Working to preserve and improve our borough
All are welcome to our next talk entitled: Crossrail: countdown to delivery. The speaker will be John Goldsmith, Crossrail’s Community Relations Manager. He will give us the latest news of progress with the Borough’s Crossrail stations and how soon we … Continued
The latest Ealing Civic Society plaque was unveiled at our AGM on 10th April 2018, by the Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Simon Woodroffe. It commemorates Charles Jones, the first Borough Architect. It will be installed at his former home, 5 Windsor … Continued
Following our AGM on 10 April, Ealing’s last Borough Architect, Gavin Leonard, gave a talk about Ealing’s first Borough Architect, the Victorian polymath Charles Jones. Jones was responsible for designing the town hall, which despite being only Grade ll listed, … Continued
The Society looks at all planning applications sent to Ealing Council. Major schemes and projects are examined in detail. This month we objected to 3 applications: 83-85 Gunnersbury Lane W3 8HH: a proposed multi-storey block of flats which is high … Continued
Our latest plaque will be unveiled by the Mayor at the Town Hall on Tuesday 10 April. The plaque will be to commemorate Charles Jones (1830-1913), Ealing’s first Borough Architect and Engineer. Jones was in post for 50 years and … Continued
Download our latest newsletter here. Read more about the London Plan and its implications for Ealing, the Victoria Hall consultation, Filmworks, exciting developments at Gunnersbury and our views on major recent planning applications. There are reports on some of our … Continued
About 700 new trees have been planted at Gunnersbury over the winter. Four of them were donated by Ealing Civic Society to celebrate our 50th anniversary last year. They are silver limes planted on the north side of the park, … Continued
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, published a new draft London Plan at the end of November 2017 which is open for consultation until early March 2018. When adopted at the end of 2019 it will replace the old London … Continued
During the period between mid November 2017 and mid January 2018 our Environment Committee examined 14 planning applications in all parts of the Borough, and considered parts of the draft New London Plan. The Committee expressed concern about the overbearing … Continued
The Council has plans to dispose of Ealing Town Hall to a hotel operator called Mastcraft. It would retain the east end of the building, including the Council Chamber, for civic purposes. Part of the sale would include the Victoria … Continued