SEC is a voluntary alliance of 26 residents' and community groups from Hanwell to Acton. SEC seeks good planning for Ealing Town Centre that will reestablish it as the focal point for Ealing borough's residents. Contact Us to help, for info, to make a donation.

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10 FEBRUARY 09 Secretary of State intervenes in Arcadia application     SEC has learnt that the Government has decided to intervene in the planning application for the Arcadia site.  Read the letter from the Government Office for London (GOL). AND for more information read our Arcadia 2008 web page. 

350+ people attended the SEC PUBLIC MEETING on Tuesday 20th January when SEC Launched A Vision for Ealing. Read the press release.

Read SEC's Vision for Ealing. 

ARCADIA UPDATE - Arcadia has now been approved by the Mayor, subject to a condition on providing acceptable sustainability proposals.  Questions remain on whether Glenkerrin: 1) has all the necessary agreements from Railtrack to bridge the tracks west of Ealing Broadway, 2) has the finance to continue the scheme - they have already said they would not start before the end of the three year delay they are allowed (ie January 2012), and 3) may either sell on the site with planning permission, or look to make other changes before they begin to build.

On Wednesday 17th December the Planning Committee Accepted the Arcadia Application and Rejected the Bus Interchange on Haven Green Application. Read more about these decisions in the section Glenkerrin's Arcadia Site 2008.  

DICKENS YARD UPDATE - The latest news from the GLA Planning Decision Unit is that the Dickens Yard application is still withdrawn. No date for decision is known. 

How Would YOU Change Ealing Broadway Town Centre?                HAVE YOUR SAY!

 What does it take to revitalise Ealing Town Centre? Send in your ideas for an Ealing Town Centre masterplan and let the Council see what the residents of Ealing want.

Here are the sites: Arcadia, Dickens Yard and Town Hall, Ealing Broadway station, Ealing Broadway Centre, and the Cinema and Lamertons sites.  See the sketch below.

In your plan, we suggest that you consider all or some of the following:
  • housing needs - not only where these should go but how many apartment blocks and how high should they be and who should they be for
  • shops - how much shopping area and what type of shop is needed
  • an arts and culture centre
  • concert hall/conference centre
  • an indoor sports centre - what sports and activities eg roller rink, badminton
  • commercial needs - what type of businesses and how much area allocated
  • transport hub - new railway station with dropping off facilities, bus station, taxi rank
  • traffic circulation - better north/south access, more cycle and pedestrian routes
  • car parks - better access from north and south to parking, additional parking
  • community needs - police station, health centre, community centre, child facilities
  • public space improvements - town square, fountain

We want to encourage debate and input from the community about the design and redevelopment of the town centre.  Please submit ideas and plans for Ealing Broadway's town centre that will, once again, make it a destination to meet and eat, to shop and do business and a place to enjoy sport, arts, entertainment, parks and learning. 

SEC invites you to HAVE YOUR SAY!


Ealing in Perspective

What do Bolton, Brighton, Gateshead, Hull, Milton Keynes, Newcastle on Tyne, Northampton, Nottingham, Oxford, Plymouth, Southport, Stockport and Southampton have in common?

Answer: They all have fewer residents than Ealing! With over 300,000 residents Ealing is a very large UK town. As such, one might expect the town to have significant cultural, sporting, transport, healthcare, public safety and educational facilities.

Of these communities listed above which have smaller populations than Ealing, some have their own famous universities, major concert halls, Premier Football or Rugby clubs, significant museums, best performing hospitals, re-built railway stations and new Police Stations. Ealing has none of these!