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Barham Park in Sudbury, Wembley, was the home of successful business owners, the Barham family, from around 1895 to 1937. It was the home of Titus Barham and his wife from 1913 until his death in 1937, where he had arranged to hand over the property and gardens “for the enjoyment of local people”.
The park is now managed by Brent Council on behalf of the people of Brent, through the Barham Park Trust. The five trustees of this charity are members of the council executive and headed by council leader Cllr Muhammed Butt.
However, a plan to demolish the two existing properties on the site and replace them with four three-storey, three-bedroom homes has angered local residents – with 160 signing a petition opposing it and a further 33 objecting to the application online – as well as the Barham family.
They say it was ‘a gift to the people’ to enjoy from its original owner and fear it could lead to further development in the park.
One said: “[…] It is a bad idea to build a four story building on the beautiful Barnham Park. It will look out of place and is not the right setting. The park is a place for the people to relax and enjoy the view. The park was not given to the people of Sudbury to be used for building residential homes.”
Barham Park. A plan to build four new homes in Barham Park has caused outrage amongst local residents. Image Credit: Google Maps. Permission to use with all LDRS partners
Another called for the plan to be thrown out as the park “needs to be protected from encroachment”. Failure to do so could “demonstrate a willingness of the council to accept development on a green site” and may set a precedent for other parks in the borough.
The existing two semi-detached houses in the park were built in the 1970’s specifically for park wardens working there at the time. However, they were no longer needed when a borough-wide contract to run the parks was adopted in the early…
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