Rectory Farm Hounslow
A public park for Hounslow
Rectory Farm is a 44ha former agricultural site located within London’s Green Belt and in close proximity to Heathrow Airport. The site has been identified as a strategic gravel resource for the London area and had several unsuccessful planning applications for mining extraction submitted.
The consented proposal seeks to resolve the issues raised in previous planning applications by using a top-down construction method that will mitigate the issues associated with open-cut mines. This method also allows for the creation of a park above the slab, minimising the impact on the Green Belt, and an underground warehouse below.
The redevelopment of the Rectory Farm site will realise a major new public open space within West London and a destination within Hounslow. The masterplan offers a vision and guiding framework for how the park will be developed over time in parallel with the gravel extraction process. The park has been designed to be implemented in phases, acknowledging a possible 30-year timeframe for the extraction of the gravels.
Location_London, UK
Client_Formal Investments
Architect_Carmody Groarke
Type_Park, Public Realm
Size_44ha
Status_Planning permission granted in 2017
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