May 2010

Planning Applications

One of the most important of EFRA’s activities is to monitor, and respond to consultations on, the larger planning applications in our area.

We discuss these applications with the residents who are most closely affected and also assist them with their personal submissions to the Council’s planners.

EFRA is not opposed to developments but our submissions are informed by the view that the low rise and low density nature of our essentially Edwardian residential neighbourhood should be preserved.

Posted 21 May 2010

Pickering House Development

Pickering House is the three storey block of 18 former Police flats on the south side of Windmill Road, located between The Plough Junction and Windmill Court. The owner has applied to the Council to add 6 two bedroom flats on the top of the existing building.  This will involve raising the height of the roof and replacing the existing gently sloping roof with an additional residential floor that will extend to the edge of the building.

Posted 21 May 2010

Brentford Festival

Date: 
Sun 5 Sep 2010 12:00
Location: 
Boston Manor Park

The Brentford Festival is one of the major community events in West London, taking place on the first Sunday in September each year from 12 noon. From the first Festival, held in 2005, numbers of attendees have grown from an estimated 3,000 to 10,000. Entry is free to members of the public.

See http://www.brentfordfestival.org.uk

Posted 20 May 2010

Friends of Blondin Summer Event

Date: 
Sun 18 Jul 2010 14:00
Location: 
Blondin Park

Wildflower walk, children's activities and BBQ.

See http://www.friendsofblondin.org.uk

Posted 20 May 2010

Little Ealing Primary School Expansion

Ealing Council has decided to expand the local primary school from a two form to a three form entry that will increase the number of pupils from 500 to 710. The expansion should enable the School to admit pupils who live further away than has been possible in recent years. The majority of the additional pupils will be accommodated in a new, two storey high, classroom block facing Hereford Road. Other parts of the site will also be reconstructed. There will be an additional pedestrian entrance in Hereford Road.

Posted 19 May 2010

Ealing Civic Society Lecture

Date: 
Wed 16 Jun 2010 19:30
Location: 
Queen's Hall, Ealing Town Hall

If you’ve ever wondered what Soviet cosmonauts were doing in Ealing in the 1970’s, now’s your chance to find out.

We’re delighted to say that Professor Heinz Wolff, who was prevented last year by ill health from revealing what lay behind this unlikely occurrence, is delivering the Civic Society’s Annual Lecture.
Heinz Wolff poster 2010 A4.png
See the ECS web site for further details of this lecture, http://www.ealingcivicsociety.org/

Posted 18 May 2010

Cranmer Avenue Snooker Hall Redevelopment

Earlier this year an application was made to redevelop the site of the snooker hall in Cranmer Avenue; the developer submitted plans for a three storey building of 5 or 6 flats on this small-sized plot. The proposed building will be taller than the existing building and will dominate the whole street.
Cranmer Avenue Snooker Hall

Posted 15 May 2010

EANAG Annual General Meeting

Date: 
Mon 7 Jun 2010 19:30
Location: 
Ealing Town Hall

EFRA is a member of EANAG (Ealing Aircraft Noise Action Group) who are holding their annual general meeting.

Posted 9 May 2010

Improvements to road safety

A frequent issue raised at the Northfield Ward Forums has been problems caused by cars being parked around street corners thus reducing the site lines for pedestrians and drivers. Ealing Council consulted residents of roads south of Little Ealing Lane about the introduction of double yellow lines at some junctions in that area. EFRA was generally supportive of the proposals but lobbied the council for a change to reduce the length of double yellow lines from 10 metres to 5 metres from the junction in order to lessen the number of parking spaces lost. This suggestion has been accepted.

Posted 2 May 2010

New parking regime for Windmill Road

EFRA has campaigned for some time for measures to ease traffic congestion in Windmill Road. This residential road is a main route from Ealing to Brentford and the A4/M4 but was never designed to carry the amount of traffic now using it. The situation has been made even more difficult by the recent introduction of double decker buses on the E2 route. Along much of this road two large vehicles cannot pass easily with the resultant hold ups and build up of traffic.

Posted 2 May 2010