🚨 The Developer Is Preparing to Submit — We Need to Be Ready

Would you be comfortable with strangers having a direct line of sight into your child's school playground from 6 storeys up?

That's exactly what the proposed Greystoke development would create. The site sits just 350 metres from Ellen Wilkinson School — and not a single safeguarding assessment has been carried out.

Thank you to all 433 of you who have signed so far. Your support has already proved that this community won't stay silent. But now comes the crucial part.

The developer could submit their planning application any day now. When they do, we'll have a narrow window to respond — and the more signatures we have at that moment, the harder we are to ignore.

Here's what our research has uncovered:

• Local GP surgeries already exceed NHS England's recommended patient-to-GP ratio. No health impact assessment has been done. No one has asked whether local practices can absorb hundreds of new residents.

• A 6-storey building would create direct sightlines into Ellen Wilkinson School's playground — yet no safeguarding assessment has been requested or carried out.

• The streets around the school are already dangerous at drop-off and pick-up times. No independent traffic safety review has been conducted.

Let's be clear: we're not opposing housing. We welcome well-planned development. What we don't support are shortcuts that put children at risk.

All we're asking for is three basic impact studies before approval. GP capacity. School safeguarding. Road safety. That's not unreasonable — it's common sense.

Here's what happens when the application lands:

• Ealing Council opens a public consultation window — typically just 21 days
• A planning officer reviews the application, often under delegated authority
• Unless enough individual residents write objection letters, it may never reach the full Planning Committee

A petition — no matter how large — counts as just one representation in the planning process. But every individual objection letter counts separately. Your personal voice carries enormous weight. When the application goes live, we'll send you a simple guide on how to submit your own objection to Ealing Council. Be ready.

But first, we need to hit 750 signatures before the developer submits. We're over halfway there.

👉 Please take 30 seconds right now to share this petition with 3 people — a neighbour, a fellow parent, a friend in Ealing. A WhatsApp message takes 10 seconds and could make the difference.

The developer is preparing. We need to be ready too.

No shortcuts. No rubber stamps. Three studies. That's it.