New Attempt To Downsize The Station House
Plan to turn part of Grove Park pub into flats
Planned design changes to Station House building
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Another planning application has been submitted to Hounslow Council for a development at the site of the Station House pub.
The previous proposal was rejected at the end of last year and now revised plans have been submitted by Associate Properties Limited which is based in Birmingham.
As before the size of the pub will be significantly decreased to allow more of the building to be converted to residential use. There would be a reduction of around 42% in the floor space of the pub and it is understood that there would be no staff living on the premises. Currently the family running the pub live on site.
The plan is to reduce the ground floor Public House space, extend the existing building on the first and second floor and lower a part of the ground floor slab to introduce two storeys to accommodate five 2 bedroom flats.
In rejecting the original application Hounslow planning officers said, “The proposed development fails to justify the loss of part of the community use, and without its re-provision at an equivalent capacity, there would be an in-principle objection to the loss of part of the community use.”
In response the applicant commissioned a viability statement by consultants Davis Coffer Lyons which concluded that a smaller pub would be viable.
The report estimated that the existing pub which forms part of Punch Taverns leased estate and has been operated by a private independent limited company for over ten years had a turnover range of around £650,000 to £700,000 over recent years.
It is stated that discussions with the local planning department have indicated an increasing acceptance of reducing the size of the pub in principal.
Following the completion of the proposed works Associate intend to let the pub on a new free of tie lease after the expiration of the current lease in December 2020. The consultant’s report says that Punch Taverns have expressed interest in the lease and it was expected that the current tenant “would be interested given their long trading history at the site and goodwill with the local community”.
The report concludes that a smaller sized pub at the site would be viable despite an estimated 30% drop in food sales and 15% fall in drink sales and might even benefit from ‘a more intimate atmosphere even when relatively quiet’.
The reference for the application is P/2020/3154. You can make comments by visiting the council's planning pages.
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October 25, 2020
