Campaigners and developers are finally seeing eye to eye over a controversial housing project, after four argument-filled years.

Housing giant Linden Homes has submitted four different planning applications to Hounslow Council in as many years as it looks to develop the Campion House site, in Thornbury Road, Isleworth, – three of which have come under heavy fire from critics.

Campaign group Campion Concerns learned this month that a new application had been drawn up, despite the last proposal to build 154 homes, mainly flats, being given the go-ahead by a Government inspector in July.

The news has been warmly welcomed by members, who championed the need for the density of the planned estate to match that of surrounding homes.

Group member David Pavett said: “Our view was that the latest application is the best so far and is, in many respects, close to what we have always argued would be appropriate for the site.

“We said about 80 units would be appropriate. The developer now proposes 82.

“We wanted the development to be for a range of family needs and that it should not be dominated by one or two-bedroom flats. The proposed development would be mostly family houses with a small number of flats.”

Mr Pavett, who fears planning officers could refuse the proposal on the grounds it does not offer enough affordable housing, urged councillors not to waste the chance to give the development the thumbs-up.

He said: “As a group we have never taken a position on affordable housing allocation but given the battering that the conservation area has had from recent developments we very much hope councillors will not miss the opportunity to approve an application, which would, for a change, fit in with the area and provide 82 homes where previously there were none.”

Dylan May, land director at Linden Homes, said: “The previous scheme, consented at appeal, included a large number of apartments.

"As a result of the change in the economic climate, we decided to prepare a new application with houses accounting for the majority of homes.

“We have consulted the community, including councillors and Campion Concerns, to try and make sure this scheme reflects the community’s aspirations for the site.”

The application, which would see the retention and conversion of Campion House and Tiger Hall as well as the new homes, is to be discussed at a planning meeting on January 14.