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Builder of local Council homes goes bust
Henry Construction which won £40m contract from Ealing Council to build over 130 homes has gone in to liquidation. Henry were building the new homes on the Dean Gardens car park site and the 20-storey tower by West Ealing station amongst other local developments. The constructionenquirer.com website says ‘Insolvency experts took control of the London-based…
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19-storey tower proposed for Waitrose site
Following on from their initial consultation last summer, John Lewis have now put forward their more developed plans for redeveloping the Waitrose site in West Ealing in a new round of consultation. Yesterday afternoon was athe first of two open sessions for the public to view these more detailed plans. The second session is on…
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Leeland Terrace – transforming a neglected green space
For a long time, the Seaford-Leeland Terrace corner was just a neglected spot with brambles and always far-to-reach blackberries. All that changed when I saw a notice at the West Ealing Neighbours notice board near Sainsbury’s in Melbourne Avenue (a good source of info) asking for neighbours willing to help spruce up a few forgotten…
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Draft 2023 Ealing Local Plan – a West Ealing Perspective
Apparently this plan ‘will shape and guide the future development (of Ealing) and help ensure this is sustainable’. This plan is expected to become approved in 2024. (The current Ealing Local Plan – the oldest in London – was published in 2010). Ealing Matters (a group of over 60 Ealing community and residents ‘organisations) has…
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Cineworld’s possible bankruptcy threatens Ealing’s Picturehouse cinema
The BBC News website has today (Friday 19th August) published an article about Cineworld’s share price plunging on fears of its bankruptcy. The yet-to-open Picturehouse cinema on the new Ealing Filmwork’s site is part of the Cineworld empire. If Cineworld does go bankrupt what future for Ealing’s long-awaited cinema?
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Deadline looming for objections to plans to add new storeys to Azalea Close and Court
Information about this application was posted on our Facebook page and it is covered in full detail on the Ealing Today website. In brief the freeholder wants to add a new storey to Azalea Court and two storeys to Azalea Close. The extra height will affect all the surrounding roads such as Shirley Gardens and…
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Possible west London ban on new homes as electricity grid is out of capacity
Interesting story in today’s papers about developers in Hillingdon, Ealing and Hounslow having been told it could take another 10 years before new homes can be connected to the electricity grid. According to the Greater London Authority one of the problems for west London is a series of planned date centres that use massive amounts…
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John Lewis plans to build homes-to-rent over Waitrose in West Ealing
John Lewis’ plans to build 10,000 homes to rent on its sites in the South East was written about in the press a few months ago. Now, according to an article in today’s business pages, one of those stores will be the one in West Ealing. The retailer is quoted as saying residents in the…
