Approval of plans to build 132 flats marks the first phase in the wider regeneration of the 18-acre Old Vinyl Factory site into a new commercial, residential and community hub.
The plant became the centre of the world’s vinyl record production, pressing records for everyone from The Beatles to Jimi Hendrix, the Beach Boys and Elvis Presley.
At the height of its operations in the 1960s 14,000 people worked there on a 150-acre site.
A revised masterplan for the entire site is in advanced stages of preparation prior to submission to the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The site was acquired by Development Securities and Cathedral Group for £16m in April 2011 and currently contains over 700,000 sq ft of commercial buildings, yielding 5.5%.