Hello everyone,

I know that we haven't updated you in some time, however we've been waiting to get an update and we now have one.  According to the GLA's Development Management department:

"the S106 Agreement is still being finalised. In addition to this, GLA officers are still waiting on issues to be resolved prior to the Stage 2 referral."

What does this mean?  

The S106 agreement is a legal agreements between Local Authorities (Ealing Council in this case) and developers which are linked to planning permissions and can also be known as planning obligations.

For example, a new residential development (such as this) can place extra pressure on the social, physical and economic infrastructure which already exists in a certain area. A Planning obligation will aim to balance the pressure created by the new development with improvements to the surrounding area ensuring that where possible the development would make a positive contribution to the local area and community.

Once the agreement is reached between the council and the developer, the developer will still need to show that they have resolved issues that were raised in Stage 1 of the review of the development.  At which point if the developer does resolve those issues the development will be referred for Stage 2 of the GLA review. 

We will continue to keep a watch on the situation with regards to the development.

Thanks for the continued support.

Mike

Hi all,

We are still waiting on the planning application to be sent to the GLA. Our understanding from the council's point of view that this is all agreed now and will be progressing through the system to the GLA where our letter will become part of the process.  We will continue to watch for updates on the plan's progress. Currently though the developers have cleared the car park of rubbish and are in the process of knocking down the smaller tower on site in preparation for the new development.

We also have some more unfortunate news.  In the new draft local plan where the site designated as MOL2 in the council documentation but known to the council as Grove Farm and Ealing Northern fields will have its Metropolitan Open Land designation removed. This would make it easier for any future proposed developments to pass through the planning process.  We are therefore working on rejecting this in the consultation process and are also calling on the public to support us by signing up to our petition and writing letters to the council.  

More details can be found on our web page:

https://friendsofgrovefarm.wixsite.com/community/news-1/grove-farm-mol-designation-to-be-removed

Thanks

Mike

Hi,

Thank you all for your support with this request.  We reached the total and engaged the solicitor.  The solicitor has also sent the letter to the GLA and the Council.  The collection is still open as it can be used to fund solicitor chase up letters to both parties as we move towards the GLA's adjudication date on the planning permission. We obviously hope that we've managed to create a compelling argument against the development but only time will tell.

Thanks again for the support.

Mike

Hi, 

As we close in on the total we realised that we hadn't shared the interpretation of the development.  These were generated from the architectural designs and show both phases.  In red are the towers that are part of the development being constructed on the SINC.

Thanks

Unfortunately, during our research we've found that this tree is one of the many to be targeted by the development. Estimated to be 120 years old (4 trunks measuring over 3 meters in circumference ) it along with over an estimated 60 others will be removed to make way for the development. Losing a tree that began life at the beginning of the last century when there are so few examples around would be a tragedy.