Under the Government’s localism agenda, communities will be encouraged to develop neighbourhood plans for their own areas. The Society, working with Save Ealing’s Centre (SEC), has approached the Council with a view to drawing up proposals for central Ealing. It was agreed that the next step would be for the Council to approach the government for funding to become a “frontrunner” organisation which, if successful, would gain funding to help work on drawing up a neighbourhood plan. The application was submitted in early November and the outcome is expected early in 2012.