Ark Academy, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR

This site has had 4 applications since 2008: 4 approved, 0 refused.

• 10/1655 Granted

  Ark Academy, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR

  Details pursuant to condition No 13 (Site Investigation), and 21 (verification report confirming remediation works) of Deemed (Reg4 Councils Other Development) reference 08/2842 dated 4 June, 2009, for New school academy (6 forms of entry secondary school, 2 forms of entry primary school & nursery) comprising 2-, 3- and 4-storey main school building, 2-storey sports/drama hall with changing facilities, 3 hard play areas, all-weather, floodlit sports pitch, smaller floodlit sports pitch, outdoor play areas, soft play/natural habitat landscaped area, 45 staff-parking spaces, 3 disabled-parking spaces, 102 cycle-parking spaces and associated landscaping with access from Forty Avenue and Bridge Road, HA9 (as accompanied by: Revised Design and Access Statement dated February 2009; Untitled 3D visualisation drawings received 28 January 2009; Revised Transport Assessment by TPC dated March 2009; Statement of Community involvement in the process of establishing Ark Academy; Flood Risk Assessment Revision A by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Calculations confirming the proposed academy will discharge less than half the foul plus surface water drainage into the existing sewer system, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Additional calculations, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Flood Risk Assessment calculation sent by Smith Construction dated 24 March 2009; Energy Statement by Faber Maunsell dated 15 October 2008; Faber Maunsell letter dated 6 February 2009; Faber Maunsell Technical Note dated February 2009; Faber Maunsell document - Issue 2 - October 2008; Faber Maunsell Heat Loss and Overheating Analysis - January 2009; Desk Study and Preliminary Ground Investigation by Soil Consultants dated 14 January 2008; Draft Landscape Management Plan for Wembley Academy Natural Habitat Area along Forty Avenue Site Boundary, by Form Associates dated October 2008; Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Protected Species Assessment, by ecology consultancy dated January 2008; Tree Survey and Arboricultural Report by Challice Consulting Ltd dated 21 July 2008; Willmott Dixon Sport England Response issued 5 February 2009; 'Paper 1' - Educational need for a new secondary school with 2 form entry feeder primary; 'Paper 2' - Site selection for a new school; 'Paper 3' - Open Space Assessment; Ark Academy Access Statement by Jane Simpson Access; Ark Academy Design Challenger/ Advisor Comments dated 23.02.09; Wilmott Dixon response to GLA Stage 1 comments dated 28 January 2009; Wilmott Dixon response to Sport England comments dated 5 February 2009; Council's Screening Opinion and checklist dated 5 June 2008; Report to Executive 'School Places - follow up review of sites and pupil number forecasts - 15 January 2007'; Report to Scrutiny Committee 'Primary and Secondary Places Update' - 26 November 2008; Report to Executive 'A Strategy for the Development of Primary and Secondary Schools - Options for Delivering Additional School Places' - 13 November 2006; Approved Admissions Arrangements for Ark Academy (Primary - 2009/10 school year))

