Current planning campaigns (updated 31 July 2023)

We are getting increasingly concerned about the number of planning applications in the Hanwell Village Green Conservation Area, which are are contrary to the policies set out in the Conservation Area Management Plan and the way in which we are struggling to get the Council to uphold it. We had the proposed development at the rear of St Mary's Church approved at the end of 2022 and despite amazing efforts by the Save 178 Church Campaign on 178 Church Road, the application didn't go to Planning Committee and has been given permission to build on the back garden. 

We have no current campaigns we need your help with.

Thank you for all your efforts with all the objections and amazing support. We do not support any plans to overdevelop our precious back gardens and our lines are that these latest plans show no attempt to maintain or enhance the conservation area.

Ealing Council's Review of Conservation Areas (updated 24 February 2022)

Ealing Council has launched its consultation on Conservation Areas and at a time, when the Government is relaxing its planning laws, so this is a time when we shoud fight to protect our heritage and our green spaces for future generations.  

Overall, it is not as bad as we had feared , but it does not emphasise enough the importance of how historical Hanwell is (ie as far back as the Domesday Book), of developing biodiversity and maintaining green and blue corridors, and of building sustainably to respond effectively to the climate emergency.  We should also be looking to conserve the area around our Conservation Area to maintain the ambience of the area.

Within Hanwell Village Green's Conservation Area, we do not support the exclusion of any properties and indeed propose an extension along Church Road up to the Iron Bridge, including the upholsterers, which sits in a unique row of  houses, and ideally should be locally listed (alongside our call for 178 Church Road to be locally listed too).  We want an Article 4 for the whole area in order to maintain its green ambience and to stop the loss of front and back gardens, trees and hedges. 

All the relevant documents can be seen on the Council’s website at  Review of conservation areas - and please see below our full response document and an email from the Council with links to further documents. The deadline for comments is 18 March 2022 to made to localplan@ealing.gov.uk