Planning

We have received formal notification from the Council of the examination of Central Ealing Neighbourhood Development Plan on Thursday 16 February. As the notification states, the examination is open to the public who would not be expected to participate in … Continued

Hounslow Council’s planning committee has rejected the application for a large residential development near the Chiswick Roundabout. The Society had earlier objected on grounds of its excessive height and scale for the site and adverse impact upon distant views from … Continued

A commercial property research organisation reported earlier this month that Benson Elliot, the current owners of 9-42 the Broadway, are poised to sell their development site which is currently subject to a planning inquiry in May, to British Land in … Continued

A timetable has now been agreed for the appeal hearing which will take place in May.  We will be closely working with Save Ealing’s Centre to prepare their case, having engaged a barrister to assist us. We need to raise … Continued

Following weeks of uncertainty, St George started development on the site on 12 December with a great fanfare and have indicated that they will be seeking changes to the consented scheme which would result in less commercial floor space and … Continued

Our Environment Committee looked at 24 planning applications to Ealing Council in October and November. A major redevelopment of the GlaxoSmithKline site and former Sunblest Bakery site in Greenford came in for some criticism although the Committee welcomed the development of … Continued

SEC (of which we are a member) is fighting to save a large part of Ealing town centre (9-42 The Broadway, W5) from demolition and highly damaging redevelopment. Ealing Council, when approving the scheme earlier this year, ignored strong criticism … Continued

During August and September the Society’s Environment Committee looked at 9 planning applications in different parts of the Borough and submitted objections to and comments on 8 of them. They included two 22 storey buildings in Southall (Malgavita Works and … Continued

The Society regularly comments on major planning applications in the Borough. In late May to July 2016 our Environment Committee considered 25 planning applications from all parts of the Borough. We objected to several schemes including the construction of: 2 … Continued

St George, the developers of the Dickens Yard site behind Ealing Town Hall, have acquired the Ealing cinema site previously owned by Land Securities following a CPO hearing in 2015. It is not yet clear whether the change of ownership … Continued