  Decided 17 Aug 2010 Conditions
• 09/1360 Granted

  Ark Academy, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR

  Details pursuant to Condition 5 (Tree Protection), Condition 7 (Breeding Bird Survey), Condition 9 (Tree Survey Details), and Condition 10 (Wheel Wash Facilities) of Deemed (Reg4 Council's Other Development) Reference No. 08/2842 dated 04/06/2009, for New school academy (6 forms of entry secondary school, 2 forms of entry primary school & nursery) comprising 2-, 3- and 4-storey main school building, 2-storey sports/drama hall with changing facilities, 3 hard play areas, all-weather, floodlit sports pitch, smaller floodlit sports pitch, outdoor play areas, soft play/natural habitat landscaped area, 45 staff-parking spaces, 3 disabled-parking spaces, 102 cycle-parking spaces and associated landscaping with access from Forty Avenue and Bridge Road, HA9 (as accompanied by: Revised Design and Access Statement dated February 2009; Untitled 3D visualisation drawings received 28 January 2009; Revised Transport Assessment by TPC dated March 2009; Statement of Community involvement in the process of establishing Ark Academy; Flood Risk Assessment Revision A by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Calculations confirming the proposed academy will discharge less than half the foul plus surface water drainage into the existing sewer system, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Additional calculations, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Flood Risk Assessment calculation sent by Smith Construction dated 24 March 2009; Energy Statement by Faber Maunsell dated 15 October 2008; Faber Maunsell letter dated 6 February 2009; Faber Maunsell Technical Note dated February 2009; Faber Maunsell document - Issue 2 - October 2008; Faber Maunsell Heat Loss and Overheating Analysis - January 2009; Desk Study and Preliminary Ground Investigation by Soil Consultants dated 14 January 2008; Draft Landscape Management Plan for Wembley Academy Natural Habitat Area along Forty Avenue Site Boundary, by Form Associates dated October 2008; Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Protected Species Assessment, by ecology consultancy dated January 2008; Tree Survey and Arboricultural Report by Challice Consulting Ltd dated 21 July 2008; Willmott Dixon Sport England Response issued 5 February 2009; 'Paper 1' - Educational need for a new secondary school with 2 form entry feeder primary; 'Paper 2' - Site selection for a new school; 'Paper 3' - Open Space Assessment; Ark Academy Access Statement by Jane Simpson Access; Ark Academy Design Challenger/ Advisor Comments dated 23.02.09; Wilmott Dixon response to GLA Stage 1 comments dated 28 January 2009; Wilmott Dixon response to Sport England comments dated 5 February 2009; Council's Screening Opinion and checklist dated 5 June 2008; Report to Executive 'School Places - follow up review of sites and pupil number forecasts - 15 January 2007'; Report to Scrutiny Committee 'Primary and Secondary Places Update' - 26 November 2008; Report to Executive 'A Strategy for the Development of Primary and Secondary Schools - Options for Delivering Additional School Places' - 13 November 2006; Approved Admissions Arrangements for Ark Academy (Primary - 2009/10 school year))

  Decided 10 Jun 2009 Conditions
• 08/2842 Granted

  Ark Academy, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR

  New school academy (6 forms of entry secondary school, 2 forms of entry primary school & nursery) comprising 2-, 3- and 4-storey main school building, 2-storey sports/drama hall with changing facilities, 3 hard play areas, all-weather, floodlit sports pitch, smaller floodlit sports pitch, outdoor play areas, soft play/natural habitat landscaped area, 45 staff-parking spaces, 3 disabled-parking spaces, 102 cycle-parking spaces and associated landscaping with access from Forty Avenue and Bridge Road, HA9 (as accompanied by: Revised Design and Access Statement dated February 2009; Untitled 3D visualisation drawings received 28 January 2009; Revised Transport Assessment by TPC dated March 2009; Statement of Community involvement in the process of establishing Ark Academy; Flood Risk Assessment Revision A by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Calculations confirming the proposed academy will discharge less than half the foul plus surface water drainage into the existing sewer system, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Additional calculations, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Flood Risk Assessment calculation sent by Smith Construction dated 24 March 2009; Energy Statement by Faber Maunsell dated 15 October 2008; Faber Maunsell letter dated 6 February 2009; Faber Maunsell Technical Note dated February 2009; Faber Maunsell document - Issue 2 - October 2008; Faber Maunsell Heat Loss and Overheating Analysis - January 2009; Desk Study and Preliminary Ground Investigation by Soil Consultants dated 14 January 2008; Draft Landscape Management Plan for Wembley Academy Natural Habitat Area along Forty Avenue Site Boundary, by Form Associates dated October 2008; Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Protected Species Assessment, by ecology consultancy dated January 2008; Tree Survey and Arboricultural Report by Challice Consulting Ltd dated 21 July 2008; Willmott Dixon Sport England Response issued 5 February 2009; 'Paper 1' - Educational need for a new secondary school with 2 form entry feeder primary; 'Paper 2' - Site selection for a new school; 'Paper 3' - Open Space Assessment; Ark Academy Access Statement by Jane Simpson Access; Ark Academy Design Challenger/ Advisor Comments dated 23.02.09; Wilmott Dixon response to GLA Stage 1 comments dated 28 January 2009; Wilmott Dixon response to Sport England comments dated 5 February 2009; Council's Screening Opinion and checklist dated 5 June 2008; Report to Executive 'School Places - follow up review of sites and pupil number forecasts - 15 January 2007'; Report to Scrutiny Committee 'Primary and Secondary Places Update' - 26 November 2008; Report to Executive 'A Strategy for the Development of Primary and Secondary Schools - Options for Delivering Additional School Places' - 13 November 2006; Approved Admissions Arrangements for Ark Academy (Primary - 2009/10 school year))

  Decided 4 Jun 2009 Other

1. 2 May 2012

   Received by Brent

2. 30 May 2012

   Decision issued: Grant Permission

3. 21 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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• Ark Academy, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR

