Plans for up to 158 new homes on land off Headstone Lane in Harrow have been revealed, with a public consultation now underway ahead of a formal planning application.
Developer Barwood Land is consulting on proposals for the site, which includes former private playing fields and land around Broadfields.
The plans have already prompted discussion locally, with several residents posting about the proposals in the Harrow Online Group on Facebook. Concerns raised include traffic, parking, pressure on local services and the potential impact on the surrounding area.
Headstone ward councillors are also seeking further information about the plans and the planning status of the land.
What is being proposed?
Barwood Land intends to submit an outline planning application for up to 158 homes.
An outline application would seek to establish the principle and broad scale of development, including where homes could be built, their proposed density and height, access points and areas of open space. More detailed elements would be dealt with at a later stage.
According to the consultation, 50% of the proposed homes would be affordable housing, while the scheme would also include a “high percentage” of family homes.
The illustrative plans place higher-density housing towards the centre of the site, with lower-density development around the edges, including larger homes with gardens.
Every home would have dedicated parking under the current proposals, although further details on parking would come at a later stage.
Former playing fields have been unused for years
The site was previously used as private playing fields but, according to Barwood Land, has been unused for around 14 years and is now overgrown.
The existing cricket pavilion, which operates as the Blue Room events space, would remain.
The developer says the former astro pitches are currently being used as a timber yard without permission. That use would end under the proposals, with part of the land instead becoming public open space.
Plans also include play areas and landscaped open space providing a buffer between the development, Pinner Park Farm and Pinner Park Primary School.
The developer says the design will also take account of the nearby Pinner Deer Park, Park Farm Scheduled Monument and its setting.
New access proposed from Headstone Lane
Existing access points from Headstone Lane and Broadfields would be retained, while a new vehicle access point is proposed on Headstone Lane.
Pedestrian and cycle routes would also run through the development.
The site is around 200 metres from Headstone Lane station at its nearest point and is served by bus routes running along Headstone Lane.
Barwood Land says it has been holding pre-application discussions with Harrow Council and the Greater London Authority, with feedback from those discussions and the public consultation expected to help shape the plans before an application is submitted.
Residents raise concerns
Several residents have posted about the development in the Harrow Online Group on Facebook following the circulation of consultation notices.
Headstone ward councillor Raymond Grant also posted directly in the group, saying councillors had already heard concerns about the scale of the development, traffic and highway safety, parking, Pinner Park Primary School, infrastructure, drainage, ecology and the effect on neighbouring properties and the wider landscape.
He said there were also questions surrounding the planning status of the site and references to Green Belt and Grey Belt.
Cllr Grant said: “Please be assured that we are not going to make assumptions or jump to conclusions. Our role as your councillors is to ask the difficult questions, establish the facts and make sure the concerns of Headstone residents are properly heard and considered. We will do exactly that.”
He said councillors had contacted those involved in the proposals and were seeking a meeting to better understand the plans and evidence behind them.
Cllr Grant added: “Finally, once all the planning facts and evidence are available, I hope this is an issue where we can see a genuinely cross party position in the interests of Headstone residents.”
Consultation open until August 28
Residents can submit comments on the proposals before a formal planning application is lodged.
The consultation is being handled by CarneySweeney on behalf of Barwood Land, with responses accepted by email at consultation@carneysweeney.co.uk or by post to CarneySweeney, Scott House, Suite 1, The Concourse, Waterloo Station, London, SE1 7LY.
The deadline for responses is midnight on August 28, 2026.
The proposals are currently at the consultation stage and a formal planning application has not yet been determined by Harrow Council.
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