The Liberal Democrat Opposition Group on Ealing Council organised a meeting recently where over twenty community groups attended to discuss Labour's plans to remove Green Belt status from all the Green Belt land in the Borough and remove Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) status from nine sites across the borough.

The meeting was Chaired by Leader of the Opposition, Councillor Gary Malcolm and the aim was to bring together lots of local groups who are all against aspects of the Council's Local Plan.

Hanger Hill Councillor Athena Zissimos spoke to the meeting about how the Liberal Democrat Council Group will be able to help residents' groups during the process of the Local Plan being agreed.

Councillor Gary Malcolm, Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition said: "Liberal Democrats are trying to bring people together, many of whom felt they have not been listened to by the Labour-run Ealing Council. It is chilling that Labour are considering building on green belt and / Metropolitan Open Land."

Some of the groups who attended included these: Cap the Towers, Central Acton Neighbourhood Forum (CANForum), Central Ealing Neighbourhood Forum, Central Ealing Residents' Association, Creffield and Ealing Common Conservation Group, Creffield Area Residents' Association (CARA), Ealing Fields Residents Association, Ealing Fields Residents' Association, Ealing Friends of the Earth, Ealing Hockey, Ealing Matters, Friary Green Residents' Association, Friends of Friars Gardens (FOFGA), Friends of Grove Farm, Friends of the Earth, Mill Hill Residents Group, Rothschild Orchard Neighbourhood Forum (RONF), Save Ealing's Centre and Save Gurnell