I see from the Forum that Mr Noel Rutherford (Director of the Environment Group, LBE) has just made a response to the Editor. I believe some of those who wrote to his staff or to him still await a written reply.
I would presently like to comment on just a couple matters that I know gave rise to disquiet.
Mr Rutherford has referred to the Ealing Council "Mike Harling" letter which is viewable in one of the postings on the Forum and which highly recommends Ms Edmondson's project.
That "Mike Harling" letter is the one that is merely addressed "Dear Angela" with no full name, no address on the letter showing to whom it was addressed and sent.
It was asked of Mr Rutherford is this letter was genuine and if so, how is it that such an important letter does not show the full name and address of the addressee? Assuming from Mr Rutherford's response that we have seen today, it was genuine, why is there no reply to the second question in Mr Rutherford's response?
Since the 5 Complaints from Acton neighbours were made over a month ago, another letter has come to light from Ms Maggie Wilson, Head of Children's Commissioning for Ealing Council.
In her letter (e-mail) of 12th May 2010, Ms Wilson expressed several concerns about the proposed "Lyndell House Hostel" when at that time Ms Angela Edmondson was planning to establish her Hostel at No.90 Madeley Road, which is a detached house on the Victorian "Hanger Hill Estate, Ealing".
Ms Wilson did not consider that having young care-leavers and children under the same roof as older convicted drug abusers was desirable and Ms Wilson also queried the need for a gender-specific use of this nature - however, her letter was never mentioned in the report for that previous application for a proposed "Lyndell House" Hostel at No.90 Madeley Road.
The letters of support for the previously-proposed "Lyndell House" Hostel were re-introduced by Ms Edmondson for the Acton case giving the appearance that they related to it. A Loan Agreement document for £200,000 was also included along with another letter that was addressed to Ms Edmondson at Nos.53 & 55 Friars Place Lane even though she was never established there and had no legal interest in the land whatsoever.
Mr Mike Harling, Mr Rutherford says, worked with Ms Edmondson before - where was this? Ms Edmondson never established her operation (Lyndell House) in either Ealing or Acton, so where exactly did she work with Mr Mike Harling of Ealing Council?
Ms Edmondson wanted 2½ Million Pounds for a hostel in Bromley. Is that where Ms Edmondson worked with Mr Harling in Kent? But, did that ever come to fruition? I doubt it as I believe it predates the Madeley Road and Friars Place Lane proposed "Lyndell House" applications.
It is to be noted that the Planning Department (as does Mr Rutherford) refer to the proposed hostel as being merely assisted housing for "vulnerable" or pregnant women/mothers with young children.
However, in Ms Edmondson's public documents and also in her podcast, etc., she makes it quite clear that included in her "clients" are Ex-Offenders referred by HM Prison Service, Mental Health Patients and Sex Workers.
Is mutton being passed off as lamb?
In her web podcast, Ms Edmondson states that her charges of £5,000 a month compared favourably to that of the Government having to pay £50,000 to keep an adult female in prison and put her child into care.
None of this was revealed to residents when the application was first notified. The Chairman of the "Goldsmiths' Residents' Association" told me last night that the Association had not even received a notification letter when the application was made. The truth had to be dragged out of the Council. Nothing was revealed to the Madeley Road neighbours on the previous instance of "Lyndell House" which sailed through I expect without anyone realising what the true intended nature of the application was.
The Local Government Ombudsman found Ealing Council guilty of maladministration on a previous occasion when a similar project was proposed at No.18 Freeland Road, W5 in 1988.
The case was mentioned at the time in the local and national press and also in an article by Mira Bar-Hillel in the Chartered Surveyor magazine issue of 20th June 1991. Please see below and from which you will see that the Planning Department did not reveal the true intended usage of the proposed development. When local people on the "Elms Estate, Ealing & Acton" found out about it by chance after the planning application had been granted, the Freeland & Inglis Road Residents group was formed (and I helped them in 1988 collecting and studying 120 sets of deeds), instructed Lincolns Inn solicitors to apply for a High Court Injunction to prevent EFHA and NWLHA from establishing an Ex-Offenders Hostel there. This was granted by the High Court in May 1991 with a costs award of £45,000 against the EFHA.