  10/1655 Submitted 28 Jun 2010 50 yards away

  Details pursuant to condition No 13 (Site Investigation), and 21 (verification report confirming remediation works) of Deemed (Reg4 Councils Other Development) reference 08/2842 dated 4 June, 2009, for New school academy (6 forms of entry secondary school, 2 forms of entry primary school & nursery) comprising 2-, 3- and 4-storey main school building, 2-storey sports/drama hall with changing facilities, 3 hard play areas, all-weather, floodlit sports pitch, smaller floodlit sports pitch, outdoor play areas, soft play/natural habitat landscaped area, 45 staff-parking spaces, 3 disabled-parking spaces, 102 cycle-parking spaces and associated landscaping with access from Forty Avenue and Bridge Road, HA9 (as accompanied by: Revised Design and Access Statement dated February 2009; Untitled 3D visualisation drawings received 28 January 2009; Revised Transport Assessment by TPC dated March 2009; Statement of Community involvement in the process of establishing Ark Academy; Flood Risk Assessment Revision A by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Calculations confirming the proposed academy will discharge less than half the foul plus surface water drainage into the existing sewer system, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Additional calculations, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Flood Risk Assessment calculation sent by Smith Construction dated 24 March 2009; Energy Statement by Faber Maunsell dated 15 October 2008; Faber Maunsell letter dated 6 February 2009; Faber Maunsell Technical Note dated February 2009; Faber Maunsell document - Issue 2 - October 2008; Faber Maunsell Heat Loss and Overheating Analysis - January 2009; Desk Study and Preliminary Ground Investigation by Soil Consultants dated 14 January 2008; Draft Landscape Management Plan for Wembley Academy Natural Habitat Area along Forty Avenue Site Boundary, by Form Associates dated October 2008; Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Protected Species Assessment, by ecology consultancy dated January 2008; Tree Survey and Arboricultural Report by Challice Consulting Ltd dated 21 July 2008; Willmott Dixon Sport England Response issued 5 February 2009; 'Paper 1' - Educational need for a new secondary school with 2 form entry feeder primary; 'Paper 2' - Site selection for a new school; 'Paper 3' - Open Space Assessment; Ark Academy Access Statement by Jane Simpson Access; Ark Academy Design Challenger/ Advisor Comments dated 23.02.09; Wilmott Dixon response to GLA Stage 1 comments dated 28 January 2009; Wilmott Dixon response to Sport England comments dated 5 February 2009; Council's Screening Opinion and checklist dated 5 June 2008; Report to Executive 'School Places - follow up review of sites and pupil number forecasts - 15 January 2007'; Report to Scrutiny Committee 'Primary and Secondary Places Update' - 26 November 2008; Report to Executive 'A Strategy for the Development of Primary and Secondary Schools - Options for Delivering Additional School Places' - 13 November 2006; Approved Admissions Arrangements for Ark Academy (Primary - 2009/10 school year))

  Granted Conditions Trees 8 docs

• Ark Academy, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR

  09/1360 Submitted 4 Jun 2009 50 yards away

  Details pursuant to Condition 5 (Tree Protection), Condition 7 (Breeding Bird Survey), Condition 9 (Tree Survey Details), and Condition 10 (Wheel Wash Facilities) of Deemed (Reg4 Council's Other Development) Reference No. 08/2842 dated 04/06/2009, for New school academy (6 forms of entry secondary school, 2 forms of entry primary school & nursery) comprising 2-, 3- and 4-storey main school building, 2-storey sports/drama hall with changing facilities, 3 hard play areas, all-weather, floodlit sports pitch, smaller floodlit sports pitch, outdoor play areas, soft play/natural habitat landscaped area, 45 staff-parking spaces, 3 disabled-parking spaces, 102 cycle-parking spaces and associated landscaping with access from Forty Avenue and Bridge Road, HA9 (as accompanied by: Revised Design and Access Statement dated February 2009; Untitled 3D visualisation drawings received 28 January 2009; Revised Transport Assessment by TPC dated March 2009; Statement of Community involvement in the process of establishing Ark Academy; Flood Risk Assessment Revision A by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Calculations confirming the proposed academy will discharge less than half the foul plus surface water drainage into the existing sewer system, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Additional calculations, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Flood Risk Assessment calculation sent by Smith Construction dated 24 March 2009; Energy Statement by Faber Maunsell dated 15 October 2008; Faber Maunsell letter dated 6 February 2009; Faber Maunsell Technical Note dated February 2009; Faber Maunsell document - Issue 2 - October 2008; Faber Maunsell Heat Loss and Overheating Analysis - January 2009; Desk Study and Preliminary Ground Investigation by Soil Consultants dated 14 January 2008; Draft Landscape Management Plan for Wembley Academy Natural Habitat Area along Forty Avenue Site Boundary, by Form Associates dated October 2008; Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Protected Species Assessment, by ecology consultancy dated January 2008; Tree Survey and Arboricultural Report by Challice Consulting Ltd dated 21 July 2008; Willmott Dixon Sport England Response issued 5 February 2009; 'Paper 1' - Educational need for a new secondary school with 2 form entry feeder primary; 'Paper 2' - Site selection for a new school; 'Paper 3' - Open Space Assessment; Ark Academy Access Statement by Jane Simpson Access; Ark Academy Design Challenger/ Advisor Comments dated 23.02.09; Wilmott Dixon response to GLA Stage 1 comments dated 28 January 2009; Wilmott Dixon response to Sport England comments dated 5 February 2009; Council's Screening Opinion and checklist dated 5 June 2008; Report to Executive 'School Places - follow up review of sites and pupil number forecasts - 15 January 2007'; Report to Scrutiny Committee 'Primary and Secondary Places Update' - 26 November 2008; Report to Executive 'A Strategy for the Development of Primary and Secondary Schools - Options for Delivering Additional School Places' - 13 November 2006; Approved Admissions Arrangements for Ark Academy (Primary - 2009/10 school year))

