February's Planning Committee 20th Feb.
At Wednesday’s Planning Committee 3,155 units of housing will almost certainly be given planning permission. Of these 106 homes, 3.36% are social housing and 343 homes, 10.88% are at London Affordable rents:Sunrise/Margarine factory, Southall: This application should be turned down as it has no Social Housing. Only 201 of the 2,083 homes are at the London Living rent.Southall The Straight Phase B: This application should be turned down with 897 units of which 146 are “affordable” – 80% market rent and only 106, 12% social housing.96-102 Broadway West Ealing: The development is for 120 units of which only 26, 21% are for London Affordable rent and no social housing. This application falls below the social housing requirement identified in the London plan and should be turned down. Vanguard Site 4 Bilton Road Perivale: 55 units with no social housing and 10 homes at London Living Rents. This application should be turned down.The borough is well below its social housing target and currently has 11,500 households on its waiting list, These permissions will do very little to help these people and could be considerably increased within thr London plan guidelines.The London Borough of Ealing in January 2018 had 11,498 households on the housing waiting list (FOI request Feb 2018) Ealing Planning Committee needs to be reminded Developers have to develop otherwise they cease to exist, and the borough has the upper hand in giving permissions, why do they not insist on more social and London Living rents, the gift is in their hands.Land is finite and these developments are not a good use of this quickly disappearing resource. What does your Ward Councilor think about these numbers?
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