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Let’s get West Ealing library back at the centre of our community
West Ealing library is back open again for three days a week. It’s looking for volunteers to help extend its opening hours and for ways to once again be a hub for the local community. It’s already running a range of classes and activities and are looking for ideas to expand these. The library’s development…
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Complete this survey and say what you think about living in Ealing
A number of local residents’ groups, including Ealing Matters, Save Ealing’s Centre, Stop the Towers, Draytons Community Association and Save Gurnell, have got together and designed an online survey to find out about residents’ experience of living in Ealing. They are reaching out to every part of the borough to obtain as full a picture…
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Developer wins appeal to build 20-storey tower next to West Ealing station
Sadly, the decision by The Planning Inspectorate to give the go-ahead for this tower is no great surprise. The documentation with this decision is long and detailed. These are some of the key points about the Inspector’s decison: ‘The Council’s acceptance that it cannot demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites.’ The Council appears…
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Halloween on Northfields Allotments Sat 30th October 3-7pm
Back again, this is a really great couple of hours for the family. Follow the pumpkin trail, stop off for a glass of beer or mulled wine and food or tea and cake. Entry is free and the main entrance is half way up Northfield Ave.
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Dean Gardens survey results: bigger bins, better CCTV, more play facilities and community gardening
There’s a lot more to the survey than just these headlines but these suggestions feature well up the list of people’s choices for how to improve the park. What was not scored high were such ideas as re-aligning the cycle track, installing a cycle repair station and putting in distance markers. The full results of…
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More development coming on West Ealing high street
Rumours about Catalyst Housing Group selling its properties on the high street either side of St James Avenue have proved accurate. Some of these buildings have been empty for a while so a sale has seemed the obvious next step. The buildings which include the Welshore Hub, the addiction treatment agency RISE, the empty corner…
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Ealing voluntary litter cleaning group win Queen’s Award
Many of you will know about LAGER Can by seeing their blue rubbish bags around our streets. Behind the blue bags lies an ever-growing group of volunteers (including me) who are making a massive difference to how our streets look. They have worked incredibly hard to clean up some of West Ealing’s really heavily littered…
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Petition to make Warren Farm a Local Nature Reserve presented to London Assembly
10,000 signatures for Ealing nature reserve presented to London Assembly 21 September 2021 Press release from the campaigners: Campaigners asking for Local Nature Reserve (LNR) status for a series of urban meadows in Ealing, West London presented their petition to London Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon today. The Warren Farm Nature Reserve petition was launched in…
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Free storytelling and art event in Dean Gardens Sunday 3rd October 11am
Local actors Halie and George will perform excerpts from well-known children’s literature. Each performance will contain three excerpts after which, the audience will be encouraged to guess where the excerpts are from. Audience members who guess correctly will have the possibility of winning a special treat! The sessions will last 30 minutes, running at 11am,…
