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The Irish-based Anderson family, which owns the Empire cinema chain, failed in its challenge in the High Court in late February to stop the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) from appointing a receiver in relation to the redevelopment of the … Continued
Ealing Broadway Centre was sold to British Land in February 2013 for a reported £142.5m as part of a wider portfolio of properties owned by the Dutch company Wereldhave, which has now disposed of all its UK property interests. The … Continued
The Department of Communities and Local Government carried out a consultation on proposed changes to permitted development which ended on Christmas Eve. Ealing Civic Society objected to the proposed changes which would allow detached houses to be extended by 8m … Continued
Benson Elliot Capital Management exchanged contracts with the administrators of the Arcadia site in central Ealing on 26 October 2012. This ended a long period of uncertainty over the future of the site following the falling into administration of Glenkerrin … Continued
Following release by Empire Cinemas of a press notice indicating that they will soon start work on their 20 screen cinema complex in Ealing Broadway, members of the Society have met Empire and their architects to discuss elements of the … Continued
We have written to Ealing Council to object in the strongest terms to the latest proposals to redevelop the Oaks shopping centre. Commenting on the planning application, Dr Robert Gurd, chairman of the Society said “the appearance of the development … Continued
Ealing Council has been successful in an application to become a frontrunner local authority under the Government’s localism agenda. It has been awarded £40,000 to draw up neighbourhood plans for both central Ealing and W. Ealing. The Council will be … Continued
The Society (along with Save Ealing’s Centre) met several prospective developers of the Arcadia site at the end of 2011. The site has been in the hands of the administrators, Grant Thornton, since the demise of Glenkerrin Ltd in 2010. … Continued
Planning permission for “nonmaterial” amendments to their previous application was granted to Empire Cinemas in late 2011. Empire’s Chief Executive, Justin Ribbons, told the Ealing Gazette at the time that they would “soon be able to commence work” on a … Continued
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 … Continued