A new bid to turn the former riverside restaurant site into flats

A new developer has taken on the Corney Reach Way site which was formerly home to the Pissarro restaurant. Boutique developer Fruition Properties has plans for a collection of new-build apartments, some with river views.The development of Pissarro’s has been controversial, with freeholder, Gort Investments, failing to get permission in 2014 from Hounslow Council to build seven flats and two three-bedroom townhouses.Residents had launched a campaign to keep the restaurant building for community purposes as an asset of community value and had objected to the planning application for the residential development.Fruition Properties, which has acquired seven new sites in the past 12 months, says it is preparing to work closely with Hounslow Council to draw up a revised planning application to be submitted this year.The acquisition of the 0.24 acre Pissarro site marks Fruition Properties’ first site in Chiswick. The company recently sold its first commercial space – a 5,597 sq ft new build office block in Ravenscourt Park, to The Omni Group.The company has been involved in new-build and restoration schemes in West and South West London.