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Author Archives: Charlie Charman
Commercial Predation of Hackney Marshes spelled out 15m high
As Hackney Council goes through the bureaucratic charade of giving itself planning permission for another extravagant building to spoil the Hackney Marsh landscape, it has spelled out loud and clear its commercial agenda and disregard for Metropolitan Open Land at … Continue reading
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Nature uncut – please!
A month after the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority inflicted their misguided June mowings on the Walthamstow Marshes SSSI, the annual evidence of the damaging effect on flora and wildlife is stark. On the luxuriant unmown areas that escaped the … Continue reading
Posted in Walthamstow Marsh
Tagged Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, meadow, moth, No Mow, Walthamstow Marsh SSSI, wildlife
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Hackney Council’s FOI silence over Radio One Weekend
Hackney Council has failed to respond to a request for details of the full costs to the borough of hosting the Radio One Hackney Weekend last June – and the matter is now being pursued by the Information Commissioner’s Office. … Continue reading
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Council concealed flood risk of the Marsh Lane Bridge
The London Borough of Waltham Forest’s oversized and unnecessary replacement bridge over the Dagenham Brook will increase flood risk to nearby properties, and needs additional expensive and environmentally damaging mitigation works – a fact concealed from the public during the … Continue reading
Posted in Marsh Lane Fields
Tagged bridge, Dagenham Brook, Deceit, EA, Flood risk, planning committee, Waltham Forest Council
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Another local legacy betrayal as basketball floors snatched away for ‘elite’ use
The ODA’s promise to provide a community legacy from reuse of the Leyton Marsh Olympic basketball training venue court floors has been revealed to be a cynical piece of PR following a Freedom of Information request to UK Sport. Among … Continue reading
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Tagged Basket ball court, basketball floors, legacy what legacy, Leyton Marsh, ODA, Olympics
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Treasures of the Turf
The most uninteresting looking expanses of amenity grass hide an incredible variety of plants, waiting for the rare opportunities to burst out with colour and texture. Routinely mown to within an inch of its life by the LVRPA and Waltham … Continue reading
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Beating the Bounds 2012
Beating the Bounds 2012 Walks around the Lea Valley Marshes Sunday 13th May 2012 Once each year, sometimes on a legally designated or customary date, people still walk around local areas of land to re-establish rights of common or mark … Continue reading
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Tagged Beating the Bounds, lammas lands, Leyton Marsh, traditions, walthamstow
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