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Author Archives: Caroline Day
Ive Farm: Proposed Enclosure, Artifice and Cars
Waltham Forest Council has submitted an application to itself for the redevelopment of Ive Farm sports ground. You can take part in the consultations this week and comment on the applications: Planning permission is sought to convert Ive Farm into … Continue reading
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Tagged car park, enclosure, Ive Farm, MOL
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Hackney: Going Green or Giving the Green Light to Cars?
Anyone who has followed Save Lea Marshes in the last few years will be aware of our campaign against the planned cricket pavilion for Hackney Marshes, a design which involves building on green space in order to accommodate a large … Continue reading
Posted in Hackney Marshes
Tagged air pollution, children, cricket, health, North Marsh, North Pavilion, sport
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New Lee Valley Leisure Trust Takes No Responsibility for Protecting Land
letter-to-vibrant-partnerships-reply-redacted-1 As you can see from this letter to a local resident and member of SLM regarding the car wash, the Trust which has taken over the commercial ventures of the Lee Valley Regional Park takes no responsibility whatsoever for … Continue reading
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Trust Orders Car Wash To Cease Operations (Thanks to SLM Delegation)
After our delegation at the annual Authority meeting in June, we have now received news that the LVRPA has finally responded to our complaints about the car wash operating without planning permission: “Following confirmation from the London Borough of Waltham … Continue reading
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Tagged car wash, Lea Bridge Road, Leisure Trust, LVRPA, Waltham Forest Council
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Hackney Marshes: Planning Committee Meeting
Update: Hackney Planning Committee voted to pass the amendments, including the removal of the condition to reduce vehicle spaces, subject to a Travel Plan for the whole of Hackney Marshes. The decision means the car park at North Marsh will … Continue reading
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Tagged car park, East Marsh, North Marsh, North Pavilion
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Arguments for the car wash don’t wash!
These are extracts from a speech given to the Authority AGM concerning the new car wash, which has started operating without planning permission: We are extremely concerned that the Leisure Trust is becoming a vehicle for uncontrolled and inappropriate commercial … Continue reading
Leyton Marsh Development Plans: Local Campaigner Laurie Elks Speaks Out
SLM agree with Laurie that Leyton Marsh is the wrong place for the new enlarged ice centre, here Laurie expresses his views about the nature of the plans. Much food for thought: Open Letter to Shaun Dawson re: The Ice … Continue reading
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Tagged double pad ice centre, Ice Centre, Laurie Elks, Leyton Marsh, MOL
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Open Letter to the LVRPA Re Future Plans for Leyton Marsh
Dear Authority Member, We have become aware that you are shortly to make a decision about the replacement of the current Lee Valley Ice Centre. We are writing to you in hope that you will take into full consideration the … Continue reading
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Tagged double pad ice centre, ground contamination, Ice Centre, Leyton Marsh, LVRPA, MOL, noise pollution, Pollution, UXOs, Walthamstow Marsh SSSI
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Leyton Marsh Is Their No.1 Choice: But Do The Numbers Add Up?
Scoring the Sites It is important not to be taken in by the “scoring matrix” that the LVRPA has used to assess the relative merits of the four alternative sites for the new Ice Centre. The fact that it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Leyton Marsh, scoring sites, Waterworks Centre
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Leyton Marsh: Our Red Line for Development!
It has recently been revealed that Leyton Marsh is regarded by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority as the preferred site for a new ‘double-pad’ ice centre. This is the development we have been suspecting and fearing was in the … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, car park, commercial, Contamination, Development, double pad ice centre, Eton Manor, expansion, Ice Centre, Leyton Marsh, Lies, LVRPA, noise pollution, Picketts Lock
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