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The Treaty Centre is a large, out-dated shopping centre located in the centre of Hounslow town off the High Street and Grove Road. Large, old style shopping centres are no longer as popular as they were in the past. Retail is changing, and so are our high streets.
In 2022 the decision was made to close the Treaty Centre and redevelop the site to create a new, exciting space for Hounslow. The redevelopment will deliver community uses, green spaces, shops, business space, and new homes, providing a vibrant new destination for the town centre.
In 2021 the Council created the 'Hounslow Town centre Vision'. Within this, you told your Council that you think Hounslow Town centre needs:
In March 2024, the London Borough of Hounslow Council adopted the Hounslow Town Centre Masterplan. This Masterplan set out the opportunities and the Council’s aspirations for the regeneration of Hounslow Town Centre, including the Treaty Centre site. The Council’s vision shows the potential for a mixed-use development, incorporating more than retail space, with the opportunity to drive footfall to the High Street, and introducing tall buildings.
The Treaty Centre has also been allocated within the Council's draft Hounslow Local Plan 2020-2041 (site reference: 117). The Council undertook its latest consultation on the draft Local Plan in October 2024 and is now reviewing the consultation feedback before preparing to formally submit the Local Plan.
During 2023 the Treaty Centre team asked the Hounslow Community how you would like to see the Treaty Centre redeveloped. Over a series of events, including drop-in sessions at the shopping centre and online, we asked what mattered to you the most.
This what you told us:
You want to see more places where people can dwell, socialise and take a break. Green spaces where events can take place and people are surrounded by trees and nature. You want to see more kids play areas in the town centre, within spaces that are both clean and safe. You would also like to see water features incorporated in some way.
You want to see more community spaces, with a variety of uses on offer. A place to meet, youth services, a theatre and a retained Arts Centre.
Hounslow has a great variety of shopping experiences, a mix that you seem to like. You want to see better quality retails, with more local shops as well as upmarket chain stores.
You want Hounslow Town Centre to be a social space, with a variety of activities beyond traditional retail. You want more restaurants and evenings uses, a space for teenagers, places for people to meet.
You can see more from our previous consultation by visiting the Downloads section on this website.
Since 2022, the Treaty Centre project team has been working to develop proposals that will transform the Treaty Centre site. Engaging with stakeholders, including planning officers at Hounslow Borough Council and through community consultation events, the team’s vision for the Treaty Centre directly responds to the feedback we have received to date, as well as the aspirations as set out in the Council’s adopted Town Centre Masterplan.
The Treaty Centre takes up a considerable amount of space within the High Street, and consequently also creates a physical barrier with the wider community to the south of Grove Road.
Our vision is to deliver a vibrant mixed town centre community, with new green public spaces and a cultural hub at its heart. The Treaty Centre will become a space that is more than just shops, it will provide new cultural, community, and commercial spaces, provide a new gateway to the High Street.
Town centres are changing, and the vision for the Treaty Centre is a vision for the future of Hounslow Town Centre.
But we need your input to help shape it.
The emerging proposals will deliver:
Over the course of March and April 2025 we undertook our first round of public consultation. We asked you what you think of Hounslow Town centre more generally, what you think works, what does not work and how you would like to see it improved. We also shared our emergibgn vision for the redevelopment of the Treaty Centre.
In April 2024, Visitor Insight Data – a nationwide survey which assesses footfall in town centres - showed that out of the four town centres in the borough, Hounslow rates third in terms of footfall. Feltham and Brentford, both of which have benefitted from regeneration, have the highest footfall.
We wanted to understand why Hounslow town centre has a lower visitor rate and how we can best improve it through redevelping the Treaty Centre site.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts. Your feedback will help shape the future of Hounslow Town Centre.
We are now preparing the second stage of the consultation where we will share more detailed plans. The consultation material and community survey will be made available on this website on Thursday 12th June.
Over the course of the consultation we will be holding a number of consultation events where you can pop along to meet the team and share your views. We will update this section of the website as events are announced.
Come meet us in person to share your views on Hounslow Town Centre and the emerging vision for the Treaty Centre.
Pop along to one of our drop-in sessions at the Treaty Centre:
Where: You can find us in the atrium of the Treaty Centre on the ground floor (near the Mall Cafe)
When:
We are preparing to submit a planning application to Hounslow Borough Council in summer 2025. As we prepare the proposals we will be undertaking two stages of community consultation, with various events. All the events will be detailed on this page as and when they are announced and promoted in other ways.
The Treaty Centre site covers a large area and we will be submitting several planning applications, to reflect this. The first will be what is known as a Hybrid Planning Application, meaning that part of the application will cover the detail plans for part of the site with the remainder being what is known as outline planning consent. This outline planning consent element will be followed up with future planning applications that seek to refine the detail of the plans.
When we submit our first hybrid planning application, we would like to be sure that the ideas we set out in our vision become our shared vision with the Hounslow community.
If you would like to be kept informed about the consultation and the proposals for the Treaty Centre, please register your details using the contact form below.
3 June 2025 We are launching our second stage consultation where more detaied proposals will be available to view and a further opportunity for you to provide your feedback. Our website will be updated on Thursday 12th June with the consultation material and...
27 March 2025 Come meet us in person to share your views on Hounslow Town Centre and the emerging vision for the Treaty Centre. Pop along to one of our drop-in sessions at the Treaty Centre: Where: You can find us in the atrium of the Treaty Centre...
19 March 2025 The first stage consultation on the proposals to regenerate the Treaty Centre launched in March 2025. We want to hear from as many residents as possible to find out what you think of Hounslow town centre, how it can be improved, and your thoughts on...
Your Treaty Centre team has been brought together because we understand Hounslow and, most importantly, want to hear your hopes and aspirations for the site.
Representing the Treaty Centre, EATOS Group is an experienced development manager and leads the wider project team.
The Masterplanner and landscape architect for the Treaty Centre, HTA Design is dedicated to making great homes and more sustainable places to live. Working collaboratively with communities and stakeholders, HTA aim to create lastingly popular neighbourhoods.
Stantec are the planning consultants, leading on the progression and submission of the planning application for the Treaty Centre.
Communications Potential is a planning communications team which prides itself on helping local communities get involved in the planning process. We’re here to provide you with opportunities to share your views and help shape the plans for the Treaty Centre.
Get in touch using the form below, or call us on 020 7139 5010.
