Ealing Council has approved works to a passageway beside Red Lion Public House on St Mary's Road, Ealing.

Savills, on behalf of the pub, put forward plans to "improve the security of the passageway as well as improving the refuse storage facilities for the Red Lion Public House."

The intention is that the passageway will serve as the primary access route to the residential development at the rear of the pub, rather than the route from The Park.

HÛT Architecture, who was tasked with the design of the new passageway, say in the plans: "Proposed works are to enable access to the land behind the Red Lion PH in order to provide alternative and better access arrangements in connection with planning permission 180366FUL.

"That permission for four new semi-detached homes to the backland site was granted in January 2019 and a material start has been implemented.

"This application seeks to revise arrangements such that the passage way to the side of the Red Lion PH, from St Mary's Road, provides all access to the backland development site, instead of the passage way from The Park to the south, as originally proposed."

The plans also argue that the current walkway features 'unsightly and disorganised pub bins' as well as no lighting or CCTV, possibly attracting 'antisocial behaviour, littering, and fly-tipping'.

To find out more about this application, click here.

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