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Author Archives: Caroline Day
Our Objection to LVRPA’s Proposed New Moorings Path on Site of Importance for Nature Conservation on Leyton Marsh
Dear Shaun Dawson Leyton Marsh riverbank moorings. We are writing to protest at the Authority’s damage to the Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation and the threat to public access on the riverside adjacent to Leyton Marsh, in connection … Continue reading
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Leyton Marsh Moorings: Statement by Concerned Boaters
A meeting of boaters concerned with the implementation of private moorings on the River Lea, London, at Leyton Marshes was held on the 21st March 2012. The mooring site comprises a stretch of river bank approximately 150 metres long on … Continue reading
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Piecemeal Privatisation of Lee Valley Regional Park
Ever since the temporary privatisation of Metropolitan Open Land for a private training facility on Porter’s Field Meadow (Leyton Marsh) for the London 2012 Olympics, we have seen a number of areas of previously open marshes enclosed and part-privatised. The … Continue reading
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Winner of 2014 Save Lea Marshes Competition
The overall winner of the 2014 ‘What I Love About the Marshes’ photo competition was Rebecca McLaren with ‘Big Sky Over Ice’. Rebecca’s photo will go on the cover of the 2015 Save Lea Marshes calendar, along with 11 other … Continue reading
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Marshland: Dreams and Nightmares on the Edge of London
It’s never recommended to sneak a peak at the end of a book before you’ve finished. However, before I started reading Marshland properly (from the beginning as you should), I had already been invited by Rees to fact-check the chapter … Continue reading
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LVRPA Considers Transferring Operations to a Leisure Trust
Here is the Future of LVRPA letter they sent out this week, outlining their plans and below is the response by Laurie Elks, of the Lea Valley Federation, to this communication which elucidates our shared concern as to what will happen to … Continue reading
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Replies to Our Joint Letter Requesting Hackney and Waltham Forest Recruit Biodiversity Officers
Dear Ian and Deniz RE: Biodiversity officers I am writing to you as signatories to a joint letter dated 17 December 2013 regarding the above matter, which was addressed to both myself and Cllr Chris Robbins, Leader of Waltham Forest … Continue reading
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All Going According to Plan at the Waterworks?
After promising to restore the Water Works Golf Course after its ‘temporary’ use as a campsite for the Olympics the LVRPA reversed this decision in 2013 and decided, without consultation, to continue to use it for camping alongside pony trekking. … Continue reading
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