Source: Harrow Times
On February 17, 2004 the Harrow Times reported, "The design and layout of a proposed temple in Harrow Weald have been agreed by Harrow Council's development committee. Timbers, a house on Green Belt land in Brookshill which has been used as a GP's surgery but is now disused, was bought by the Mahavir Foundation, a Jain organisation, in December 2002. The foundation did not need planning permission for demolishing the building to build a place of worship for about 30 people, but the design needed council approval as the site is a designated Area of Special Character. The first design was rejected in September as the proposed ornamentation and a planned increase in the height of the building would have been detrimental to the views from neighbouring properties. But on Wednesday last week, a new plan was submitted, and committee chairman, Councillor Anne Whitehead, said: 'I am glad that the design of the temple was supported by the committee. It is different, but it reflects the community of Harrow.'"