Ealing News
The latest Ealing news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
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Ealing E-Bikes: No Fines Yet, Council Seeks Power to Remove
Ealing has issued no e-bike fines since its policy began in February. On 13 October councillors vote on powers to remove dangerous bikes and bill operators.
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Planning
Ealing Planning Objections Lose Committee Trigger on 31 Oct
From 31 October, objections from councillors, residents' associations and amenity groups will no longer send an Ealing planning application to committee.
Council
Ealing Council This Week: E-Bikes, Walpole Park Motion
Full Council on 13 October votes on e-bike removal powers and planning call-ins, debates a Gaza pension petition and a Walpole Park motion. Plus repairs scrutiny.
Food hygiene
Ealing Food Hygiene Ratings: 37 Fives, 5 Rated 2 or Below
Of 49 Ealing food premises rated in September, 37 scored the top 5. Two got a 1 and three a 2, including a Hanwell hotel and its restaurant. The full list.
Crime
East Acton Shooting: Police Seek 50 Witnesses at Memorial
A man of 40 was shot dead at a memorial gathering on Braybrook Street on 2 October. No arrests yet; detectives say over 50 people were there. How to help.
Post Office
Ealing Broadway Post Office to Close on 4 January
The Post Office in TG Jones at the Ealing Broadway Centre closes on Monday 4 January 2027. The nearest alternatives are in West Ealing, about a mile away.
Housing
Ealing's 6 Stalled Housing Sites to Be Sold: Sale Agreed
Ealing signed off marketing its six stalled housing sites on 7 October. Advisers say the half-built blocks on five cannot be saved. Bids from December.
Transport
West London Orbital: Two Acton Level Crossings Could Close
TfL's new Overground line would stop at Acton Central and South Acton, but the Churchfield Road and Bollo Lane crossings may shut to cars. Comment by 18 Nov.
Walpole Park
Walpole Park Theatre: Council Debates Motion on 13 Oct
A motion to drop the Walpole Park theatre is debated at full council on 13 October. The 5,250-signature petition itself waits for the 8 December meeting.
Housing
Ealing Homeless Policy: Some Families Housed Outside London
Cabinet approved the three-zone policy on 7 October. Homeless households outside the priority groups may get homes over 90 minutes away, even outside London.
Community
MAACC Northolt Wellbeing Sessions: 265 People Since July
MAACC CIC has run 14 arts, music and movement sessions at Middlesex FA in Northolt since July. Founder Samantha Scott and a care home resident explain why.
Southall
Southall Fatal Collisions: Two Deaths in Four Days, Witnesses Sought
A 17-year-old passenger died on South Road on 19 September and a 68-year-old pedestrian in Emerald Square on 22 September. The Met wants witnesses and footage for both.
House Prices
Ealing House Prices Up £4,895 in a Year to £585,216
Ealing's average home rose 0.8% in a year to £585,216, the first annual rise since March. Semis and terraces led; flats still fell. London as a whole fell 3.3%.
Schools
Viking Primary Northolt: Closure Decision on 22 Sept
Ealing's preferred option closes Viking Primary and moves its 192 pupils to Downe Manor. Viking is 9% empty; Downe Manor half empty. Decision 22 Sept.
Ealing Council
Ealing Highways Contract: £140m Deal Starts 7 Months Late
Ealing's new road and pavement contracts start on 1 April 2027, seven months later than Cabinet approved. Bids close 30 October, and price is 70% of the score.
SEND
Ealing SEND Charter: Only 2.2% of Adults in Paid Work
Ealing employers are being asked to sign a new SEND charter. Just 2.2% of adults with a learning disability here are in paid work, against 7% across London.
Northolt
Northolt Station Is Step-Free: Lift and Footbridge Open
A lift and footbridge make Northolt the 95th step-free Tube station. It is the borough's fifth of 13, and Drayton Green still has no step-free platform at all.
Southall
Southall Counterfeit Raids: 18.5 Tonnes Seized in One Day
Ealing's Operation Linchpin took 18.5 tonnes of illegal goods from the Charles House estate on 3 September, and 13,500 fake toys a fortnight before.
Southall
West Middlesex Golf Club Deal: 130 Acres Back to Council
Ealing Council takes back about 130 acres of the Southall golf course after September 2027. The club's lender can buy 2.27 acres for a nominal sum.
West Ealing
Green Man Lane Estate: Higgins to Build Final 363 Homes
Rydon is out of the West Ealing estate rebuild. Cabinet agreed on 9 September to bring in Higgins, and work on the last 363 homes should start by early 2027.
Schools
Ealing High School Places: Apply by 31 October, 6 Choices
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close at 11.59pm on 31 October. Twyford drew 1,375 preferences for 190 places, and 245 were refused over one form.
Parking
Ealing Towed 1,700 Vehicles: £450 to Get Yours Back
Ealing removed more than 1,700 vehicles in a year, nearly 200 from housing estates. One owner paid £560. Removed cars go to Wokingham or St Albans.
Walpole Park
Walpole Park Theatre: Cabinet Backs It, Objections Next
Cabinet agreed in principle on 9 September to lease part of Walpole Park for a 1,200-seat Troubadour theatre. A two-week objection notice comes next.
Housing
Ealing's Housing Target Rises to 32,054 Homes by 2037
Ealing gets London's largest brownfield housing target in the draft London Plan: 32,054 homes by 2037, up 49%. Comments close 5pm on 15 October.
Business
Greenford Food Firms Face Wind-Up Hearing on 8 September
Two Saki Snacks companies at one Greenford unit face winding-up petitions in Leeds on 8 September. Creditors must give notice by 4pm on 7 September.
Health
Grosvenor House Surgery CQC: Requires Improvement Again
The CQC rated the West Ealing practice requires improvement on four of five areas and found repeated breaches. Patients scored it 84% for overall experience.
Housing
Bollo Yard Acton: 95 Flats Bought for Social Rent
Ealing Council will buy all 95 flats at Bollo Yard in Acton and let them at social rent from 2028. It is its third bulk purchase from a developer in 14 months.
Schools
Ealing GCSE Results 2026: Only Two Schools Gave Figures
Of Ealing's 17 state secondaries, two published a school-wide GCSE figure. The council published none. Here is what every school actually put in writing.
Sport
Ruby Tui Signs for Trailfinders Women in West Ealing
A Rugby World Cup winner and Olympic champion has joined Ealing's PWR club at Vallis Way. What she has won, why she came, and when you can next see her play.
House Prices
Ealing House Prices Down £15,787 in a Year to £575,814
Ealing's average home lost £15,787 in a year, to £575,814. Flats fell fastest at 3.9%, terraces barely moved, and only 21 English districts fell further.
Housing
Ealing Took Back 33 Council Homes From Tenancy Fraud
Ealing's fraud team recovered 33 council homes in 18 months, worth about £1.4m. Now a government deal with Airbnb will check listings against tenancy records.
Planning
Gunnersbury Park festivals: bid cut to 19 days a year to 2031
Hounslow councillors sent the five-year events plan back on 6 August. A revised version, 19 live event days a year until 2031, reached Ealing's planning register on 12 August. What is in it, who objected, and how to comment.
Fire
Perivale Park fire: 3 hectares lost, barbecues banned in parks
Three outdoor fires in the borough in four days on London Fire Brigade's record: seven Southall gardens on 9 August, an acre off Cowgate Road that evening, then three hectares of Perivale Park on 12 August. What the council has now banned, and what it asks of you.