Planners Urge Approval for Griffin Park Redevelopment
Scheme could get go ahead despite NHS concerns about lack of GP places
A visualisation of the green at the centre of the development. Picture: Ecoworld
August 28, 2025
The long-stalled redevelopment of Griffin Park in Brentford has moved a step closer to approval, as the borough’s planning team has completed its report for the Planning Committee. The report recommends that planning permission be granted for the scheme proposed by EcoWorld London, despite receiving 24 objections during public consultation with just three submissions expressing support.
The application, submitted under reference P/2024/3503, proposes the construction of 149 residential units on the former football ground at Braemar Road (TW8 0NT). The development would include 41 houses, one four-storey apartment block, and two six-storey apartment blocks, along with associated landscaping, private amenity space, car and cycle parking, refuse storage, a substation, and new vehicular and pedestrian access points.
Objections raised by residents focused on the scale and density of the proposal, with concerns that the number of dwellings was excessive and that the architectural style and materials did not reflect the character of neighbouring properties. Some argued that more houses were needed than flats, and that the scheme lacked sufficient affordable housing.
Others cited the absence of adequate local health and education services to support the new population, concerns which were endorsed by local NHS management. The NHS North West London Integrated Care Board has this month submitted a formal response warning that local GP practices are already operating above recommended capacity. The redevelopment is expected to generate approximately 303 new residents, which would require an additional 24 square metres of clinical floorspace. The NHS estimates the capital cost of this requirement at £210,332 and has requested that this be secured through a Section 106 contribution. The submission notes that Brentford East, which includes the Griffin Park site, is an area of high deprivation, and that failure to mitigate the impact on healthcare provision could exacerbate health inequalities.
GP to patient ratios in the area submitted to planners by local NHS management
Additional concerns related to the impact on neighbouring residents, including increased pressure on parking, noise and disruption during construction, loss of privacy and daylight, and fears over security. Environmental objections included worries about traffic congestion, air pollution, insufficient detail on soft landscaping, and potential flooding and drainage issues.
Despite these objections, the planning officer’s report concludes that the development would not cause unacceptable harm to the character or appearance of the site or surrounding area, nor to the living conditions of neighbours or the local highway network. It recommends that permission be granted, subject to conditions and planning obligations.
Plan of the Griffin Park Development . Picture: EcoWorld
Griffin Park was the home of Brentford Football Club for 116 years. During 2020 , the club moved out of into the Brentford Community Stadium, a 17,250-capacity all-seater stadium just over half a mile away. The Griffin Park stadium was demolished in 2023.
The Griffin Park stadium was demolished in 2023
The Planning Committee is expected to consider the application at a meeting on 4 September. Based on previous schedules give by the developer, this would suggest that, if councillors follow the planning department's recommendations, the project could be ready for occupation by 2029.
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