Brentford football stadium gets green light

Prime Place, the private residential arm of Willmott Dixon, and its development partner Brentford Football Club have secured detailed planning consent from Hounslow Borough Council to deliver a new 20,000 capacity football stadium, together with 648 new homes.

The new steel-framed stadium and seven new residential buildings will be located on a ten-acre site on Lionel Road South, close to Kew Bridge in south west London.

A total 304 homes will be provided for private sale and 344 for private rental through Willmott Dixon’s Private Rental Sector company. Branded Prime Place, Kew Bridge, the homes will be in a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments and will offer high quality hotel-style living with facilities including a concierge service, private lounge/library and dining room, cinema, gym, and private landscaped gardens.

On completion of the stadium, Brentford FC will relocate from Griffin Park, its home ground since 1904. Prime Place has already secured full planning consent to develop this site into a mix of 75 two, three, four, and five-bedroom family houses and a memorial garden to celebrate the history of the football ground.

Prime Place Managing Director Brian Brady, said: “We are delighted to get the green light from Hounslow Borough Council and are very much looking forward to working closely with Brentford FC to deliver a superb new stadium for the Bees.”

Chairman of Brentford FC, Cliff Crown, commented: “This is another step towards realising our dream of playing in a new community stadium.”