This briefing event took place in the Town Hall and was useful and informative. There were 34 attendees and several presentations explained the principles and showed examples where Neighbourhood Plans had either been implemented or were still going through the process.  Two separate initiatives are being pursued : Henry Peterson advises as follows :

Old Oak Neighbourhood Forum and Plan

Proposals for a neighbourhood plan for the Old Oak area continue to be developed, and the following residents groups and amenity bodies in Ealing and in Hammersmith & Fulham, are involved in current discussions.

• The Island Site Residents Association (TITRA)
• Wells House Residents Association
• Wesley Estate Residents Association
• Residents of Midland Terrace/Shaftesbury Gardens
• Residents of the Old Oak Estate
• Friends of Wormwood Scrubs
• Brickfield Association of Residents (Eynham Road area)
• Residents of Woodman Mews

Meetings have been held with Cargiant, as the landowners developers of ‘Old Oak North’ and with the planners at the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation.  Reaction from the OPDC has been lukewarm at this stage, on the basis that the existing resident population of Old Oak is in a series of small neighbourhoods rather than a single one.  The counter argument is that involvement of local people through a neighbourhood plan will help the integration of existing communities with new developments, a major challenge for an area in which 24,500 new homes are planned over the next decade.

The OPDC Planning Committee has considered a first draft of a Local Plan for Old Oak and Park Royal.  A copy can be found on the committee agenda at the link here

Anyone wishing to know more about the proposals for a neighbourhood plan for the Old Oak part of the OPDC area can contact Henry Peterson at