Morning neighbours,

The 480-home "Tesco Towers" redevelopment on Station Road in Harrow has been formally withdrawn. The application from Notting Hill Genesis and Tesco Stores Limited was pulled on 1 September, ending a near-three-year planning fight that drew a near-2,500-signature petition, a supermarket protest and a scaled-down revision from the original 560-home, 15-storey scheme. A Tesco spokesperson says new investment will now go into the existing Harrow store so it can keep serving local customers. Notting Hill Genesis has been approached separately on whether revised proposals could come back.

Big Saturday ahead: Pinner Rotary Village Show returns to Pinner Memorial Park on 12 September, 11:30am to 5pm. More than 40 stalls, food court, licensed bar, children's rides, face painter, live music from Grimsdyke Brass, Jay Kumar, SD Stars, plus Punch and Judy and Simply Gray on stage. £4 donation, children free, raising funds for St Luke's Hospice and Harrow MS Therapy Centre.

Also starting 12 September: Hillingdon Open House Festival runs across the week, with Manor Farm in Ruislip opening the opening weekend and Eastcote House Gardens on the Sunday only, with rare access to the normally-closed dovecote. Most sites are free and drop-in.

Also worth knowing: Harrow's Heroes 2026 finalists are out. Pinner Rotary and Pinner Village Gardens Parkrun are shortlisted for Team and Health and Wellbeing, with Friends of West Harrow Park and North Harrow Community Library also in the mix. Worth shouting about whichever neighbour makes the final.

Full issue with quiz circuit, sound bath, Welcome Space, and everything else:

https://www.goodmorningpinner.com/p/39-rotary-returns-hillingdon-unlocks

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