Welcome

Following its acquisition from Royal Mail, Access Self Storage are currently working on new proposals to redevelop the former Post Office Sorting Office site on Mandeville Road, Northolt.

This website has been launched to help local residents and business find out more information about the draft proposals and also provide an opportunity to give feedback prior to the finalisation of a planning application to the London Borough of Ealing.

We are keen to hear everybody's views, and we are organising a drop-in session on Tuesday 22nd October between 2pm and 7pm at the Northolt Village Community Centre. If you are walking to the Centre, there’s a pedestrian access via a gate on Church Road. For those visiting by car, please use the main entrance off Ealing road.

Everyone is welcome to attend and view the plans and meet the team working on the project. For those that can’t make the drop-in session, we are also holding a live presentation (webinar) on Thursday 24th October at 6.30pm via Zoom. There’ll be an on-screen presentation of the plans and a chance to pose your questions to the team.

Draft proposals for local consultation

We’ll be displaying the draft plans at the drop-in session on Tuesday 22nd October and also showing them at the live presentation (webinar) on Thursday 24th October. We will also make the information presented available on this website.

In summary, the proposals seek to demolish the existing buildings at the site and provide brand new self-storage space of 6,490 sq. m along with some 391 sq. m of flexible office space, 195 sq. m of workshop space and a modern new 216 sq. m Post Office.

Post office

The new Post Office will be located on the corner of Eastcote Lane and provide all of the services currently offered in an attractive and accessible space along with back office and staff welfare facilities.

Whilst the current buildings are being demolished and the new buildings constructed, a replacement temporary Post Office will be temporarily provided within the Northolt Neighbourhood Centre. There will be no break in provision, ensuring that the operation of this important community facility is uninterrupted.

Offices, workshops and storage

Access successfully operates flexible office space alongside its storage units as this is attractive to small and medium-sized businesses who can have their office and stored goods/supplies alongside each other for efficient operation and distribution.

The company is confident that there will be good demand for the office space provided facing Mandeville Road at ground floor level with glazed frontages to enliven the street scene. The workshop spaces to the rear are aimed at small scale production, artisanal or craft-based busineses.

The proposed staffed Reception for the self-storage is on the corner of Moat Farm Road and visitors can enter off Mandeville Road.

The proposed storage units range in size and are designed to meet the needs of both domestic and commercial users. They will be provided on all levels of the proposed new building from ground floor to fourth floor.

What will the new building look like?

The best way to find out what the new building will look like is to visit our drop-in session or join our webinar. Once we have held these, we will also supply visuals and plans on this website.

The proposed materials include substantial use of brick on the Mandeville Road elevation along with glazing and then the use of dark and light cladding at higher levels. The lighter coloured cladding aims to give a lighter feel to the top of the proposed building which is also set back on all sides at the Ground + 4 level.

The rear of the proposed building is proposed to have a much lower two-storey form and will feature brick. It is set back This lowest element aims to be sympathetic to the height of the neighbouring properties on both Moat Farm Road and Eastcote Lane.

The higher levels of the proposed new building are set back a further ten metres from the nearest residential properties on the northern boundary, offering separation distances of over 16 metres to the nearest property on Eastcote Lane and over 20 metres from the nearest property on Moat Farm Road. The separation distance between the proposed new building is also over 18 metres from the nearest window of Argyll House at the top of Moat Farm Road.

The set back higher levels to the rear are also proposed to incorporate angled white aluminium panels which seek to lighten the rear façade and also add interest.

Access, parking and servicing

Access for vehicles visiting the site and the 9 parking spaces to be provided (including three larger sized bays for vans and a space for people with disabilities) will be via the existing entrance off Moat Farm Road. There will be no access from Eastcote Lane, meaning that the current entrance to the small car park will not be retained.

In terms of unloading and loading, there will be a covered internal bay which will ensure that any noise will be minimised and contained as far as possible within the new building. The bay area also contains the goods lifts to all levels of the self-storage units.

Self-storage facilities are lightly trafficked as goods and materials tend to be stored on site for extended periods of time. The traffic analysis which shows this will be made available as part of the eventual planning application.

The Reception will be staffed between the hours of 0830 to 1800 Monday to Friday, 0830 to 1700 on Saturday and 1000 to 1600 on Sunday. Outside of these hours access will be via a controlled security gate using an app which is available to customers only.

Cycle parking will be provided for use by staff and visitors and it is expected that Access staff, employees associated with the offices and workshops as well as good proportion of visitors will use public transport to reach the site as this is well provided via local bus stops and the tube station.