why invest in Ealing?
EALING IS A PREMIER PLACE FOR INVESTMENT, AND WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Ealing is one of the capital’s most prosperous enablers for good growth and the top performing planning department in London (12th nationally). We offer quick and quality decision making for investors, with a new local plan and a fully resourced planning service that processes over 5,000 applications a year. We are committed to partnership working and have an experienced and ambitious political leadership team.
From strategic opportunities through to small sites, there is significant growth yet to be unlocked in the borough. We are looking for investors who share our values to work in genuine partnership with us and help deliver our priorities for Ealing.
We will work with the right partners to help us achieve our growth ambitions and will ensure that ongoing transformational investment in Southall and Park Royal and North Acton, working with the Old Oak Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC), puts Ealing residents and businesses first, so they prosper from the growth coming forward.
Ealing is the £11 billion engine of west London’s economy, offering the economic activity, bustle and connections of an inner London borough, with the green spaces and lifestyle offer of outer London
New Homes over the next 15 years
Good jobs by 2026
Top performing planning department in London
ONE OF THE MOST CONNECTED PLACES IN THE UK
Ealing is located on the doorstep of Heathrow Airport, hosts five Elizabeth line stations, and will be home to the new HS2 interchange at Old Oak Common, the largest new railway station ever built in the UK.
Elizabeth Line Stations
Located on the Doorstep of Heathrow
New HS2 Interchange
ENABLING GOOD GROWTH ACROSS OUR SEVEN TOWNS
Through our top-performing planning department, new Local Plan, investment strategies and partnerships, we are promoting good growth that is distributed across our seven towns and benefits all our communities.
Fully resourced planning service that processes over 5,000 applications a year
Home to London’s largest reservoir of industrial land
DEVELOPMENT: AMBITIOUS ON SUPPLY, STRICT ON QUALITY
We are committed to delivering 4,000 genuinely affordable homes by 2026 and 32,000 new homes over the next 15 years. We want the right homes in the right places, and of the right standard
New homes in Acton over next 15 years
New homes in Southall over next 15 years
Geniunly affordable homes by 2026
MORE GREEN SPACES TO BENEFIT CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS
We are delivering more green spaces than ever before, including West London’s first regional park, spanning more than 460 hectares and bolstering Ealing
Unlocking the first regional park in West London
Top 5 greenest boroughs in London
New trees by 2026
HOME TO UK’S LARGEST & BEST-CONNECTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation will unlock good growth and connections of international significance in Ealing, including 10,000 new homes and 6,000 new jobs at Old Oak and North Acton
Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area
£10bn Investment at Old Oak
New homes at Old Oak
A PIPELINE OF INNOVATION-LED GROWTH
With the arrival of Imperial’s WestTech London and connections to other major life science clusters, Ealing will be a significant location for life sciences and innovation, as set out in the London Growth Plan
Home to Imperial WestTech London
Frontier innovation businesses in West London
CULTURAL PRODUCTION POWERHOUSE FOR LONDON AND THE WORLD
Ealing is the home of British cinema and a major cluster for creative manufacturing. Our strong supply of industrial land means we have growing space for creative industries
9x more creative manufacturing spaces than the London average
Creative Businesses