Plans for nearly 300 homes beside Hounslow bus garage have been submitted, after proposals for a giant Tesco and a 21-storey tower fell by the wayside.

The land in London Road, just east of Hounslow High Street, was one of a raft of sites sold by Tesco last year to investors Meyer Bergman in a £250m deal.

Tesco had been given the green light in 2012 to build a new supermarket on the 1.22 hectare plot, which was home to the seven-storey Hounslow House office block and a warehouse.

The proposals include just over 900sqm of commercial space on the ground floor

However, the retail giant decided a supermarket was no longer viable and last year its revised plans for 250 homes including a 21-storey tower were rejected by Hounslow Council 's planning committee.

Meyer Berman has now applied to build 293 homes, rising up to 12 storeys, along with just over 900sqm of commercial space.

'Art deco design inspired by Golden Mile buildings'

The proposed homes mostly comprise of flats, 10% of which would be suitable for wheelchair users, but also include a row of 14 three-bedroom mews houses.

The site would include communal gardens and roof terraces, and there would be 553 bike parking spaces.

But the only car parking spaces, other than a handful for short stay visitors and car club vehicles, would be for wheelchair users and those occupying the mews houses.

How the proposed development would look from above

There would be 38 homes for shared ownership or affordable rent, which equates to just 13% of the total - well short of Hounslow Council's 40% target for affordable housing.

The architectural firm Pollard Thomas Edwards, which produced the designs for Meyer Homes, said the apartments were inspired by the art deco buildings lining Brentford's so-called Golden Mile.

"The proposals will create a new urban quarter, which will contribute to the wider regeneration of Hounslow town centre as a thriving place and an attractive destination for Londoners to live, work and shop," it said in the planning application which was submitted to the council on August 23.