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LAND & PROPERTY FOR SALE OR TO LET
A register is kept of enquiries from the public regarding the availability of council-owned land and buildings of various types for sale or to let. If you wish to be included on the register contact Estates and Valuation Division on the number below.
Estates & Valuation Division Phone 020 8758 5051
LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT
For details and information on local land available for development contact below.
Environmental Policy & Projects Service Phone 020 8758 5675/5661
The Land Registry is a government agency holding ownership records of all land and property in the country. The Land Registry for Ealing is a Ty Bryn Glas, High Street, Swansea SA1 1PW.
Land Registry for Ealing Phone 01792 458877
Fax: 01792 473236
LANGUAGE SERVICE
The language service provides interpretation and translation facilities for all council departments, ensuring that the council is able to communicate effectively with all customers. Services are also provided for other public sector bodies. Visit our website at http://www.ealing.gov.uk/language/index.htm
Language Service Phone 0208 758 5640/ 020 8832 6378
E-mail:
LAUNDRY SERVICE - INCONTINENT
The council provides a free laundry service for people who have an incontinence problem. The service is run by Social Services but initial applications are assessed by Environmental Health Officers.
Environmental Health Phone 020 8758 5605
E-mail:
LEARNING DISABILITY
For information on services available contact Learning Disabilities Team, Green Lane Resource Centre.
Green Lane Resource Centre Phone 020 8566 2360
LEISURE
The council manages a wide range of services for the public which provide the opportunity for everyone to develop skills, acquire information and pursue leisure and cultural interests. Details of the services offered can be found in this guide under the appropriate heading.
Leisure Services Phone 020 8578 5210
LEISURE PASS
The leisure pass offers up to 50% discount on a range of leisure activities in the borough, including swimming, weight training, tennis, keep fit, golf and hire of CDs. This concessionary card is available to senior citizens over the age of 60, unemployed, single parents, persons receiving income support, people with disabilities, those on employment training and adult dependents of leisure pass holders. For further information pick up a leaflet at your local library or sports centre or phone number below.
Leisure Pass Phone 020 8758 8268
LIBRARIES
There are 12 public libraries in Ealing, offering a free lending, reference library and information service to everyone who lives, works or studies in the borough. As well as books, the libraries offer newspapers and periodicals, music scores, cassettes, CDs, videos, books in large print and in languages other than English, self help materials on rights and benefits, and a range of local information both current and historical. Talking books are available at all libraries and are free to people who are registered blind. Children's services are enhanced by story-telling sessions and class visits. Changing exhibitions and displays take place in larger libraries. There are photocopying facilities available at most libraries. Community rooms are available for hire at Acton, Hanwell, Northolt and Southall libraries. Special services include a mobile library visiting 18 locations in the borough, a service for housebound people, a school library service, and for medical staff and patients a hospital library service.
Visit our website at http://www.ealing.gov.uk/libraries/index.htm
Libraries Administration Phone 020 8758 5922
Libraries (Mobile) Phone 020 8567 1204
Libraries (Housebound Service) Phone 020 8567 3385
Library (Schools Service) Phone 020 8758 8837
Library Service (Hospitals) Phone 020 8574 2444
Library (Local History) Phone 020 8567 3656 x 37
Email:
LIBRARIES
Acton Library
High Street
Acton W3 6NA
Phone: 020 8752 0999
Monday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-5pm.
Central Library
103 Ealing Broadway Centre
Ealing W5 5JY
Phone: 020 8567 3670
Monday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-5pm.
Greenford Library
Oldfield Lane South
Greenford UB6 9LG
Phone: 020 8578 1466
Monday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-5pm.
Hanwell Library
Cherington Road
Hanwell W7 3HL
Phone: 020 8567 5041
Monday, Wednesday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
Jubilee Gardens Library
Southall UB6 2JT
Phone: 020 8578 1067
Monday, Wednesday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-7.45pm;
Saturday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
Northfields Library
Northfields Avenue
W5 4UA
Phone: 020 8567 5700
Monday, Wednesday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
Northolt Library
Church Road
Northolt UB5 5AS
Phone: 020 8845 3380
Monday, Wednesday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
Perivale Library
Horsenden Lane South
Perivale UB6 7NT
Phone: 020 8997 2830
Monday, Wednesday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
Pitshanger Library
143/145 Pitshanger Lane
Ealing W5 1RH
Phone: 020 8997 0230
Monday, Wednesday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
Southall Library
Osterley Park Road
Southall UB2 4BL
Phone: 020 8574 3412
Monday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am-7.45pm;
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9.30am-5pm.
