Ealing-Acton MP joins chorus of criticism for new housing blocks
Red alert: a computer-generated image of how the development could look, courtesy of the Red Block Rebels group CONTROVERSIAL plans to redevelop Perceval House in Ealing were approved last night (31) – to the dismay of community groups and Ealing Central and Acton MP Rupa Huq. The borough planning committee met virtually to approve the scheme by eight votes to four after the last meeting, on March 10, was blighted by technical issues. Under the scheme, Perceval House would be replaced with blocks of flats, including a 26-storey tower. Following the almost-three-hour meeting, Ms Huq said: “Ealing needs more genuinely affordable housing for working families, not high-rise luxury flats that will sit empty.
Ealing-Acton MP joins chorus of criticism for new housing blocks
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Ealing-Acton MP joins chorus of criticism for new housing blocks
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Ms Huq said later: “I simply could not stand to allow this 26-storey monster tower, so ill-suited to Ealing’s housing needs, to be waived through. “It’s a proposal that was dreamt up pre-COVID, which is now completely inappropriate to future market demands. “The council must insist on housing that tackles the spiralling number of working families on the housing waiting list – more than 10,000 at the last count. “It must insist on the very best fire safety practice. These blocks need two fire escapes. It’s not a legal requirement, but post-Grenfell it’s clearly the right thing to do.