This site is metropolitan green belt and a designated nature conservation area. It is subject to a number of restrictive covenants giving perpetual rights of access to a number of parties needing to maintain pipelines and communications links. It was formerly a sand and gravel extraction site and this is why there are lakes there which, in turn, contributes to the site's listing as a nature conservation area. This former use as a sand and gravel extraction site also makes it liable to subsidence.

The site was owned by Taylor Woodrow until late 2006 when it was sold to Profitable Plots Pte Limited for £3.15m (source: UK land registry). Taylor Woodrow is now part of Taylor Wimpey, formed by the merger of Taylor Woodrow and Wimpey. Taylor Wimpey owns a very substantial land bank of their own. It is their policy to acquire land which has long term potential and hold it for long periods - 30-40 years is not uncommon. Had Taylor Woodrow seen strategic potential in the Hounslow site, they would have retained it.

Given the site's status as green belt and nature conservation area, the unstable nature of the terrain and the fact that it was recently disposed of by a developer, any investor in a plot there would need to take extra steps to be very sure that the site does indeed have some development potential. This would include taking independent planning advice and talking to the local planning authority at Hounslow.

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