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The regeneration magazine for the London borough of Ealing/issue 01/spring ‘10 EALING london ■ INTRODUCING EALING: ■ ROUND TABLE: ■ SiTE VISIT: Its heritage, setting and future The views and opinions of All the major development aspirations Ealing’s main players sites reviewed page 04 page 11 page 20 ■ PARK ROYAL: ■ HOUSING: ■ EDUCATION: London’s biggest industrial Ealing’s residential market, The BSF programme and its business park its evolution and prospects ambitions for the borough page 31 page 41 page 45 Revealing London’s potential The award-winning A2Dominion Group is one of the country’s leading providers of high quality housing, and is proud to be working in partnership with Ealing Council. A2Dominion has more than 3,500 homes in management and development in Ealing, providing properties for affordable rent, shared ownership, private sale and temporary accommodation. 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SETTOTRANSFORM%ALING 7HY%ALINGISKEENTONURTUREITSCREATIVE BUSINESSES 31_PARK ROYAL *USTWHYAREBUSINESSESSOHAPPYTOCALL 0ARK2OYALHOME7EFINDOUT CONTENTS issue one/spring ‘10 INTRODUCTION The grass is greener in Ealing A wealth of development opportunities and a progressive council are drawing investors and developers to the attractive, well-connected borough of Ealing, as Charlotte Goodworth discovers. Ealing has much more to offer than green spaces. Great connectivity and rental rates make it a developers’ paradise. eaLING IN LONDON corridor, which follows the railway lines. The council is anticipating that 70% of all new housing in the borough will fall within one mile of the Uxbridge Road corridor. “The time is right for Ealing,” says David Millican, cabinet member for regeneration and transport at Ealing Council. “You’ve got a council that is business-friendly, and clearly there are opportunities here. The aling, at the heart of West London, borough is open for business and we’re is a popular commuter base with a keen to work with people who want to E broad range of shops, restaurants invest in this well-connected borough that and green spaces. Its highly skilled and offers such a pleasant environment in diverse community, strong creative sector which to live.” and enviable transport links have all helped Brendon Walsh, director of property to make it a green and pleasant land for and regeneration for Ealing Council, agrees developers. that Ealing’s time has come: “Ealing is a Ealing is diverse with a multicultural borough that has been punching below population. This ‘Queen of the Suburbs’ is its weight for many years and hasn’t made up of seven individual town centres necessarily attracted the right level of (Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, attention from developers, and yet it’s Northolt, Perivale and Southall), which the largest of the West London boroughs joined in 1965 to create the third largest and its geographic location makes it very London borough in terms of population. important. What we’ve seen is those The borough’s ‘greenness’ (it has more developers who have come forward are than three square miles of parks and open now wanting to do more in Ealing.” spaces) is firmly rooted in its heritage. Located between Heathrow – the world’s Until relatively recently, life in Ealing busiest airport – and central London, centred around agriculture, with very Ealing is perfectly placed for the creation of little industry and comparatively small strong business links regionally, nationally populations. This only began to change and internationally. West London is towards the end of the 19th century, when cosmopolitan, multicultural and thriving, the introduction of trams, buses and trains contributing £27 billion towards the improved access to central London. nation’s wealth in 2008. With a population The beginning of the 20th century of around 1.5 million, it boasts a strong brought more development, with Acton creative industries sector and some of and Southall becoming centres for large- the biggest blue chip businesses in the scale industry, and the construction of world. Its multicultural population creates Western Avenue in the 1930s helped to a natural link with overseas communities expand industry in Greenford and Perivale. and markets. In the years immediately following the Ealing itself is particularly well Second World War council houses were connected. Its nine national rail stations built in Ealing and Northolt, and new and network of District, Piccadilly and residents arrived from areas as diverse as Central Line tube stations provide India, Poland and the Caribbean. direct access into central London as well Over the last 25 years, most of the as Reading and Slough, with journey former manufacturing sites in the area times of just 10 minutes to Paddington have become head offices, distribution and 20 to Heathrow. The borough sits hubs or centres for hybrid activities. snugly between the A40 to Oxford or The resulting dependence on office, Birmingham, the M4 to Bristol or Cardiff, retail and leisure employment has boosted the importance of Ealing’s town centres. Ealing Council has spent the last three Ealing Council is years focusing on regenerating its town business-friendly centres. Two strategic corridors have been identified as offering immense and clearly there are potential for investment: the A40 corridor, opportunities there. incorporating Europe’s largest industrial The borough is open estate (Park Royal – home to industry heavyweights Diageo and The Carphone for business Warehouse), and the Uxbridge Road ➼ issue one/spring ‘10 INTRODUCTION Ealing appeals to residents and developers alike with great transport links and a major £300 million Building Schools for the Future programme. and the North Circular (London’s inner We can achieve a A major retail development in Ealing ring road, the A406). Broadway – Dickens Yard – has been And this connectivity is about to be healthy balance supported by the council through the improved further still. Work is well under between development planning process. way on improving the borough’s roads and improving the Brendon Walsh explains why the council and footpaths as part of a £6.5 million has been so encouraging to developers: repair programme and by 2017 the plan green environment “As an authority we’re proactively working is to have five new Crossrail stations, each with developers, which is something that with its own development opportunities. developers perhaps won’t have picked up Commuters will be able to reach Heathrow on. They would probably view Ealing from in 15 minutes, the City in 20 minutes and where we were a decade ago, which was Eurostar services at Stratford in less than the international film-making map with quite a reserved and quiet borough. We 30 minutes. hits like the St Trinian’s films, and Thames think we can achieve a healthy balance David Millican highlights the Valley University (which has a campus between encouraging development and importance of Crossrail to the borough: in Ealing) focuses mainly on the creative improving what we’ve got in terms of the “Crossrail will make a big difference. The industries. green environment and quality buildings.” whole borough of Ealing was established Sizeable growth has also occurred in Ealing has one of the highest standards because Brunel built his railway 150 years media, financial and business services, and of living in the capital, and is made even ago, and Crossrail will have a similarly the distribution, hotels and restaurants more desirable by its location: nights out regenerative effect.” sector employs more people than any other in