Transport for London (TfL) is pushing ahead with plans to build 900 homes on land it owns in Acton, having awarded the construction contract to Barratt London.
Bollo Lane development (c) TfL
The location, Bollo Lane runs alongside the District and Picadilly line tracks between Chiswick Park and Acton Town stations, and on the railway side, is mostly occupied by TfL car parks and a couple of office buildings.
The site in Bollo Lane received the go-ahead in January 2021 by Ealing Council at the planning committee to deliver up to 900 new homes in Acton. Half of the homes are designated as affordable, with a range of rents, such as discounted market rent and London Affordable Rent, and shared ownership properties.
The contract was awarded through TfL’s property developer subsidiary, TTL Properties (TTLP) as a joint venture for the delivery of the houses running along the District line at Bollo Lane in Acton as well as a range of other potential sites in west London, subject to contract completion.
The Bollo Lane development will be delivered in three phases with the first phase comprising 195 build to rent homes, the second phase delivering around 450 homes and a third phase delivering around 250 homes.
(c) TfL
There’s also an option to redevelop the site of the London Transport Museum’s Acton depot just to the north for a further 800 homes, and if that goes ahead, the museum will be offered a new facility for its archive.
The joint venture partnership will also have the opportunity to develop other TfL sites across west London, helping to deliver thousands of new homes with close access to public transport.
Tom Copley, Deputy Mayor for Housing said: “This new development in Acton will provide affordable housing for hundreds of families and is a great example of how TfL land can be used to deliver much needed homes for Londoners.”
TfL, though TTL Properties currently has more than 3,750 homes under construction and more than 350 already completed.
It would have helped orientate the second picture if they had “drawn” it with North at the top!
Bollo Lane already has several very tall apartment blocks on the north side; it will turn into a canyon of buildings!
TFL should be developing its huge Fulwell site that is next door to Fulwell train Station in Teddington.
An air rights development above the bus garage and Lidl & BQ stores could deliver hundreds of much needed new homes
Could you in anyway put forward and get behind a scheme to revive the Acton Town to Kew Bridge route to relieve the pressure point on match days at the Brentford Community Stadium and relieve traffic congestion across Kew Bridge in general which in turn would reduce traffic congestion and carbon emissions. I wrote to Hounslow and Ealing Council and Brentford Community Trust.It got some brief response and traction (no pun intended) but has died of death now. This would be separate to the plans for the West London orbital regeneration scheme proposed to Old Oak Common and Hendon. Please Kew Councillors get in touch