Plans to demolish five homes and build 64 flats in Sudbury Hill

A STRING of five houses at a busy crossroads in Sudbury Hill could be torn down to make way for 64 flats - the fourth bid in nine years to redevelop the land.
The owners of numbers 1 to 5 Sudbury Hill, all detached residences, have clubbed together to apply for planning permission from Harrow Council for the demolition of their properties and the construction of the apartments.
And it turns out 1 Sudbury Hill is in the possession of none other than Harrow Council.
Since the millennium, three previous schemes have been submitted to the authority concerning the more or less same row of five homes on the border of Harrow and Ealing.
The first, in 2000, was refused - a decision upheld on appeal - the second in 2003 was withdrawn by the applicants and the third was thrown out when it was considered a year ago.
This latest submission is for a three-storey block of flats with basement parking that will aim to replicate the brick walls and pitched roofs of nearby properties.
In design statements lodged with the council, the architects say: "The urban grain is maintained and the building will form a well mannered and meaningful statement on this prominent corner."