Controversial plans for  the Janet Adegoke polyclinic in Shepherd's Bush are going back to Hammersmith and Fulham Council after residents challenged housing proposals.

Although planning permission was granted for the Janet Adegoke polyclinic in July, councillors will review the decision next Wednesday.

When the borough consulted about the health centre, it did not mention there would be no housing for rent on the South Africa Road site.

Some White City Estate tenants legally challenged this decision, claiming it is discriminatory because they cannot afford to live in the development.

Shepherd's Bush MP Andy Slaughter believes this forced the council to repeat a public consultation and also refer the scheme back to its planning committee.  

He is scathing about the latest planning agenda, which describes homes that can only be bought by people with a combined income of £60,000 as 'affordable'.

The MP said: "£60,000 is three to four times the average income for Shepherd's Bush and two to three times the average for the UK.

"To describe these homes as affordable is obscene. It shows how out of touch the council is with people who live in this area."

These 23 homes were previously designated for shared ownership. The developer has now asked if they can initially be rented, before being sold to occupants.

Officers have also recommended the minimum discount on homes for sale is reduced from 33 per cent to 30 per cent.

Mr Slaughter added: "This was an unaffordable development which the council pushed through without proper consultation.

"They are now adding insult to injury by making it even more unaffordable.

"They have not introduced any element of social rent, they have deleted shared ownership housing and the reduced the discount on the market sale houses.

"It is clear that the council is rattled and confused because this is the third time this development has gone to committee."

Chairman of the White City Residents' Association Harry Audley is not surprised at the delay caused by the planning review.

He said: "There have been a whole series of delays and this is just one more in a long-running saga.

"I think people have become very cynical about the project and no longer have any expectation of anything coming to fruition in the near future."

The council declined to comment.