Ms Edmondson's letter of "withdrawal" in an e-mail dated 5th October 2011 addressed to the Planning Department case officer "Hi Andrew" immediately followed a discussion with that officer, Mr Andrew Vaughan and was worded so as to make no mention whatsoever of the legal proceedings that had been threatened the previous month!
The application was withdrawn 9 days after the covenant pre-action protocol letter letter from Gerald Moran of Hunters, Lincolns Inn dated 26th September 2011 was sent out to the two landowners and Ms Edmondson's company registered at her home address in Lambeth (against which, apart from two charges for loans, her local Council has a Charging Order for non-payment of a Lambeth County Court Order against her).
Mr Rutherford makes no mention of the real reason why the application was abandoned - namely the issue of the "Goldsmiths' Acton Estate" Restrictive Covenant and the 9-page letter from Gerald Moran to the landowners and would-be developer threatening legal proceedings for intended breach of covenant!
One still wonders with amazement how the Planning Department thought it perfectly right to place such an inflammatory and disturbing use (24 hours Hostel operation including reception centre for emergency admittances with a proposed 24 Hours Children's Nursery in the back garden to follow) in two semi-detached houses that are not semi-detached to each other but physically joined to two private family homes (i.e. the families at No.51 and No.57) and I am quite certain that Ealing Council planners would have again strongly recommended at the Planning Committee that the Council should pass the application in line with the favourable 27-page Report from Mr Andrew Vaughan (who did not carry out a site view from either of the two immediately adjoining houses at Nos. 51 and 57) and recommendation that planning permission be granted, contrary to the wishes of over 1,100 local people on the estate and contrary to the solemn 1994 Manifesto Pledge of the Labour Party in Ealing that "Council planners will work closely with local communities" and "Planning decisions must take account of the feelings of local people".
Victor Mishiku - "The Covenant Movement"
10th November 2011.
Article by Mira Bar-Hillel:
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| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 30/08/11 21:10:00 | Elena Enn |
| Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 30/08/11 21:49:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 30/08/11 21:50:00 | Elena Enn |
| Re:Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 30/08/11 22:10:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 30/08/11 22:15:00 | Jacqueline Davis |
| Re:Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 31/08/11 08:28:00 | Nigel Williams |
| Re:Re:Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 31/08/11 13:00:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 31/08/11 13:27:00 | Sarah Harris |
| Invalid Application - Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 31/08/11 14:34:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Invalid Application - Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 31/08/11 15:07:00 | Sarah Harris |
| Re:Invalid Application - Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 31/08/11 15:07:00 | Sarah Harris |
| Goldsmiths' Acton Estate - Acton Residents Unrepresented. | 01/09/11 10:45:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Goldsmiths' Acton Estate - Acton Residents Unrepresented. | 01/09/11 14:22:00 | joseph birotz |
| Re:Re:Goldsmiths' Acton Estate - Acton Residents Unrepresented. | 01/09/11 15:02:00 | Sarah Harris |
| Re:Re:Re:Goldsmiths' Acton Estate - Acton Residents Unrepresented. | 01/09/11 15:55:00 | joseph birotz |
| Re:Re:Goldsmiths' Acton Estate - Acton Residents Unrepresented. | 01/09/11 17:24:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Re:Re:Goldsmiths' Acton Estate - Acton Residents Unrepresented. | 02/02/12 21:05:00 | kathy kennelly |
| SITE VISIT - Invalidity of the Application - | 02/09/11 18:45:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 01/09/11 20:48:00 | Charles Chara |
