The Forum's annual meeting last night (Wednesday 29 June) agreed that the revised Neighbourhood Plan should be submitted as soon as possible.

The meeting was told that the draft is now with an external professional examiner for a 'health check' , so that any last minute changes needed could be made before it goes to Ealing Council for the last stages of approval. Some final plans and supporting documents had still to be added, Forum Secretary Tony Miller told the meeting, but these were expected to be ready in good time for submission by mid-July .

The next stage will be a further public consultation and official Examination, before the plan can be submitted to  referendums of local businesses and residents. "We hope tis can be by lat autumn", Tony told Forum members.

The meeting also approved accounts for last year and re-elected committee members for the next 12 months. 
 

The Forum’s Annual General Meeting will be held from 7 pm to 9 pm on Wednesday 29 June, at the Ealing campus of the Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College, The Green, W5 5EW.  All are welcome.

The main business of the meeting will be to hear about the Neighbourhood Plan for central Ealing that is now ready for official submission. (See details here.) This will be followed by discussion of the background for these policies, and an outline of what will happen next.

We will also cover the latest position on plans for 9 – 42 The Broadway, movement on the cinema site and progress on plans for a performance arts centre.

Formal business will be short, but will include the Committee’s report and financial statement for last year.  The meeting will also elect the management committee for the forthcoming year. Details for the present committee, including where there are at present some vacancies, are shown below. If you would like to be nominated for election as a representative in one of the sections as appropriate, please contact Tony Miller, the secretary.

Forum committee members

The elected committee has 12 members, four elected from each of three constituencies in central Ealing, as follows:

Business reps:
Ann Hunter (Ealing BID Co)
Andrew Cazalet Treasurer ( Lido Tax Consulting)
Mary McDougall (Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College - co-opted)
[One vacancy]

Local community reps:
Robert Gurd (Ealing Civic Society)
John Hummerston (Ealing Arts + Leisure)
Tony Miller Secretary (CEPAC)
Rev Jennifer Smith (Ealing Green Methodist Church)

Local residents:
Gordon Chard
George Brennan Not standing for re-election
[Two vacancies]

During the past year there have also been four co-opted members:
Ann Chapman
Cllr Paul Conlan
Mary McDougall [as above]
Thomas Roth-Berghofer


Tony Miller, Secretary
tony@brentham.com