About us

In an effort to stop environmental and architectural degradation, we are making a detailed survey and permanent photographic record of the Mill Hill Park area: streets, houses, street furniture, trees and open spaces.

We also aim to screen planning and licensing applications so that we can respond to Ealing Borough Council about inappropriate proposals early on.

We have established annual awards for the most attractively presented and conserved properties in Mill Hill Park.

We are in close touch with Acton Gardens, the joint venture appointed to lead the regeneration of the South Acton Estate to the east of the Conservation Area, to keep up to date with developments and comment on proposals. Representatives of Acton Gardens spoke at our 2011 AGM.

 

We are interested in the history of the Mill Hill Park Estate and its former residents.  We have commisssioned and erected two plaques. One  commemorates the younger William Willett who promoted the Daylight Savings Act which created British Summer Time; the other commemorates Richard White, founder of the Mill Hill Park Estate and founder member of the Law Society. 

 

Click here for a copy of our constitution.

 Membership

Go to Join here for more information.

The social round

We are very active socially and hold regular events, many of which are hosted by members in their homes or gardens. These range from monthly drinks parties to concerts and various celebrations.  See Events. To learn more, please contact our Social Secretary, Sandy Nicol at alexandernicol@mac.com

AGM and Committee

The minutes of the AGM held on 19 July 2012 are available here.  

The members of the Committee are:

Ray Batchelor (Chairman), Nigel Middlemiss (Honorary Vice Chairman), Paul Hill (Treasurer), Ann Brennan (Licensing and Environment Officer), Claire Mitchell (Membership Secretary), Sandy Nicol (Social Secretary/Neighbourhood Watch), Corinna Stowell (Secretary and Webmaster), John Dalby, Marcia Hurst, Steve Cameron, Mark Hope Jones and Tatiana Collins.

 

The Committee at work

 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Committee tries to take up local residents’ concerns to achieve satisfactory outcomes.  For example, the Committee’s work includes the regular monitoring of licensing applications that may have a negative impact on the local area  (click here for details of the results we have achieved). 
 
We also try to ensure  conservation standards are maintained.  For example, MHPRA and the Conservation Area Advisory Panel have been trying for two years, and finally succeeded, in getting three Council garages on Heathfield Road restored from a rundown and dilapidated condition (see below).  Rotting door surrounds have been made good and flaking / scratched paintwork repainted by the Council, using colours from a manufacturer’s Heritage range suitable for Conservation Areas.
 

 Despite Council cutbacks, the project was ‘fast-tracked’ after the argument was put to LBE that neglected Council property in the heart of Mill Hill Park made a mockery of the Council’s and residents’ own strenuous efforts to uphold high standards of conservation and restoration in a Conservation Area.

If you are aware of sub-standard Council property in Mill Hill Park let the Committee know (using the Contact us form) and we’ll try to take it up.