| SITE VISIT Tomorrow Morning 9.10am 3rd September | 02/09/11 18:47:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:SITE VISIT Tomorrow Morning 9.10am 3rd September | 03/09/11 13:35:00 | Hasan Ukra |
| Re: SITE VISIT - 3rd September | 03/09/11 15:45:00 | Pavlos Dora |
| Re:Re: SITE VISIT - 3rd September | 03/09/11 17:22:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:Re:Re: SITE VISIT - 3rd September | 03/09/11 18:22:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Re:Re:Re:Re: SITE VISIT - 3rd September | 03/09/11 22:51:00 | Brijesh Chauhan |
| Post Site Visit comment | 04/09/11 12:03:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Post Site Visit comment (corrected) | 04/09/11 12:09:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Weblink E-Mail 4/9/11. | 04/09/11 14:42:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Post Site Visit comment | 04/09/11 16:24:00 | Louisa Asker |
| Re:Re: SITE VISIT - 3rd September | 05/09/11 10:32:00 | Hasan Ukra |
| Re:Re:SITE VISIT Tomorrow Morning 9.10am 3rd September | 05/09/11 09:45:00 | Deborah Patellaro |
| 1,100 Objections lodged at the Council! | 04/09/11 21:53:00 | Charles Chara |
| Peaceful Acton neighbourhood | 04/09/11 22:09:00 | Charles Chara |
| Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 05/09/11 16:46:00 | The Editor |
| MEETINGS - still on. | 05/09/11 20:14:00 | Elena Nutkins |
| Withdrawn Application - What a surprise! | 06/09/11 09:38:00 | Elena Nutkins |
| Re:Withdrawn Application - What a surprise! | 06/09/11 10:12:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Withdrawn Application - What a surprise! | 06/09/11 10:29:00 | Hasan Ukra |
| Re:Re:Re:Withdrawn Application - What a surprise! | 06/09/11 11:43:00 | Dee Cook |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Withdrawn Application - What a surprise! | 06/09/11 12:53:00 | Elena Nutkins |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Withdrawn Application - What a surprise! | 06/09/11 16:20:00 | Hasan Ukra |
| The Covenant | 06/09/11 16:01:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:The Covenant | 06/09/11 16:25:00 | Dee Cook |
| The Covenant | 06/09/11 19:02:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 06/09/11 22:48:00 | Hani Ukra |
| Planning Department overruled by Legal Services | 07/09/11 00:12:00 | Charles Chara |
| Re:planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 07/09/11 08:35:00 | Elena Nutkins |
| Re:Re:planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 07/09/11 11:14:00 | Hasan Ukra |
| Re:Re:Re:planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 07/09/11 16:02:00 | M ODonald |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 07/09/11 18:56:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 07/09/11 22:54:00 | Iain Muir |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 08/09/11 13:37:00 | geoffrey berg |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 08/09/11 14:40:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Residents' efforts rewarded | 08/09/11 17:04:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Correction :Residents' efforts rewarded | 08/09/11 17:05:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 08/09/11 20:30:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:planning committee, ref;53=55 FPL | 08/09/11 21:38:00 | Nicola Howard |
| False Certificate - Ownership Details, etc | 08/09/11 22:52:00 | Charles Chara |
| I agree - Charles C. | 08/09/11 22:55:00 | Charles Chara |
| Re:I agree - Charles C. | 08/09/11 23:13:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Re:Re:I agree - Charles C. | 09/09/11 00:07:00 | Rosco White |
| "Invalidity" of the Application | 09/09/11 02:10:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:"Invalidity" of the Application | 09/09/11 12:05:00 | Hasan Ukra |
| Re:Re:"Invalidity" of the Application | 09/09/11 13:13:00 | Ana Strachan |
| The last 4 months | 09/09/11 21:31:00 | Andrea Hondrou |
| Re:The last 4 months | 09/09/11 22:36:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Case Officer did not visit No.53 next door | 10/09/11 20:21:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Case Officer did not visit No.53 next door | 10/09/11 21:57:00 | Hani Ukra |
