Save The Masons Arms, Kensal Green NW10 from demolition. Re: 26/0807. Comments until 23 Oct. You can object by email or on Brent planning website. Email: [email protected] quote reference 26/0807, linked Listed Building Consent Ref: 26/0808.

It is essential that if permission is granted, Brent Council imposes a robust planning condition that states that the new public house must be fully fitted out, let to a commercial operator, and open for trading before any of the residential units are permitted to be occupied.

7. Safeguarding Against a "Trojan Horse" Development CAMRA highlights the frequent, systemic risk where promised replacement pubs are delayed indefinitely or never delivered once the profitable residential units are occupied.

Demolishing a solid, existing brick building to construct a six-storey concrete and steel block releases an immense volume of upfront embodied carbon (emissions from manufacturing, transporting, and assembling new building materials).

6. Failure to Justify Demolition Under Brent’s Climate Emergency Policies Under UK planning rules, significantly higher carbon footprint of demolition compared to retrofitting must be weighed by Brent Council, which declared a Climate Emergency in 2019.

This is a crucial material planning consideration, as national policy, the London Plan, and the Brent Local Plan all require new developments to respect local context, respond positively to existing townscape & avoid causing harm to character and appearance of the neighborhood.

5. Adverse Impact on Townscape Value, Scale & Massing The proposed development is excessively bulky & entirely out of scale with surrounding streetscape. Its height, massing & overall visual dominance create an overbearing presence that disrupts established character of area.

Mandatory Condition Requested: If permission is granted, the developer must be legally required to submit a comprehensive plan for the safe storage of the Grade II listed horse trough during redevelopment.

4. Severe Harm to a Cohesive Heritage Grouping & Listed Settings The proposed development will harm the adjacent Grade II listed horse trough, a physical remnant of historic beer deliveries & Grade I listed wall of Kensal Green Cemetery.

3. Substantial Loss of Essential Community Infrastructure The proposed replacement ground-floor sui generis public house area is drastically reduced in size and layout. The proposed pub area is just 256.5 square metres, compared to 630 square metres in the current public house.

Both regional & local policies require a public house to be openly marketed at fair market value for min of 24 months to prove it is no longer commercially viable before demolition can be considered. The Masons Arms was closed by Greene King in May 24 & sold to a developer.

2. Failure to Prove Unviability (London Plan Policy HC7) No evidence has been provided to demonstrate that The Masons Arms pub is unviable or that it has been properly marketed, as strictly required by Brent's planning policies.

CAMRA North London objects to demolition of The Masons Arms Kensal Green based on material planning considerations: 1. Loss of Nationally Significant Non-Designated Heritage Asset. National planning policy recognizes that such assets hold significant local historic value.

Thanks to The Pineapple in Kentish Town for hosting our branch meeting tonight! Great selection of cask ales and a few real ciders. #cask #cider

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