People in Hounslow are being urged to have their say on revised proposals to deliver west London’s largest new park.

The team behind the project claim the public park at Cranford and Heston would be the biggest in London in over 100 years and would result in up to 2,500 jobs.

Developers Formal Investment want to extract three million cubic metres of gravel from beneath Rectory Farm - a disused plot of land beside The Parkway (between High Street, Cranford and the Waggonners roundabout) - and create a 110-acre park above.

Following an earlier public consultation last month, Formal Investments and its team of architects, landscapers and engineers, will be at the Treaty Centre all day on Friday (July 1) and Saturday (July 2) to hear your views and to find out what activities you would like to see in the park.

Rectory Farm as it looks now

Hounslow council last year refused the original planning application after four years of talks with the team, much to the disappointment to local residents.

who have now addressed a number of concerns including vehicle access and noise and are preparing to resubmit the application at the end of July.

Formal Investments’ managing director Nicholas King said: “We were disappointed last year. But we have tackled the areas of concern – including vehicle access and noise – and believe we can overcome any issues whilst remaining committed to giving local people a tremendous legacy of a public park, free for all to enjoy.

“We are very keen to engage with a large number of local people to hear their views on the proposals and to learn what they would like to see included into the planned park.”

Rectory Farm, on the borders of Hounslow and Cranford

Under the proposal, the gravel which is needed for the construction of school’s hospitals, roads and homes in London would be removed using a ‘sealed top-down construction’ method to minimise the noise and dust impact on local residents compared to traditional open-cast mining.

On the surface a new parkland would be created for recreation, sport, community gardens, orchards and leisure activities including cycling and walking.

Meanwhile the empty space underneath, after the gravel is removed, would consist of warehouses to bring investment and new jobs to the area.

To meet the team and have your say head to the Treaty Centre today and Saturday (July 2) from 9am to 5.30pm.

The refreshed proposal were presented to the council’s Heston & Cranford Area Forum on January 21.

Further information about the project visit the Rectory Farm web page .