Gunnersbury Park's two listed mansions could become a private school under plans being discussed behind closed doors, the Chronicle has learned.

The move is among a number of controversial proposals, including selling off some of the park's crumbling treasures, being considered in private by members of the Gunnersbury Park Regeneration Board.

They are contained in minutes of the group's meetings, released by the park's joint owners Hounslow and Ealing councils under the Freedom of Information Act.

Bela Cunha, former chairwoman of the Gunnersbury Park Covenant Group, finally received the documents this week - nearly three months after she first requested them.

"I was shocked to discover they're considering having an independent school on the grounds and even selling off part of the park," she said.

"They seem to forget Gunnersbury's a listed park protected by a deed of covenant."

Proposals for an independent school to take over the park's dilapidated Small and Large Mansions were discussed by councillors at the board's last meeting in May.

Ealing councillor Joanna Dabrowska described it as a 'fantastic idea' but Hounslow member Adrian Lee was concerned about the site being cut off and urged officers not to spend too much time exploring the option.

Other plans being considered include a £2million sports hub, in partnership with Brentford FC Community Sports Trust, and a childcare facility in one of the burnt-out changing rooms.

There was even talk of a two-day commercial rock concert for 30,000 young people, raising £125,000, though that received little support.

At an earlier meeting in February, chairman Peter Lipman discussed 'engaging potential stakeholders, putting a value on the building and considering an agency who might dispose of them via lease or sale'.

The board, established last year, is preparing a bid for £10million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore the 186-acre site.

Unlike the Gunnersbury Park Joint Committee, which it replaced, all meetings are held in private - to the fury of many local residents.

At May's meeting, Cllr Lee said it was a 'travesty' to 'lock people out'.

 - A new stakeholder group, giving the public the chance to have their say on the park's future, meets for the first time on Wednesday at the Small Mansion at 7.30pm. For more information about getting involved, call 020 8992 1612.