What's happening in the Ealing

Open House London showcases great design in every London borough. Click here to find out what you can see in the Ealing this year.

Below, you can find out all about the local context of this borough's architecture, areas undergoing change and projects under construction.

Committed to changing Ealing into a place for many future generations the west London borough has implemented a series of regeneration policies and projects. In line with the economic downturn Ealing Council is investing £1.6 million to improve shop fronts to help ailing businesses within town centres. Recently the council’s Cabinet agreed to begin preparatory work for the development and regeneration of Acton Town Hall. The modernisation of the Town Hall will include new swimming pools, a library, leisure facilities and other community spaces and is due to start in 2013. There is also a commitment to the 100 new major development sites in the area. Situated between the West End and Heathrow Airport Ealing makes an excellent choice for investment and growth and is also home to Park Royal, the biggest business park in Europe.

Further to the borough’s investment in shop fronts it is aiming to revitalise it’s town centres all together. By helping many shops and businesses have a facelift the character of the town centres will increase as will the quality of surroundings. The regeneration also includes alleviating congestion to make it easier for people to travel around the centres. The council aims to transform every town centre in the borough: Acton, Ealing, West Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale and Southall.

The regeneration of Ealing spreads further with the desire to provide a better quality of life and standard of housing for its residents. With eight areas targeted the plans are ambitious as they seek to transform areas of the borough that truly need attention. For each area the council has identified problems and concerns and it has also decided on the next steps needed. For example in the council’s 2008 estates review it was found that Copley Close, situated in Hanwell, needs major work in order to bring it up to the government’s Decent Homes standard. The council identified problems of the estate as having: anti-social behaviour, poor quality and poorly maintained public areas and open space, lack of car parking spaces, damp, subsidence and vibration from trains and poor quality of design in the housing layouts.  Following these revelations the council agreed to work closely with residents and work is due to start on the site in the summer 2011.

 

 

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Ealing architecture showcased in Open House London 2011

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2010 Highlights

A visitor said: “I have lived in Ealing nearly 20 years, yet
had never been along that stretch of the canal, it was
wonderful and so interesting. Similarly, I had never been
in to Pitzhanger Manor despite having walked past it hundreds of times and I found myself being interested in Sir John Soane all over again”

Another visitor said: “We were particularly impressed by the knowledge and enthusiasm of the guides on the two walking tours we took (in previous years we have only visited buildings, not joined walks). We joined the walks to learn even more about the areas from people directly”

An Ealing resident said: “This year we stayed local. I was
both pleased and surprised to see something as bold as Zero Carbon Loft was just a few streets away from where I live”

 

 

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