It’s now more than ten years since the London Borough of Ealing’s current Local Plan was adopted. Work on the new Local Plan started more than three years ago, but it was only on 30 November last year that Ealing … Continued
Broadway Living (BL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ealing Council set up in 2014 with an initial budget from the Council of £19 million ‘to purchase homes over a range of tenures including affordable and private rent, to assist … Continued
We wrote last Spring about Local Plans, why they are important and how Ealing Council is failing its residents in not having updated its Plan. The time frame covered by a Local Plan is 10-15 years, but with the world changing so … Continued
Work on the new Local Plan has been underway for some time, although it would be easy not to know, since the Local Plan page on Ealing Council’s website fails to give any indication of it. Instead, all the information … Continued
The London Borough of Ealing proudly proclaims leadership in the fight against climate change. In May 2020 it committed the borough to going carbon neutral by 2030. Missing from its rhetoric is any reference to the impact of the development … Continued
If you follow planning in the London Borough of Ealing, you are probably aware of Ealing Council’s developer-funded annual jaunt to MIPIM (or le Marché International des Professionnels de l’iMmobilier, the international property event held in Cannes) where the Council … Continued
Will French, co-founder of Ealing Matters and Chair of Save Ealing’s Centre, considers the implications of the Government’s recently published planning White Paper for Ealing. There’s been much noise about the Government’s Planning White Paper, but it’s not an easy read, … Continued
Ealing Council held its first Planning Committee using Microsoft Teams video conferencing technology on 20 May 2020. This followed a virtual Planning User Group (PUG) meeting on 16 April to discuss the temporary arrangements for planning services during the Covid-19 health emergency, and the subsequent … Continued
Ealing Matters has joined forces with Red Block Rebels to create a short video tour of the major developments that have been built or are currently under planning consideration in the London Borough of Ealing. Called ‘Ealing –The Sky’s the … Continued
Arthur Breens, Chair of Kingsdown Residents’ Association, argues that site visits are key to an accurate visualisation of a development’s mass and scale, and therefore fully informed decision-making at Planning Committee. My late father said, as a senior design draughtsman/designer … Continued