Conal Urquhart

Protests mount at GSK development plans Historic England and Kew Gardens object to the height of seven towers on the GSK site which will damage local sites. One proposed tower is 110 metres Read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/protests-mou…

Companies warn of noise and smell risk to residents of new GSK development The developer of the GSK site has not paid enough attention to the effect their operations might have on the proposed community Read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/noise-and-sm…

The Ealing park that provided the bricks for Buckingham Palace Bixley Field sits between the outskirts of Southall and the Grand Union Canal but would have been a centre of industry for much of the 19th century Read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/the-ealing-p…

Waitrose abandons plans to build 428 homes at its West Ealing site John Lewis Partnership says it has withdrawn from its "Build to Rent" property business because investors are not interested Please read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/waitrose-aba…

Council seeks urgent demolition of Warren Farm buildings amid spread of asbestos Please read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/ealing-counc…

Police issue new images of suspect in Ealing murder Images show Siavosh Mohammad-Khani, 34, at a petrol station in Marylebone on the day of the murder of Dariusz Serafin Please read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/police-issue…

@HanwellBlogs I just had a look at the developer and the company behind it is statom.co.uk, who look serious and respectable

@conalu Tag us in if you write anything so can re-post.

New local journalist on the block. Lots of interesting stuff on @conalu blog.

@HanwellBlogs I did, thank you. I must look into it and see if I can find an angle

@conalu Did you hear about this? hanwellblogs.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/gro…

@AlexCrane33 @JonBall I know it was approved but I didn't listen to the meeting

@conalu Was this discussed at cabinet? I see some Gurnell stuff was on the agenda, but not High Lane? @JonBall

Ealing tries to restart long delayed construction of new homes The regeneration of the High Lane estate has been in the pipeline for more than ten years Read more and please subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/ealing-tries…

Prolific gang member named as suspect on anniversary of West Ealing murder Reward of £10,000 for information leading to arrest of Siavosh Mohammad-Khani after murder of Dariusz Serafin a year ago today Please read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/prolific-gan…

From the palaces of King Louis XV and King Charles III to a workshop in Brentford Meet the French upholsterer who has brought his unique training to London Read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/palaces-of-l…

London heat map shows Hounslow and Ealing's district heating ambitions and traffic chaos potential Please read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/london-heat-…

Ealing seeks contractor to avoid demolition of Southall affordable homes Southall Market Car Park has been deteriorating since work stopped on the 125 homes in 2023 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/ealing-seeks…

Mysterious new data centre proposed in Hounslow It's rare for a company to apply for planning permission while offering sparse information on what the project entails Please read more on the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/mysterious-n…

Ealing delivers 16 percent of its affordable homes target In 2018, Ealing was given £100 million to build 1,138 homes but it admits by 2026 its has delivered only 180 Please read more on the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/ealing-deliv…

@rhymerrigby There’s a definite cleansing and lessons learnt experience. Happy Christmas Rhymer

COUNTERPOINT: vomitting

Ealing Council still hopes to recoup some money after the demolition of homes Spokesperson says that the council has registered as a creditor with the administrators of Henry Construction but is also negotiating with its insurers theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/ealing-counc…

Site for 90 homes left in limbo as Ealing pulls out of £33 million deal The council was in advanced negotiations with UB6 Holdings, a subsidiary of Finefair, the company at the centre of the demonstrations against asylum seekers in Epping theviewfromw5.substack.com/p/ninety-homes…