Famous Kodak factory site, left derelict for years, will now be developed as housing complex over ten years, providing 1800 homes that Harrow, the most popular borough for Asians badly in need of new homes. Pleasing prospect is that it is American type all-inclusive development, with affordable and assisted homes, parking places, mini market, health centre and primary school on the site. Perhaps it may also include café, pizzeria, pharmacy and gym that which is a norm for such developments in US. Great thought has gone into planning, providing most facilities on site, development that will not place unnecessary burden on surrounding area, although Council will have to develop infrastructure of roads and related facilities that goes hand in hand with such development.
If we follow US path where such complexes are unbelievably luxurious with parks, mini golf courses, developing such sites here for older people who could live in secured, safe environment, many three bedroom houses occupied by pensioners, many living in isolation, could be freed for families, thus alleviating chronic housing shortages in London, bearing in mind that our population will rise by ten million by 2030. At last Council and government is moving away from their rigid, medieval melancholy thinking.
Kumudini Valambia
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