Cap The Towers (CTT) praises Ealing Council for limiting the height on the next phase of blocks at the Friary Park project in a recent video.

At the end of November 2024, Ealing Council sent its final draft New Local Plan to the government and in it stated that buildings from now on at Friary Park are to be a maximum of 14 storeys in height (49m).

In a video titled 'A Cap The Towers victory at Friary Park', Television Presenter and CTT Campaigner Sean Fletcher, said: "It (the New Local Plan) clearly states that from now on buildings at Friary Park should not be higher than 14 storeys, the kind of thing that Cap The Towers and you have been saying for years.

"Unfortunately, it's too late for the first two phases on the Acton Mainline side but it is a huge victory for all of us when it comes to phase 3, closer to the A40."

A graphic of Friary Park with phase 3 being the three towers closest to the A40 (credit: Ealing Council).

Back in 2019, Mount Anvil, the developers behind the Friary Park project, received approval for its phase 3 plans of three towers with heights of 22, 18 and 14 floors.

However, last year Mount Anvil superseded that original application with a new one which proposed five towers with heights of 24, 23, 22, 20 and 15 storeys in the final phase of the project, which goes against the council's New Local Plan.

According to CTT, the developers are "so worried" about the height limit of 14 storeys in the New Local Plan that they wrote to Ealing Council that it was "unsound" and "requires modification".

In the video Fletcher added: "I haven't been able to say this before but credit to Ealing Council as it stood its ground and refused to make the changes developers wanted."

For the New Local Plan from Ealing Council to be approved by the government, an independent Inspector will hold an examination into the soundness of the plan and the associated IIA and evidence.

Then the examination hears evidence from anybody who wishes to make a submission on any of the key issues or questions highlighted by the Inspector.

After, the Inspector considers all the evidence and representations made at each stage of the Local Plan consultation process.

Finally, the Inspector can recommend adoption when the document satisfies certain legal requirements and can be considered 'sound.'

Ealing Council has been approached for comment.

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