“It’s just mean minded and mean spirited, the whole thing.” Jim added: “It's a fantastic community Brentford, and we want to do all we can to foster that community spirit, and the last thing we need is something like this, particularly with Covid, which drives a wedge between two different parts of the community. Residents can however still access the riverside from different entrance points. The ridiculous number of Westminster homes that have sat empty for yearsīut Brentford Dock Limited erected some in the days before the orders were approved.Hounslow Council - which is a freeholder and major leaseholder at the site - sought to block the company from putting up gates or fencing within the development in a planning meeting on January 7. The father-of-two explained how residents have had issues with public access in the past, with the estate putting up signs saying ‘no access’ and ‘residents only’, as well as hiring security staff, but that most local people “ignored them”.īut now the impact of the first lockdown is believed to be behind the further measures taken by the company running the estate, Brentford Dock Limited. Sign up for all the latest stories in your email inbox here
“ the idea that views of beautiful landscapes are not private property, they should belong to everyone, and we see that all the way along the Thames.” The 72-year-old who has lived in the area for 40 years, said: “For years we'd go down there, we love the walk that goes round the point, the most beautiful views of the Thames and over at Kew Gardens and so on, it is hugely valued by the community including, those who live in Brentford Dock. Resident Jim Storrar has described the “groundswell of anger” within the community over gates put up at Brentford Dock to try and stop members of the public from outside walking through to the path by the River Thames. A much-loved walking route in Brentford has become the centre of a heated row as a housing development is trying to block off public access.
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