Frustrated residents fear their street will become jammed with traffic because council planners rejected their campaign to move the access for a planned housing development.
People living in Hetley Road, Shepherd's Bush, claim they will be inundated with new cars if their road is used for the main entrance for 69 new homes on the Stowe Road depot site nearby.
They appealed to Hammersmith and Fullham Council to ask the developers change the layout of the new buildings, moving the main access to Coningham Road at a former nursery.
But council leader Stephen Greenhalgh wrote to them to say that after discussing the options with developer St James Group, moving the main entrance will not be possible.
The scheme is now likely to be rubber stamped at a planning committee meeting on Wednesday (15), after officers gave it their support.
Hetley Road campaigners have appealed to have their street turned into a one-way system to cope with the expected traffic increase, and fear the extra homes will add to existing problems.
Resident Stephen Maud said: "Every day there is a gridlock situation."
Fellow campaigner Tom Gilmartin said: "I can't see how Hetley Road can function as a gateway to a significant housing development."
And Caroline Wood, leading the campaign, said: "The council have received £9m for the site – a big dent in the £65m they are looking to find in savings – now they should think of the long term implications before giving planning permission."
The proposal is for two gatehouses, two terraces of 15 three-storey houses, and another terrace of houses and a three-storey building containing 49 flats. There would be 72 new car parking spaces, at least one for each of the homes, with five spaces set aside for disabled people.
Most of the homes would be for private sale, with 39 per cent sold at 70 per cent of the market value through a shared ownership scheme.
Defending the stance taken by the council in a letter to residents, Mr Greenhalgh said he would order a review of the scheme's impact.
He said: "I can promise that nothing will be ruled and out all viable proposals for reorganising the traffic flows in the area will be considered by highway officers including the suggestions you made at our meeting.
"In this way we would hope that the resulting impact of the new development as well as some of the existing problems which you told us about can be addressed. The Council will seek to implement any changes to the traffic management arrangements prior to the development being completed."
A council spokeswoman added: "We will, of course, listen to residents' views and no decision has yet been made about this scheme. Every planning application is judged on its own merits and councillors will look at all the issues surrounding the development when it comes before the committee."
