Welcome

Welcome to the consultation website for the proposed development of Unit 7 Geron Way, Staples Corner Retail Park at Brent Cross West.

Astir are keen to provide student accommodation (up to 900 beds) on the site, with ground floor commercial space and landscaping improvements.

The plans will meet a specific student and local housing need in the London Borough of Barnet, as well as deliver significant placemaking improvements to an underutilised but well-connected site, freeing up family housing currently used by students.

The site sits within the Brent Cross West (Staples Corner) Growth area, and you can read more about the background to the site on the next page.

The proposed development would ease the pressures on local housing across the area and enable greater access for students to good quality, proximate purpose-built accommodation to support their studies in a way that facilitates sustainable land use planning, as well as fostering the wider regeneration of the area.

The planning application, which received resolution to grant planning approval in November 2024, can be viewed on London Borough of Barnet’s planning portal Simple Search (barnet.gov.uk) (ref: 24/2584/FUL).

SITE BOUNDARY

The Existing Site

Astir is a well-established owner, developer, and manager of living places, aspiring to transform the living sectors in the UK. Astir aims to set a new standard for sustainability in residential development, we take care to ensure that our places are designed, built, and operate in a highly sustainable way. Astir has a straightforward vision: making living better for our residents and their communities. Astir take a different view to many other developers as we intend on building and then retaining our assets as part of a long-term income fund. We therefore take a different approach and are investing for the long term, and looking to ensure our developments create a legacy we can build on.