Ealing Council Planning Committee. Thumbs down
I went to my first Ealing Council Planning meeting last night. Some of the residents here in Larden Road, W3, are alarmed to learn by hearsay, we weren’t properly informed, that the council intends to open a go-kart arena at the back of these houses, in an old factory building. They are going to convert it and put in a bar, and it will be rented out, every day of the year, from 9am until 11pm for go-karting and 'hospitality.'The councillors all voted against us, and didn’t seem at all interested in our concerns. Two of them laughed heartily about their own go-karting experiences. But what really shocked me was a husband and wife who were there, and she spoke very little English. She gave her few pence about it and was unintelligible, apart from the words, 'Good for health.'Perhaps she does think go-karting in a residential area is good for health, but if someone is going to wreck our environment I think they should be able to explain more fully why they are doing it. Planning deals with very complex issues which can directly affect our lives, so how can someone without a command of English wield that kind of power?
Jane Kelly ● 4402d12 Comments