I never give up. Steve Curran accepted Peter Matthew's decision so I suggested to Steve it should be sold to a developer. This must have been 6 years ago. I also talked to the leader of Ealing Peter Mason and tried to get he and Steve to sort it (it is jointly owned by LBH and LBE as is all of Gunnersbury Park which makes making any progress on any matter at least doubly difficult) I believe the Rothschilds sold it that way because they thought Brentford (in whose patch it was) would build houses on their doorstep See Wikipedia "In 1925, following the death of Nathan's grandson Leopold de Rothschild, Leopold's wife, Maria, and son Lionel, sold the 200-acre (81 ha) Gunnersbury estate, which was entirely contained within the Brentford Urban District,[13] to the adjacent Ealing Borough Council and Acton Borough Council for £130,000. The land lay entirely outside their boundaries. The "Queen of the Suburbs" did not want more municipal housing, as would likely be built by Brentford under its policies, on its doorstep and the Mayor of Acton concurred, persuading her Borough Council to make it a joint purchase". It used to be in my ward until the boundary changes in 2022 so I have put less effort into it but it still annoys me whenever I think about it or pass it. I wrote a while ago to responsible Cabinet members, pointing out that it would be worth probably £1.5M with a bit of refurbishment and creation of a drive on Lionel Road. Nobody has done anything, mainly becasue it is in everybody's 'too hard' tray. I was however delighted to see the fourth flat in Carville Hall is now visibly occupied. It had been empty all the first 10 years I was a councillor. It was not owned by housing but by parks and the parks department claimed it was needed for something. These things are very hard to move. I have also told there is a perfectly good half of an old splendid gatehouse at the south of Gunnersbury park was empty or not used for housing. I took it up with various officers last year (despite it in theory being in Chiswick) and looking at Google Earth I'm delighted to see it has scaffolding and what looks like a new roof being fitted. I'll take a look next time I pass.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Guy's blog	08/01/26 12:57:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Guy's blog	08/01/26 16:37:00	Jeremy Parkinson
Re:Re:Guy's blog	09/01/26 21:36:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	10/01/26 16:30:00	Michael Adams
Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	10/01/26 17:34:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	10/01/26 20:31:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	11/01/26 17:28:00	Michael Adams
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	12/01/26 23:31:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	13/01/26 09:08:00	Paul Fisher
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	13/01/26 15:33:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	14/01/26 15:51:00	David Cook
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	14/01/26 19:09:00	Michael Adams
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog	18/01/26 08:43:00	Guy Lambert

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