| Viewing from neighbouring viewpoints | 11/09/11 11:53:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Viewing from neighbouring viewpoints (corrected) | 11/09/11 12:06:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Viewing from neighbouring viewpoints (corrected) | 11/09/11 21:35:00 | joseph birotz |
| Forum typing. | 12/09/11 14:12:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Forum typing (correction) | 12/09/11 14:14:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Solicitors to be instructed. | 13/09/11 12:11:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Solicitors to be instructed. | 13/09/11 13:58:00 | Dee Cook |
| Re:Solicitors to be instructed. | 13/09/11 18:51:00 | Hani Ukra |
| Re:Re:Solicitors to be instructed. | 13/09/11 23:53:00 | Rosco White |
| Planning Letter from 37 Gibbon Road 13/9/11. | 15/09/11 09:54:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| A new game | 16/09/11 19:12:00 | Hani Ukra |
| Interesting reading... | 19/09/11 20:57:00 | Pavlos Dora |
| Re:Interesting reading... | 19/09/11 21:40:00 | Iain Muir |
| Iain Muir... | 19/09/11 21:58:00 | Pavlos Dora |
| Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 09:45:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 10:56:00 | joseph birotz |
| Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 12:29:00 | Rosco White |
| Planning Facts | 20/09/11 15:46:00 | Elena Nutkins |
| Re:Planning Facts | 20/09/11 16:34:00 | joseph birotz |
| Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 16:52:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 16:59:00 | joseph birotz |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 17:07:00 | joseph birotz |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 17:08:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 17:12:00 | joseph birotz |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 20:13:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 20/09/11 22:17:00 | Iain Muir |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 21/09/11 12:24:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 21/09/11 13:41:00 | joseph birotz |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 21/09/11 13:55:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 21/09/11 15:08:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 21/09/11 15:15:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iain Muir... | 21/09/11 15:10:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 22/09/11 13:20:00 | Diana ONeill |
| Re:Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 23/09/11 12:24:00 | Dee Cook |
| Re:Re:Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 23/09/11 19:17:00 | Iain Muir |
| Solicitors letters sent to all three parties yesterday | 27/09/11 11:08:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Destruction of Trees in the Gardens of Nos. 53 & 55 | 30/09/11 10:47:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Destruction of Trees in the Gardens of Nos. 53 & 55 | 30/09/11 11:09:00 | Ellie Rose |
| Re:Re:Destruction of Trees in the Gardens of Nos. 53 & 55 | 30/09/11 11:49:00 | joseph birotz |
| Re:Re:Re:Destruction of Trees in the Gardens of Nos. 53 & 55 | 30/09/11 11:55:00 | Ellie Rose |
| Re:Re:Re:Destruction of Trees in the Gardens of Nos. 53 & 55 | 30/09/11 12:00:00 | joseph birotz |
| Thank you, Ellie - Destruction of Trees in the Gardens of Nos. 53 & 55 | 03/10/11 12:51:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| COMPLAINT TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LBE. | 03/10/11 20:32:00 | Charles Chara |
| COMPLAINT TO DIRECTOR - ENVIRONMENT GROUP | 03/10/11 20:37:00 | Charles Chara |
| Re:COMPLAINT TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LBE. | 03/10/11 21:05:00 | Nicola Howard |
| WE DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION | 04/10/11 18:07:00 | Hasan Ukra |
| Re:WE DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION | 04/10/11 21:06:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:WE DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION | 05/10/11 14:54:00 | M ODonald |
| Re:WE DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION | 05/10/11 16:48:00 | Peter Millman |
| Inappropriate! | 05/10/11 18:21:00 | Andrea Hondrou |
