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.
The Deadline for Dickens Yard objections was Friday 27 June 2008 however the Authority must consider all comments right up to their decision date in mid September 2008.
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?' below for more info.
So, keep sending letters to Steve Austin AND your Councillors.
1. Write your own personal letter to: Steve Austin, Ealing Planning, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing OR email him at planning@ealing.gov.uk and quote ref. P/2008/0156
Use the 10 Reasons to Object page to help you write your own email or letter or use our template letters, simply click download Template Letter1 or Template Letter2 .
2. 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 in September. 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
6. 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>