The Racecourse Estate in Northholt was planned and built as a typical garden city estate shorty after WWII with trees and open spaces intermingled with residential properties to create a really pleasing environment.
The Faber Green development was built in the middle of the estate on a plot of land that used to belong to a local school and was completed in Autumn 2023 and the developers put in a walkway and entrance so that the residents could walk to the local shops and Northolt Tube Station but the council haven’t finished the walkway on their land.
Ealing Green Party member, Richard Finnigan, says
“At first I thought they’d get round to it but it’s been over a year and the residents have improvised with bricks, stones and planks of wood across what has become a mud bath. Despite their efforts there have been falls and there is no lighting covering this popular route. I walk past it every day and it got to a point where I thought this is ridiculous so I started a petition.”
Richard contacted his local Labour Councillors and had a positive response from Councillor Summers so is hopeful that the council will at last complete the job. The petition is still open if others would like to help Richard keep the pressure up, and to receive updates as and when he hears more.
