5 Nov08 Although the Council has approved the Dickens Yard application, it must now be ratified by the London Mayor. He has 14 days in which to Accept or Reject the application but he could make his decision before the deadline. We urge everyone to write to Boris TODAY and send a copy to Richard Barnes, Deputy Mayor for Regeneration and GLA Member representative for LBEaling and LBHillingdon.
Mayor of London - mayor@london.gov.uk
Richard Barnes, GLA Member - richard.barnes@london.gov.uk
WHAT TO WRITE, You may:
1. Send your original Objection Letter and introduce it by saying that the revised application did not address your original concerns so you urge him to reject it. Be sure to make the subject line states: LBEaling Planning Application P/2008/0156 Dickens Yard
OR,
2. Send a brief standard email with:
Dear Mr Johnson
Subject: L B Ealing Planning Application P/2008/0156 Dickens Yard
I wish to register my opposition to the plans for this critical development in the heart of the town centre, for the reasons explained to you by Save Ealing's Centre. Please send it back to Ealing Council for further consideration.
Name: ................................................................
Address: ............................................................
Post code: .....................
OR,
3. Create a new email/letter by taking key information provided in the 3 letters below that have already been sent to the Mayor. Make sure the subject line states: LBEaling Planning Application P/2008/0156 Dickens Yard.
SEC has written to the Mayor to urge him to Reject the application Read SEC's Letter to the Mayor as has Central Ealing Residents Association (CERA) Read CERA's letter as has a local resident Read Resident's Letter.
WRITE TO BORIS! and to RICHARD BARNES NOW!
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The closing date for objections to the Amendments to Dickens Yard is 5pm Monday 13th October.
Read SEC's summary of the Amendments to Dickens Yard , SEC's Comments on the Amendments and SEC's suggested New Objection Letter.
Write your own personal letter and quote ref. P/2008/0156 to: Steve Austin, Ealing Planning, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5
OR email him at planning@ealing.gov.uk and quote ref. P/2008/0156
OR go online at http://www.pam.ealing.gov.uk/portal/servlets/ApplicationSearchServlet?PKID=99621
Tell Planning that the revisions, to the Dickens Yard planning application, do not change the original objections submitted.
The Planning Committee is due to meet on 5th November 2008 to discuss the Dickens Yard application. Please write to the local papers, the Gazette and Ealing Times, and lobby your councillors now.
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Over the last few weeks and days a number of senior councillors have continued to make statements in support of the proposal to overdevelop the Dickens Yard site. They have also been dismissive of the residents who have expressed concern about aspects of the planning application. Therefore please write and/or email your ward councillors emphasising your concerns about the proposals for Dickens Yard. The more the ward councillors are aware of their residents' concerns, the easier it is for them to lobby the senior councillors. See the section titled 'Can your Councillors represent your views?'
We all must lobby our Councillors to insist Ealing Council puts together an overarching integrated development plan, that combines residential, retail, transport, infrastructure and community facilities for Ealing Town Centre. This will attract the right type of developer for our prime sites and ensure that the developments, as a whole, will provide the right mix of facilities that will make Ealing the centre of the community once again.
Please write to them and ask them to do this. See their email addresses below.
Send copies of your letter to the Leader of the Council and to your Ward Councillors whose role it is to represent you. They must all know the strength of feeling before they take the decision at a Planning Committee meeting on 5th November 2008. Their details are on the Council's web site at www.tinyurl.com/27jyko You may send your letter to them all at:Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing OR via email to:
Leader of the Council: jason.stacey@ealing.gov.uk
Cleveland ward councillors:
john.popham@ealing.gov.uk ian.gibb@ealing.gov.uk gregory.stafford@ealing.gov.uk
Ealing Broadway ward councillors:
ian.potts@ealing.gov.uk david.scott@ealing.gov.uk anthony.young@ealing.gov.uk
Ealing Common ward councillors:
joanna.dabrowska@ealing.gov.uk jon.ball@ealing.gov.uk ian.green@ealing.gov.uk
Hanger Hill ward councillors:
diana.pagan@ealing.gov.uk nigel.sumner@ealing.gov.uk barbara.yerolemou@ealing.gov.uk
Hobbayne ward councillors:
rosa.popham@ealing.gov.uk colm.costello@ealing.gov.uk phil.greenhead@ealing.gov.uk
Northfield ward councillors:
david.millican@ealing.gov.uk mark.reen@ealing.gov.uk philip.taylor@ealing.gov.uk
South Acton ward councillors:
brookesl@ealing.gov.uk john.gallagher@ealing.gov.uk yvonne.johnson@ealing.gov.uk
Walpole ward councillors:
ann.chapman@ealing.gov.uk john.cowing@ealing.gov.uk ashok.kapoor@ealing.gov.uk
Write letters to the Editor of the Ealing & Acton Gazette and Ealing Times and send them to:
Ealing Gazette at: edit@ealinggazette.co.uk
Ealing Times at: ahayes@london.newsquest.co.uk
Can your Councillors represent your views?
A number of councillors appear to be unclear as to how they can and should respond to enquiries about planning matters from their residents. Some appear to be attempting to exclude themselves from this dialogue with their electors. You may find the following helpful if you encounter problems.
In December 2007, the full Council approved the following advice from the Council's legal officers:
· "The Code contains important guidance for all members of the Council not just those serving on the Planning Committee." (Introduction)
· "If you are a member of the Planning Committee taking part in a decision on a planning matter you should not make up your mind how to vote prior to consideration of the matter by the Planning Committee and therefore you should not give any definitive commitment in advance of how you intend to vote. This provision will not prohibit your ability as a ward member to represent the views of your constituents throughout the planning process, provided that you make it clear that those views are not necessarily your own." (paragraph 1)
The full document can be found at: http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/council/committees/agendas_minutes_reports/council/15may2007-19may2008.html it's amongst the reports for the 11 December meeting of the Council. The title is: Item 12 - Changes to the Constitution App 2 <http://www.ealing.gov.uk/ealing3/export/sites/ealingweb/services/council/committees/agendas_minutes_reports/council/15may2007-19may2008/_11_dec_2007/item_12_changes_to_the_constitution_app_2.doc>