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West Ealing residents say the plans for a residential tower by Southern Grove \u201cmake a mockery of the Mayor\u2019s vision\u00a0for quality affordable homes\u201d<\/h2>\n

Developer Southern Grove submitted plans to build a 26-storey tower in the West Ealing, dubbed \u2018Ealing\u2019s tallest tower<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n

In response to the announcement, West Ealing Residents\u2019 Association, said: \u201cOffering up\u00a0his\u00a0monstrosity as a \u2018golden bullet\u2019 to London\u2019s housing crisis<\/a>, and challenging Mayor Sadiq Khan to face\u00a0his\u00a0\u2018decision time\u2019,\u00a0chief executive Andrew Southern\u00a0positions himself as affordable housing\u2019s knight in shining armour.\u201d<\/p>\n

West Ealing residents aren\u2019t convinced by the viability of the residential project, as Residents\u2019 Association chair, Dr Gerald Power explains:<\/p>\n

Andrew Southern says:\u00a0\u201cEaling\u2019s tallest building is a model of how developers should be meeting Sadiq Khan\u2019s \u2018Homes for Londoners\u2019 vision.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

However,\u00a0Dr Power\u00a0replies: \u201cSouthern Grove\u2019s plans make a mockery of the Mayor\u2019s vision\u00a0for quality affordable homes\u00a0\u2013\u00a0placing a\u00a0100-metre\u00a0tower on a 0.06-hectare site, jammed between roads and a railway line, with less than a square metre of outside space per household.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t sit in one of the Mayor\u2019s\u00a0key opportunity sites, doesn\u2019t comply with Ealing\u2019s\u00a0democratically agreed\u00a0development plans and offers up a \u2018public plaza\u2019 the width of a single tree.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding to Dr Power, Andrew Southern said: “Our\u00a0proposal pays regard to the Ealing Development Plan, the West Ealing Neighbourhood Plan and also the adopted and emerging London Plan, as well as national planning policies.<\/p>\n

“It is worth noting that planning policy is forever evolving. The weight these have increases as they step towards adoption, such as the Draft London Plan, which is the most recent planning policy document from which Southern Grove takes consideration, but of course still pays regard to the West Ealing Neighbourhood Plan.”<\/p>\n

Southern Grove stated the claims suggesting that residents would have less than a square metre\u00a0of outside space per household is not correct. “In fact, private balconies are provided on each residential level of accommodation ranging from 5-7sqm per apartment. A communal recreational space is provided at roof level above the 8th floor of 106sqm. Further amenity space is provided to the south and south west of the development at ground floor level,” it said.<\/p>\n

Andrew Southern says:\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re\u00a0working in partnership with Metropolitan Thames Valley\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr Power points out: \u201cThis isn\u2019t the first time the two have worked together \u2013 Southern Grove bought the BHS site in West Ealing from Philip Green\u2019s son in law\u00a0and\u00a0Arcadia\u00a0(with the\u00a0\u00a3700m pension black hole)\u00a0board\u00a0member Brett Palos\u00a0for \u00a36.9m*, and sold it to Metropolitan Thames Valley for \u00a322.5m. That\u2019s a cool \u00a315.6m\u00a0of public money pocketed without\u00a0Mr Southern\u00a0breaking a sweat, from his \u2018partnership\u2019 with Metropolitan Thames Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to Dr Power, Southern\u00a0Grove says they “worked hard to secure planning permission for the BHS site, and it was this work that increased its value.” The company also says they went above and beyond to ensure that the 98 private units that were granted planning consent were transferred into affordable tenure. This enabled the delivery of a 100% affordable development.<\/p>\n

*Southern Grove states that the price paid was significantly more than Dr Power claims.<\/p>\n

Andrew Southern\u00a0asks:\u00a0\u201cAre we serious about creating genuinely desirable, affordable homes, or is it just something politicians are going to continue paying lip service to?\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr Power\u00a0responds: \u201c\u00a3100m of\u00a0GLA\u00a0grant to Ealing and plans for 2500 new homes\u00a0in the borough\u00a0by 2022\u00a0is not lip service.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope\u00a0that Ealing\u00a0Council<\/a> and the Mayor\u00a0of London\u00a0will\u00a0see straight through Andrew\u00a0Southern\u2019s proposals for what they are \u2013 an attempt\u00a0by\u00a0Southern Grove to pocket many more millions of public pounds, leaving a legacy of unaffordable, undesirable homes that he\u2019s proud to point out he\u2019ll never own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a bombshell, not a bullet, but many hundreds of West Ealing residents\u00a0stand\u00a0ready to take up his challenge, and work with the Council and the Mayor\u2019s Office to deliver much needed,\u00a0truly\u00a0affordable housing<\/a> that people actually want to live in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew Southern, responds:\u00a0“We are voluntarily capping the gross household income at \u00a360,000 which is 33% lower than the \u00a390,000 cap set by the GLA. During our public consultation, we provided a worked example of the typical applicant to a two-bed shared ownership property of \u00a3550,000. This clearly demonstrated that two key workers, for example, a nurse and a teacher on salaries of \u00a329k and \u00a328k, could purchase their own home with a \u00a313,000 deposit.”<\/p>\n

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