West Ealing Library
Melbourne Avenue
Ealing W13 9BA
Phone: 020 8567 2812
Monday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-5pm.
Wood End Library
Whitton Avenue West
Greenford UB6 0EE
Phone: 020 8422 3965
Monday, Wednesday and Sunday closed;
Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-7.45pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
Planning advice is available to the Licensing Bench of Ealing Magistrates Court each month, to assist in considering the amenity implications of proposed public houses, restaurants, clubs etc throughout the borough.
Tel: 020 8758 5657.
LICENSING
The Licensing Team in Environmental Health and Consumer Services issue a number of statutory licences and registrations for activities which need to be regularly inspected and controlled. These activities include public entertainments (e.g. nightclubs and cinemas), street trading - including in front of shop displays - , fruit machines, firework sales, takeaways that open after midnight, car boot sales, dog breeding establishments, nurses agencies, pet shops and catteries, poison sales, game dealers, riding schools, launderettes, small lotteries, sex shops and premises offering beauty treatments. Contact:
Entertainments Licensing: Phone 020 8758 5733
Street Trading Licensing: Phone 020 8758 5932
Other Licensing: Phone 020 8758/5940/5043
E-mail:
LICENCES - STREET WORKS
To carry out any work or excavations in the public highway or to place builders' materials on the highway a licence must be obtained. To apply please contact number below.
Parkman Phone 020 832 6464
LISTED BUILDINGS
The council owns a number of listed buildings and great care is taken to maintain these buildings and to restore them to their former splendour. For information on work planned or being undertaken please contact number below.
Contract and Property Services Phone 020 8758 5529
There are a considerable number of listed buildings in private ownership and any works or alterations require Listed Building Consent. Application forms and a general leaflet on Historic Buildings is available on 020 8758 5650.
LITTER
Approximately 1,200 litter bins are emptied every day in the borough and litter is cleared from all public footways and highways. Enquiries can be made by contacting the number below.
Environmental Services Phone 020 8832 6464
Complaints regarding filthy or overcrowded premises are investigated by Environmental Health and, where appropriate, action is taken to ensure that conditions are improved. Council tenants who are concerned that they may be living in overcrowded conditions should contact their Housing Management Office.
Environmental and Consumer Services Divison
Phone 020 8758 5605
E-mail:
LOANS
If you are involved in a loan and think you could be the victim of a loan shark or are worried about repayments, a trading standards officer can give you advice on your rights under a loan agreement and can take action against a money lender.
Trading Standards Officer Phone 020 8758 8909
website: www.ealing.gov.uk/ts
LOCAL AGENDA 21
The project groups listed below are working in partnership with the council to develop action plans and practical projects designed to improve our quality of life. Open to all, the groups are committed to achieving sustainable development - meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Why not get involved: to find out more contact the Environment Co-ordinator on the number below.
Built Environment; Community Development; Energy; Greenford; Natural Environment and Biodiversity; Pollution and Public Health; Transport; Waste and Recycling
Environment Co-ordinator Phone 020 8758 5269
Greenford LA21 Group Phone 020 8758 5659
Local Agenda 21 Phone 020 8758 5622
Local Agenda 21 Social & Economic Group
Phone 020 8758 5269
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LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARY
The council maintains an extensive collection of materials including books, articles, unpublished and private documents, prints, maps and records on the history of all the localities in the borough. Advice on all matters relating to local history together with an enquiry service is available. Postcards and reproductions of paintings, prints and photographs in the collection are also for sale.
Library (Local History) Phone 020 8567 3656
Appointments recommended
LOCAL LAND CHARGES
The local land charges office deals with processing local authority searches (for a fee) on properties in the borough. The office in Room TB24 in the basement of Ealing Town Hall is open to the public from Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm.
Local Land Charges
Ealing Town Hall
New Broadway
London W5 2BY
Phone: 020 8758 5609 Fax 020 8758 8245 EMail
LONDON YOUTH GAMES
The biggest single city multi-sports event for young people in Europe, including more than 30 sports, open to the under 19s.
London Youth Games Phone 020 8758 5903
LOTTERIES
Environmental Health keeps a register and details of societies allowed to hold lotteries in the borough.
Lotteries (Licensing) Phone 020 8758 5940
E-mail:
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