The timber yard, which Travis Perkins owns, is the largest of the Pimlico Road premises, including several galleries, pegged for conversion into Grosvenor Estate’s new residential and retail units.
“It is unsustainable planning policy to push out successfully operating businesses from communities that need them,” said a Travis Perkins spokesperson. “The yard should not be forcibly closed in favour of large retail units that are not wanted locally.”
Plans have advanced steadily since the initial proposal in May 2015 despite local protest led in part by David Humphrey, owner of Humphrey Carrasco.
Travis Perkins have appealed to Belgravia Society’s application for the yard to be listed as an Asset of Community Value. They insist that the solutions Grosvenor Estates have so far provided to them, such as a new premises for the yard, are “wholly unsuitable.”
The redevelopment application was submitted in May 2016 and a decision on the works is expected in September.
Objections to Grosvenor’s proposed development can be submitted to Westminster City Council here.
