BRENTFORD & Isleworth Constituency's Labour Party (CLP) General Committee has voted unanimously against the proposals to bulldoze the Park Road Allotments.

The meeting took place on Wednesday, June 23, and opposed the Duke of Northumberland's proposals, with the members of Hounslow Council's Planning Committee exempting themselves in order to remain neutral.

This means that the CLP will be joining the three Isleworth councillors – Salman Shaheen, Daanish Saeed and Sue Sampson – along with the Brentford & Isleworth MP, Ruth Cadbury, in submitting its formal objection.

Councillor Salman Shaheen, Chair of the CLP said: "As Chair of the Brentford & Isleworth Constituency Labour Party, I welcome this decision from our GC delegates and hope the many Labour members of the Planning Committee will take note of the concerns their comrades raised tonight.

"But this is not a party political issue.

"This is a planning application that seeks to destroy an asset of community value, causing the loss of local open space and a key wildlife haven and lifeline for the community.

"I believe the councillors, irrespective of their party, will be able to see this for exactly what it is."

The news was greeted with delight by Annie Aloysius, secretary of the Allotment Holders who said: "We all so heartened by the huge and diverse support received to save the site from development.

"The Northumberland Estates have only allowed a few of us to use plots and actively sought to discourage even this to make it appear unused and surplus to requirements.

"However, all can see from the growing support this is not at all true.

"We will keep fighting to preserve them as an asset of community value for the whole community for the future."

Sue Casey, Chair of The Isleworth Society said: "It's encouraging to hear that so many organisations and individuals in the community are united in their opposition to these proposals to build on designated local open space and an asset of community value.

"There is still time to send in objections before Hounslow's Planning Committee meets."

Hounslow's Planning Committee is expected to meet in early August to discuss the proposals, which would see seven blocks of flats built on the three-acre site, which has been used for allotments for over a century.

The land was leased to the council in 1917 by the 7th Duke of Northumberland as allotments for the local community, to help them grow their own food.

It is known to be home to eight species of bats, hedgehogs, toads and newts.