Author Archives: Caroline Day

Hackney Council Withdraw Planning Application for Car Park Constructed Without Consent!

Hackney Council planning committee were due to meet on Monday evening to discuss the application for a 60 space car park on East Marsh that has already been constructed in advance of consent, as was reported in the Hackney Gazette. … Continue reading

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Hackney Marsh User Group: Statement on East Marsh Car Park

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Walk for a Wild Marshes & Rally Against Development!

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This is Metropolitan OPEN land

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Let’s ‘Give Nature a Home’ on Our Marshes

Recently the RSPB and other wildlife organisations teamed up to investigate how under threat our birds, wildlife and ecosystems are in the UK today. The shocking results were published in a seminal State of Nature report which reveals that in the last … Continue reading

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Please Have Your Say on Hackney Marshes ‘Improvements’

The Hackney Council ‘Hackney Marshes Improvement Survey’ is online. It closes on 9th July so please fill it in as soon as you can. When filling in the survey, please do not say you travel to the marshes by car … Continue reading

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Waltham Forest Council Vote to Let LVRPA Destroy More Marshes In Commercial Ventures

Just last week an article in The Daily Mail covered the story of how one small business in Walthamstow was taken to court for giving away a cardboard box, at the cost of £15,000 to local taxpayers. Electrosigns in Walthamstow … Continue reading

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Waltham Forest Council Officers Recommend Approval for LVRPA’s Campsite & Stables Plans

The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority have submitted two planning applications to the borough of Waltham Forest which are to be decided on at Tuesday evening’s WF Planning Committee meeting. This really is a last ditch attempt to save Leyton … Continue reading

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SLM Call on LVRPA to Establish London’s First Organic Golf Course at the Waterworks

SLM are calling upon the Lea Valley Regional Park Authority to turn Waterworks site (adjacent to Hackney Marshes in Leyton) into organic golf course, rather than the private campsite they have planned. The alternative wildlife-friendly plan is supported by a … Continue reading

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A Litany of Broken Promises: Calling the LVRPA to Account

Yesterday, Thursday 13th June, SLM members arrived unannounced at the Lower Lee Valley LVRPA meeting at the Waterworks in order to express our sincere disappointment with the Authority. At the only official meeting we have ever been offered with the … Continue reading

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