerately designed, landscaped communal roof-terrace, from which overlooking will be prevented with carefully designed landscaping to protect the privacy of neighbours
  • 35% of build-to-rent apartments will be affordable homes
The majority of homes will be dual-aspect, with views over the landscaped courtyard, and have high-quality amenities. The co-living accommodation will provide shared social spaces, putting the wellbeing of residents at its heart.
Indicative view of commercial unit fronting Kenton Road

Creating a new bar/restaurant fronting Kenton Road

Our proposals will replace the existing bar/restaurant, providing a drinking establishment on the ground floor fronting Kenton Road.

Improved architecture, landscaping and public realm

Our landscaping proposals will improve the topography of the site, removing the steep-level access to create a better pedestrian experience.
The updated design incorporates community feedback from the first round of consultation, seeking to complement the surrounding architecture with simple geometric patterns that fit with mock-Tudor elements. We have also taken on board community concern regarding the height of the scheme, scaling down the height to ensure sensitivity to the surrounding townscape.
The landscape will include varied urban greening and spaces to relax and play for all ages, with connected cycle paths and footpaths around the development.
Indicative view of the shared landscaped garden
Indicative view along Carlton Avenue

Sustainability and biodiversity gains

Our vision for 134 Kenton Road is designed to the highest sustainability and environmental standards, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions and increase energy efficiency across the development.
The development will incorporate a highly efficient energy plant, efficient ventilation in each apartment, solar panels, air source heat pumps and water saving measures. The design also gives consideration to compatibility with a future decarbonised energy grid and District Heating Network, and is aiming for a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’.
The landscape design gives due consideration to biodiversity and wildlife. We are retaining as many existing trees on the site boundary as possible without compromising the affordable housing offering, and will plant new hedgerows to create habitat where trees are lost. In addition, we will put bat boxes and bird boxes in the trees on site, helping the local ecology to thrive.

Considerate of neighbouring amenities

We are committed to being good neighbours. If the application is approved, we will have a considerate construction management plan in place, with a dedicated freephone and email address.
The development is also designed for efficient vehicular servicing and refuse collection. There will be sufficient bicycle storage, encouraging active travel and reducing the pressure on parking in surrounding roads.
We have ensured that the landscape design of the scheme will protect the privacy of neighbours by preventing overlooking from terraces on the built-to-rent apartments, and the communal terrace at the co-living accommodation.
During the public consultation, we received lots of questions regarding the car-parking provision included in our proposals. As per Council policy guidance, we are exploring the potential for the development to be largely car-free.
Indicative view of the landscaped residents spaces
Whitbread PLC is the owner of Premier Inn and restaurant brands including Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table, Bar + Block, Whitbread Inns and Cookhouse + Pub.
The business values people, its employees and local communities. It employs people from the local area first, providing good, long term employment.

Have your say

We value your feedback, and want to hear your views ahead of submitting a planning application.
Come along to our public drop-in exhibition to meet the project team, or fill in our updated online survey

Public
Exhibition

  • Date: Tuesday 10th December
  • Time: 3pm – 7pm
  • Location: Travellers Rest Beefeater, 134 Kenton Road, Harrow, HA3 8AT
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Public
Exhibition 2

  • Date: Saturday 12th October
  • Time: 10am – 2pm
  • Location: Travellers Rest Beefeater, 134 Kenton Road, Harrow, HA3 8AL
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Online
Survey

  • Closes on Monday 6th January
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