Homes and Property | Home PageFirst look at plans for new garden city near HeathrowThe future: How the Bedfont Lakes neighbourhoods could lookLondon Borough of HounslowMichael Clarke5 January 2016A series of artist's impressions for an ambitious new garden city development near Heathrow have been unveiled.Hounslow council has published the details as part of its Western Borough plan that would see the creation of 20,000 jobs and 2,000 homes just south of Heathrow Airport. The development, Bedfont Lakes Neighbourhoods, will be split into four sections that will include a homes, hotels, a business centre and a new train station.Launching the plan, Hounslow Council Leader Steve Curran and Heathrow Airport Holding Ltd chief executive John Holland-Kaye said it would be a place "people want to live in and where businesses want to invest.”London Borough of HounslowThe initial plan was announced after the Davies Commission, an independent investigation into the future needs of the aviation industry, favoured building a third runway at Heathrow.The first proposal saw 9,000 new homes being built but that has now been scaled down in the new report.Read MoreHeathrow 'will only be expanded if environmental tests are rigged'Heathrow pledges flights to far-flung destinations in third runway bidDrone delays flight's take-off at HeathrowHeathrow chairman launches scathing attack on Zac GoldsmithSome local residents have previously opposed the idea. If the third runway were to be introduced at Heathrow 800 homes would have to be demolished.John Stewart, chairman of anti-Heathrow expansion group HACAN spoke at the conference where the new plans were announced last year.Illustration: How the Airport Business park part of the Heathrow Garden City plan would lookLondon Borough of HounslowHe added that even though some residents would be happy with the reduction of night flights others would be opposed to the development.MORE ABOUTHeathrow AirportBedfont Lakes NeighbourhoodsHounslow Councilchief executiveHACAN
