APPROVAL for eight new affordable homes in Hanworth has been met with anger from local residents who say the development will overcrowd the area.


The building of three four bedroom houses, three three bedroom houses, and two two bedroom houses has been given the thumbs up by council planners for the Butts Farm Estate.


The application is for land behind number six Fountains Avenue.


Watermill Way resident Katy Cox is so concerned about the issue, she has contacted her local ward councillors.


She lives a few hundred yards from the new development, organised by the Thames Valley Housing Association, and is leading a group of residents opposed to it.


Miss Cox said: "We are flabbergasted. Filling in spaces on estates with more housing which leads to overcrowding and more people and more cars, and in an already deprived area, is now such a commonly understood problem that it is beyond most peoples understanding as to why this is being allowed.


"The new buildings would have an adverse impact on adjacent property and the local area; and extra vehicles will cause traffic and parking problems. I have spoken to many residents and ex-residents who are not only appalled at the thought of housing being put into the disused garages' space but that any new houses are being allowed to fill up Butts Farms open spaces".

Another resident, of Fountains Avenue, who does not want to be named, gathered a petition with more than 40 people signing it to object to the plans.

He said: "They have only allowed for one parking space per house, so we will have to deal with the overflow from that when parking is difficult here as it is.

"It's overcrowding and it's disgusting".


Miss Cox said: "Residents and the Working Together Group (a multi agency group for the Butts Farm Estate) are working hard to bring the local community together and stop this shoe-horning of more houses into the area, which is unacceptable.

"How can the council allow this planning permission?".

A spokesman for Hounslow Council said: "The application was considered and approved at the West Area planning committee on 21 October and the committee's decision and comments are included in the minutes and can be accessed on our website.

"We understand residents concerns about extra vehicles, which is why the application was approved subject to the developer putting double yellow lines on the entrance road".