Children have joined their parents in pleading with the council to save their back garden.

The application from Raglan Housing is to construct a four-storey development to the rear of Abbey Lodge, in Gordon Road, Ealing, fronting Carlton Gardens, and providing an additional nine self-contained units.

A decision will be made at the planning committee meeting on Wednesday (February 19).

Some housing association tenants have been living there for 37 years and are heavily objecting on the grounds of 80 per cent reduction of green space, feared loss or damage to a cherished ash tree and reduced light into some flats, as well as a blocked view, parking congestion, increased traffic, inadequate provision for refuse and recycling and excessive density on the plot.

Ealing Council has put a restriction on occupiers of the new homes obtaining parking permits within a controlled parking zone, and asked developers for financial contributions towards the planting of trees and landscaping on the application.

One of the children who lives in Abbey Lodge, Freya Jupp, 10, said: “Please don’t let the builders take away our garden at Abbey Lodge. Me and my friends will be very sad as we will have nowhere to play.”

Dad Peter Jupp, 55, a musician, said: “My 10-year-old uses the garden every day, like all the kids do. We have lots of elderly residents and they use it because they can’t get to the park.

“It’s going to be taken away. It’s very distressing and everyone is worried.”

Peta Bistany, of Carlton Gardens, said she hopes the committee will realise how detrimental the proposed development would be to the lives of those at Abbey Lodge.

Victor Mishiku, founder of The Covenant Movement, which helps people with planning matters in Ealing, said: “We have 590 signatures on the petition and an objection letter from every single flat has been sent to the council.

“We also have the support to fight this proposal from The Abbey Lodge Tenants’ Committee, GRASS Residents’ Association (Gordon Road and Surrounding Areas Residents’ Association) Haven Green Conservation Area Advisory Panel, Residents’ Society of the Hanger Hill Estate, Central Ealing Residents’ Association and Onkar Sahota, Member of the London Assembly for Ealing and Hillingdon.”

A Raglan Housing spokesperson said: “If planning consent is achieved, the development would provide nine high-quality homes for local people in Ealing – an area suffering from a lack of new housing.

“Over the past 18 months, we have been consulting with local residents as we appreciate redevelopment will change the appearance of the area.

“We have undertaken the necessary assessments to ensure residents will receive adequate levels of sunlight and daylight in accordance with policy requirements.

“We are always keen to improve facilities and the proposal seeks to invest in the existing outdoor space through the production of a detailed landscape plan.”

Council officers conducted a site visit over the weekend (February 15).