  Granted Conditions Trees 9 docs

• Ark Academy, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR

  08/2842 Submitted 17 Oct 2008 50 yards away

  New school academy (6 forms of entry secondary school, 2 forms of entry primary school & nursery) comprising 2-, 3- and 4-storey main school building, 2-storey sports/drama hall with changing facilities, 3 hard play areas, all-weather, floodlit sports pitch, smaller floodlit sports pitch, outdoor play areas, soft play/natural habitat landscaped area, 45 staff-parking spaces, 3 disabled-parking spaces, 102 cycle-parking spaces and associated landscaping with access from Forty Avenue and Bridge Road, HA9 (as accompanied by: Revised Design and Access Statement dated February 2009; Untitled 3D visualisation drawings received 28 January 2009; Revised Transport Assessment by TPC dated March 2009; Statement of Community involvement in the process of establishing Ark Academy; Flood Risk Assessment Revision A by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Calculations confirming the proposed academy will discharge less than half the foul plus surface water drainage into the existing sewer system, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Additional calculations, by Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners; Flood Risk Assessment calculation sent by Smith Construction dated 24 March 2009; Energy Statement by Faber Maunsell dated 15 October 2008; Faber Maunsell letter dated 6 February 2009; Faber Maunsell Technical Note dated February 2009; Faber Maunsell document - Issue 2 - October 2008; Faber Maunsell Heat Loss and Overheating Analysis - January 2009; Desk Study and Preliminary Ground Investigation by Soil Consultants dated 14 January 2008; Draft Landscape Management Plan for Wembley Academy Natural Habitat Area along Forty Avenue Site Boundary, by Form Associates dated October 2008; Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Protected Species Assessment, by ecology consultancy dated January 2008; Tree Survey and Arboricultural Report by Challice Consulting Ltd dated 21 July 2008; Willmott Dixon Sport England Response issued 5 February 2009; 'Paper 1' - Educational need for a new secondary school with 2 form entry feeder primary; 'Paper 2' - Site selection for a new school; 'Paper 3' - Open Space Assessment; Ark Academy Access Statement by Jane Simpson Access; Ark Academy Design Challenger/ Advisor Comments dated 23.02.09; Wilmott Dixon response to GLA Stage 1 comments dated 28 January 2009; Wilmott Dixon response to Sport England comments dated 5 February 2009; Council's Screening Opinion and checklist dated 5 June 2008; Report to Executive 'School Places - follow up review of sites and pupil number forecasts - 15 January 2007'; Report to Scrutiny Committee 'Primary and Secondary Places Update' - 26 November 2008; Report to Executive 'A Strategy for the Development of Primary and Secondary Schools - Options for Delivering Additional School Places' - 13 November 2006; Approved Admissions Arrangements for Ark Academy (Primary - 2009/10 school year))

  Granted Other Trees 59 docs

• 2A Grand Parade, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JS

  26/1827 Submitted 16 Jul 2026 100 yards away

  Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of first floor flat as 10 bed 10 person house of multi...