| "Withdrawal" Notice arrives today. | 07/10/11 19:23:00 | Andrea Hondrou |
| Re:"Withdrawal" Notice arrives today. | 07/10/11 19:47:00 | Charles Chara |
| Re:Re:"Withdrawal" Notice arrives today. | 08/10/11 20:26:00 | Dee Cook |
| Re:Re:Re:"Withdrawal" Notice arrives today. | 08/10/11 20:32:00 | Lesley Russell |
| The use of the two dwellinghouses at Nos. 53 & 55 | 08/10/11 21:09:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:"Withdrawal" Notice arrives today. | 08/10/11 21:12:00 | Sarah Harris |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Withdrawal" Notice arrives today. | 08/10/11 21:43:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Cllr. Hitesh Tailor's letter of 4th October 2011 | 09/10/11 02:20:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 09/10/11 23:33:00 | Laurie MacPherson |
| Withdrawn application but questions still unanswered... | 10/10/11 07:16:00 | Pavlos Dora |
| Re:Withdrawn application but questions still unanswered... | 10/10/11 20:59:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Ealing & Acton Gazette | 10/10/11 23:01:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| free paper | 11/10/11 00:35:00 | Pavlos Dora |
| Cllr Hitesh Tailor - response sought please. | 11/10/11 12:32:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Cllr Hitesh Tailor - response sought please. | 11/10/11 14:01:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Cllr Hitesh Tailor - response sought please. | 12/10/11 01:26:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Cllr Hitesh Tailor - response sought please (adjusted size) | 12/10/11 01:43:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Why are we being ignored? | 12/10/11 10:49:00 | Hasan Ukra |
| Re:Why are we being ignored? | 12/10/11 18:25:00 | Rosco White |
| "Lyndell House" | 13/10/11 00:52:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Second Complaint to Director dated 14/10/11. | 15/10/11 17:47:00 | Charles Chara |
| Re:Second Complaint to Director dated 14/10/11. | 21/10/11 11:05:00 | Charles Chara |
| Re:Re:Second Complaint to Director dated 14/10/11. | 22/10/11 08:44:00 | Hasan Ukra |
| Third Complaint to Ealing Council, Chief Executive dated 17/10/11 | 22/10/11 22:43:00 | Charles Chara |
| In bad faith! | 23/10/11 19:11:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:In bad faith! | 02/11/11 06:52:00 | Alan Fairchild |
| Re:Re:In bad faith! | 06/11/11 11:10:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Re:Re:In bad faith! | 07/11/11 11:56:00 | Peter Millman |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:In bad faith! | 07/11/11 12:29:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Mr Noel Rutherford's response | 10/11/11 13:06:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Mr Noel Rutherford's response | 10/11/11 21:17:00 | Lesley Russell |
| Re:Re:Mr Noel Rutherford's response | 11/11/11 02:47:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Re:Re:Mr Noel Rutherford's response | 11/11/11 03:10:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:Mr Noel Rutherford's response | 11/11/11 19:54:00 | Joseph Birotz |
| Re:Re:Mr Noel Rutherford's response | 11/11/11 21:02:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Re:Re:Mr Noel Rutherford's response | 11/11/11 21:21:00 | Nicola Howard |
| Re:Re:Re:Mr Noel Rutherford's response | 12/11/11 07:58:00 | Joseph Birotz |
| The Covenant Movement | 13/11/11 02:56:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| The Covenant Movement (corrected) | 13/11/11 02:59:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| How it all started - My interest in covenants. | 13/11/11 10:54:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Re:How it all started - My interest in covenants. | 13/11/11 11:21:00 | Joseph Birotz |
| Thank you. | 14/11/11 02:30:00 | Victor Mishiku |
| Rutherford | 16/11/11 12:11:00 | George Knox |
| Knox | 17/11/11 11:32:00 | Joseph Birotz |
| Re:Knox | 17/11/11 12:26:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Re:Knox | 17/11/11 13:45:00 | Joseph Birotz |
| Follow-Up Letter to Mr Noel Rutherford | 23/11/11 02:27:00 | Charles Chara |
| Re:Acton Residents Unrepresented Again!! | 21/12/11 12:16:00 | Geoffrey Berg |
| Happy Xmas | 22/12/11 00:14:00 | Victor Mishiku |