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Save Ealing’s Centre (SEC) has been considering pursuing judicial review of the decision of the planning committee to grant planning permission to this development. Click here for latest information on the progress of the review. In the meantime, demolition of … Continued
Earlier this year, a local resident formally submitted a proposal to Ealing Council for Haven Green to be designated as a village green. This would provide it with greater protection than it currently enjoys as common land under Victorian legislation. … Continued
Stephen Sackur, the BBC presenter, gave the 2009 Civic Society awards to the Morris House in Acton and the new building at St Benedict’s School in Ealing. Read More on our Awards page.
The former Empire Cinema site remains cleared except for the facade with its supporting scaffolding and an unsightly pile of rubble at the rear. According to Empire Cinemas, start on work on the new 16 screen cinema complex has been … Continued
The go-ahead from the Mayor for redevelopment of Dickens Yard, behind the Town Hall, was issued in October 2009. The decision was held up for some months over issues relating to on-site renewable energy generation but these have been resolved. … Continued
The Arcadia public inquiry closed on Thursday 9 July having run for three weeks. The Planning Inspectorate has indicated that the final decision, to be taken by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, John Denham, is due … Continued
The latest threat to the centre of Ealing comes from proposals from Glenkerrin to redevelop the Arcadia site along with those for a “bus gyratory” on Haven Green. Although a more modest block of 26 storeys has replaced the 41 … Continued
The Dickens Yard planning application was passed by the Council’s planning committee on 5 November despite the objections of a large number of Ealing’s residents and heavy criticism from the Government’s heritage and design advisers, English Heritage and the Commission … Continued
Ealing’s Planning Committee approved the Arcadia application at its meeting on 17 December. The Chairman of the Society, Robert Gurd, said: “this is very disappointing because the committee has now passed two major housing developments in the centre of Ealing, … Continued
Major changes to the Uxbridge Road frontage of the Centre have recently been approved by Ealing Council Planning Committee despite opposition from the Society. Crystal House lies between the main square of the shopping centre and the Uxbridge Road (opposite … Continued