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Flawed Proposal, quite rightly the development should be reconsidered.

Several obvious points follow:

Structural engineering considerations re proximity to railway.

More than several buildings along the track's maintenance section are subject to the shock of heavier than permissible transportation, particularly in the early hours. This would give rise to even more expenditure required, on the planned depth to which anchoring the structure alone would be required. Ealing is well known for subsistence.

Considerations for the traffic diverted from Heathrow over Ealing is another example of inconsistent planning. This is even before considering the environmental impact of noise & pollution in building it would cause.


Migration & higher tax levies

What is more likely to occur is that the long term home & landowners will be forced into migration or those that cannot leave in order to compete with the high rise development(s), in some cases would be forced into converting more rooms within flats (often undisclosed building) until the undercutting of council tax could pay for these competitive developments. It would attract even more unscrupulous landlords to follow.


Another failed high rise

The Leaf Development would dangerously attract repeated failed copy build projects the lists of these are endless, it would set an un-welcomed precedent for even more failed planning. Take for example other Victorian Boroughs towards the centre of London, the Earls court area is an administration nightmare. How user friendly is Canary Wharf by night, or look at the appalling text book crime rates being copied in London from for example cities like Johannesburg!

Not only would this development add more over-crowding to the characteristic Victorian suburb, in cases where these higher prices will bring unlawful repossessions this would increase the numbers on the over subscribed housing lists throughout the borough and further financial increases to the already over taxed council levies currently being produced.

The project is in danger of making way for the kind of future disasters which have been seen elsewhere already, without the support of local residents or any real considered planning (as yet this is a virtual failed marketing ploy hyped on overseas developments).


The marketing ploy.

There is no guarantee under the competition Act that it could benefit local residents. In fact it is precisely not designed for local inhabitants, where the deprivations would strike most. There should be an advanced build (medium level no higher than Perceval House) implementing stronger government commitments to climate change & energy efficiency, if that were the intention to attract.

The long term Ealing resident have been cheated for far too long.

There is a God!
Thank you... Excellent News!
Maggie.

Many cities have fabulous high rise developments that work very well - New York would be a good example.
But this development is an illconceoved, random development that should never have been able to be put on the table in the first place.
We need a properly thought out urban plan for Ealing that includes height zoning, densities, surrounding infrastructure and services. We live in a great area of London that will be increasingly under pressure to increase density. Crossrail will make this even more so. Where is the thouroughly thought through and inspiring masterplan for our Borough?
Without a plan there will be continual pressure to build such buildings, and the debate lowered to criticising any planned development for issues such as the size of the windows instead of whether the building should or shouldn't be there at all.

Great news, Now can we have some more Pound shops and amusement arcades?
Just accept it Ealing is for people who cant afford to live in Chiswick. We should not try and go up market with new developments If we want good shops we will all go to Shepherds Bush