An attempt by the Duke of Northumberland to build homes on the allotments of his west London estate is simply an effort to line his “already deep pockets”, a public inquiry has heard.
Ralph Percy, the 12th Duke of Northumberland, lost an application in October 2021 to build 80 flats on part of his Grade I listed Syon Park estate after the council received more than 900 objections from local residents.
An appeal brought by Northumberland Estates began on Monday.
Isleworth councillor Salman Shaheen said: “Hounslow has comfortably met its housing targets by allowing development on the ample brownfield sites in the area. That we have been able to do so without paving over our green space makes me ask what the imperative would be to change that now, except to line the duke’s already deep pockets?”
