651.-london-borough-of-brent-and-its-boundaries-with-barnet,-camden,-ealing,-hammersmith-and-fulham,-harrow,-knc-and-westminster

ear" curtilages of properties in Moyne Place and Abbeyf ieldsClose, to rejoin the existing boundary in Twyford Abbey Road.134. Having considered the response to our draft proposal, weremained doubtful that the current three-way split of Park Royalwas in the long-term best interests of the industrial estate; weconsidered that, in purely planning terms, there was a case foruniting the estate within one authority. Nevertheless, it wasclear to us that Brent has close, and mutually beneficial,contact with business and industrial concerns in Park Royal.These contacts extend into the education and training spheres,and appear to be of particular value to an area such as southBrent; which has suffered from high unemployment. Moreover, Brentargued persuasively that the current multi-agency and multiboroughapproach to planning matters functions effectively, andthat to disrupt existing arrangements would set backredevelopment. • .135. We accepted that the Central Middlesex Hospital, in spiteof its N.H.S. Trust status, had close links with the ParksideHealth Authority and Brent's Social Services Department, and thatits transfer to Ealing might have a detrimental effect on healthcare provision in Brent.136. The information received in response to our draft proposalsletter suggested, on balance, that major change in the Park Royalarea would be inappropriate at this time. We have thereforedecided not to confirm our draft proposal 'in full, but toconsider instead the options for more limited changes which wouldunite communities and rectify defacements in the existingboundary.137. We took the view that West Twyford should be united inEaling, on the grounds that this area has close community tieswith Ealing, and has better access from that Borough.Accordingly, we have decided to adopt as our final proposal asuggestion from a member of the public, to transfer ElvedonPlace, Elvedon Road, Moyne Place and Abbey fields Close from Brentto Ealing, by a realignment along the River Brent, the centre of40