12 February: Ealing Council Cabinet voted last Tuesday to continue with the sale of a lease of the whole of the Town Hall to hotel developer Mastcraft. This was despite warnings from both CEPAC and Ealing Voice that it would not be legally permissible for the Council to receive either a capital sum or a share of future revenue from a disposal of property belonging to the Victoria Hall charitable trust.
On behalf of Save Ealing’s Centre, the alliance of local Residents' Associations and Community Groups in Ealing, Chair Will French pointed out that the Council and their partners Mastcraft were incurring significant costs in pressing on with the attempted sale of property which the Council does not own. This was being done despite that the fact that a ruling was still awaited from the Charity Commission about proposed alterations to the Victoria Hall Trust, and whether the property could be sold at all.
Will appealed to the Council on behalf of both CEPAC and Ealing Voice to recall the spirit the Victoria Hall’s original benefactors, and co-operate to look for an alternative future for the Halls that everyone agreed could work for everybody. So far however this appeal has not been answered.
On behalf of Save Ealing’s Centre, the alliance of local Residents' Associations and Community Groups in Ealing, Chair Will French pointed out that the Council and their partners Mastcraft were incurring significant costs in pressing on with the attempted sale of property which the Council does not own. This was being done despite that the fact that a ruling was still awaited from the Charity Commission about proposed alterations to the Victoria Hall Trust, and whether the property could be sold at all.
Will appealed to the Council on behalf of both CEPAC and Ealing Voice to recall the spirit the Victoria Hall’s original benefactors, and co-operate to look for an alternative future for the Halls that everyone agreed could work for everybody. So far however this appeal has not been answered.
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