  Granted 7 docs

• 7 and 7A, Bridge Road, Wembley, HA9 9AB

  21/3092 Submitted 10 Aug 2021 100 yards away

  Proposed erection of internally illuminated digital screen display to side elevation of 7 and 7A Bridge Road

  Refused Advertising 12 docs

• 17 Bridge Road, Wembley, HA9 9AB

  21/2032 Submitted 1 Jun 2021 100 yards away

  Proposed single storey rear infill extension for ancillary use and provision of bin store at rear of restaurant.

  Granted Full applications Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 26/1177 Granted

  6 Deerhurst Road, London, NW2 4DE

  Variation of conditions 2 (approved drawings), 5 (cycle storage), 6 (external amenities space), 7 (arboricultural impact assessment) and 8 (landscaping) to allow changes to front garden layout of Full Planning Permission reference 22/4179 dated 21 January, 2025, for Conversion of single dwellinghouse into 5x self-contained flats, works including rear dormer window and 1 side rooflight, relocation of front entrance door, removal of window and replacement of door with new window to front elevation, subdivision of rear garden, provision of off-road parking, cycle and waste storage and associated hard and soft landscaping, subject to Deed of Agreement dated 13th January 2025 under Section 106 of Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 as amended.

  Received 11 May, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Amendments
• 26/1148 Granted

  JJ's Sandwich Bar, 496 Church Lane, London, NW9 8UA

  Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) to allow revised canopy, amendments to internal layout of restaurant, extension of ancillary space to rear and amendments to planters at the front and side, of Full Planning Permission application reference 24/3358 dated 05/08/2025 for Proposed erection of dining area including canopy with fixed aluminium frame and glazed retractable sides and roof to front forecourt, installation of 2x replacement trees to front and cycle stands to rear of sandwich shop. Subject to a legal agreement dated the 31st of July 2025 made under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

  Received 7 May, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Amendments
• 26/0257 Granted

  Land to the rear of 101 Thirlmere Gardens, Wembley, HA9 8RD

  Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Drawings), Condition 5 (Landscaping) and Condition 11 (Tree Protection Plan & Arboricultural Method Statement) to allow an amended Arboricultural Impact Assessment and the removal of T6, T7, T8 and T9, of Full Planning Permission application reference 24/3349 dated 20/02/2025 for Demolition of rear shed, garage and outbuilding and erection of new detached two storey dwelling house with boundary walls, metals gates, 1x off street car parking spaces with waste and cycle storages spaces and hard and soft landscaping.

  Received 3 Feb, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Amendments
• 26/0868 Granted

  Land Former Northfields, Beresford Avenue, Wembley, HA0 1NW (Known as Grand Union)

  Non-material amendment (alterations to ground floor arrangement of Block H and basement under Blocks G and H) of Removal of condition(s) reference 25/2943 dated 28th April 2026, for Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to vary the wording of Condition 39 (energy statement) and removal of Condition 40 (decarbonisation plans for the site-wide heat network) of Hybrid (Part Outline, Part Full) Planning Permission reference 20/2784 dated 15 June, 2021, comprising: Outline planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings and structures on the site, all site preparation works and redevelopment to provide new buildings to accommodate new homes (Use Class C3), flexible commercial uses, new basement level, associated cycle and vehicle parking, new vehicular accesses, associated highway works to Beresford Avenue, landscaping and creation of new public and private open space, ancillary facilitating works, various temporary meanwhile uses, interim works and infrastructure with all matters reserved - appearance, access, landscaping, layout and scale. Detailed planning permission for Phase 3 (Buildings G, H and J) for the demolition of existing buildings and structures, all site preparation and infrastructure works and the development of new homes (Use Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace; together with new basement level, associated storage, cycle and vehicle parking, new vehicular accesses, associated highway works to Beresford Avenue, landscaping and creation of new public and private open space, ancillary facilitating works. Permission subject to a Deed of Agreement dated 11 June 2021 under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended APPLICATION SUBJECT TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT.

  Received 2 Apr, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Amendments
• 26/1158 Granted

  Ex Ujima House, 388 High Road, Wembley, HA9 6AR

  Non-material amendment to condition 1, development built in accordance with approved drawings (layouts, roof level/terrace and elevations) of Reserved matters to Outline Permission reference 23/3272 dated 17 January, 2024, for Reserved matters application in relation to Outline Planning Permission reference 19/3092 (as amended by 23/2773) for access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for Demolition of existing building and erection of a 10 storey building with basement level comprising 54 residential units on upper floors (Use Class C3), commercial work space (Use Class E) on basement and ground floors with ancillary cafe, landscaping, wheelchair car parking, cycle and refuse storage

  Received 8 May, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Amendments