Author Archives: SLMAdmin

Objection no. 7

Posted on 1 September 2020 by SLMAdmin

This objection was written by Abi on 1st March, before the licence application for the Waterworks Festival was refused by Waltham Forest Council. It covers the issues of land contamination, biodiversity, Metropolitan Open Land and community involvement: Development Management London … Continue reading →

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Objection of the week, no. 6

Posted on 23 August 2020 by SLMAdmin

Objection number six is from Laurie. He explores in detail how the new ice centre will be inappropriate development on Metropolitan Open Land and why a new facility would be better situated elsewhere in the Lee Valley Park: Dear Sirs, … Continue reading →

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Objection of the week no. 5

Posted on 18 August 2020 by SLMAdmin

Here’s Vicky Sholund’s multi-faceted objection to the new Lee Valley Ice Centre being situated at Leyton Marsh. You can still submit relevant objections to: dmconsultations@walthamforest.gov.uk. Application number: 194162 I am writing as someone who lives in Hackney and spends at … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to the East London Guardian

Posted on 17 August 2020 by SLMAdmin

Rare brown-banded carder bee found on the Waterworks Meadow by ecologist Russell Miller On 7th July the East London Guardian published an article by Victoria Munro https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/18567325.thousands-raised-re-wild-waterworks-field-leyton-marshes/?ref=twtrec about our crowdfunder to raise money to pay for surveys of the Waterworks Meadow … Continue reading →

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Objection of the week

Posted on 11 August 2020 by SLMAdmin

This week’s featured objection to the Lee Valley Ice Centre being situated at Leyton Marsh is focused upon the superior benefits of enhancing rather than reducing green space at this location. It is written by Caroline. Area of Leyton Marsh … Continue reading →

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Objection of the week

Posted on 6 August 2020 by SLMAdmin

This is the third is our series of objections to the LVRPA’s plans for a new ice centre on the Lea Bridge Road. It has been written by Julian. Part 1 10/03/2020 dmconsultations@walthamforest.gov.uk Dear Sir/Madam I wish to object to … Continue reading →

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Objection of the week

Posted on 27 July 2020 by SLMAdmin

This is the second in our weekly series of objections to the LVRPA’s plans to build a new Ice Centre on Leyton Marsh. This one is from Peter. His argument focuses on the question of building on Metropolitan Open Land … Continue reading →

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Objection of the Week!

Posted on 22 July 2020 by SLMAdmin

As the LVRPA have been lobbying the local council and encouraging local people to support their application, every week for the next few weeks we will be sharing an objection to the new Lee Valley Ice Centre being sited at … Continue reading →

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Crowdfunder Launched to Re-wild the Waterworks Meadow

Posted on 10 July 2020 by SLMAdmin

Save Lea Marshes are excited to announce that in the last few days Caroline has launched a crowdfunder on behalf of the group in order to re-wild the Waterworks Meadow! You can read all about this exciting project here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ecological-surveys-of-the-waterworks All … Continue reading →

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Time for a re-think at the LVRPA

Posted on 30 June 2020 by SLMAdmin

It is an unfortunate fact that much of the material that we post on this site consists of negative comments on the work of the Lea Valley Regional Park Authority. So you may feel rather a weary sense of déjà … Continue reading →

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