Working to preserve and improve our borough
Nominate your favourite buildings in the Borough to help protect them from demolition. The Society wishes to ensure that local buildings of architectural or historical interest are identified and protected from unsympathetic redevelopment before they are affected by planning applications … Continued
Work continues on preparing bids for funding for Gunnersbury Park and Museum. Ealing and Hounslow Councils are currently talking with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) about applying for a Heritage Grant and a Parks for People bid early in 2012. … Continued
The Council has decided to give Empire cinemas one last chance to proceed with the development prior to initiating compulsory purchase procedures in October. The chief executive of Empire Cinemas, Justin Ribbons, accepted an invitation to appear before the Overview … Continued
In common with all who live in and care about Ealing, we were shocked by the recent vandalism and damage to the town centre. The Council acted with commendable speed over the short-term clear up but it will take time … Continued
West Acton and Perivale are two of 16 London Underground stations in the Borough that have recently been listed Grade II bringing the total of statutory listed stations in Ealing to nine. The stations were built to designs by Brian … Continued
Fred Perry, the 1936 British Wimbledon Tennis Champion, was celebrated on 16 June when an Ealing Civic Society Plaque was unveiled at the Brentham Club. Roger Draper, Chief Executive of the Lawn Tennis Association, and John Gallagher, Ealing’s mayor, are … Continued
Ireland’s National Asset Management Company (NAMA – the so-called Irish ‘bad’ bank) has requested that administrators should be appointed for Irish developer Glenkerrin’s UK properties, including the Arcadia site in Ealing. This means that the site would be placed on … Continued
The Society has been unable to save 51 Drayton Green from demolition despite last minute attempts to seek its local listing. Demolition began at the end of March. Built at the turn of the 19th century, it was originally St … Continued
This 1960s Richard Seifert building was subject to a planning application which involved demolition and the building of a 9 storey hotel, 2 tall residential blocks (up to 21 storeys) and a block of 9 storey affordable housing behind. In … Continued
A major consultation exercise on the Local Development Framework (LDF) which is intended to guide development in Ealing for the years up to 2026 was carried out in late 2010. The LDF consists of a suite of plans and other … Continued