Author Archives: pjm

New film: The Waterworks

Posted on 31 March 2020 by pjm

Thank you so much to Sheridan Flynn for creating and directing this short film about the proposed festival on the Waterworks meadow, next to the Waterworks Nature Reserve, for the next three years. No matter what happens this year, we … Continue reading →

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Want to oppose the ice centre planning application? Here’s how.

Posted on 3 March 2020 by pjm

The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) wants to replace the current ice centre on Lea Bridge Road with a building that is almost twice the size. If planning permission is granted, it means we will lose precious Metropolitan Open … Continue reading →

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The Lee Valley Park: What went wrong? Nous accusons.

Posted on 3 March 2020 by pjm

In the beginning… Three quarters of a century ago, as war was drawing to a close, the wartime coalition government published Professor Abercrombie’s Greater London Plan. Abercrombie saw the open spaces of the Lea Valley as a great opportunity for … Continue reading →

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Public Meeting

Posted on 6 September 2019 by pjm

PUBLIC MEETING to launch a campaign to call for the Lea Bridge Waterworks (the Thames Water Depot site on Lea Bridge Road) to be protected from development and opened up to public access 7:30-9:30pm, Monday 16th September 2019 at the … Continue reading →

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More objections to the proposed Ice Centre on Lea Bridge Road

Posted on 14 August 2019 by pjm

The following objection has been submitted to the LVRPA’s consultation on the new Ice Centre. Feel free to use any of these arguments in your own submission (and see the blog immediately after this one for further arguments). I wish … Continue reading →

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Not Shining a Light on our Wildlife

Posted on 19 November 2018 by pjm

While no-one is suggesting a city such as London should be without the necessary light required for access and safety, the amount of unnecessary light is increasing and this is a serious issue for our wildlife. Guidance on artificial lighting … Continue reading →

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More on the Thames Water site

Posted on 12 November 2018 by pjm

We have all had great difficulty trying to work out what the differences are between the latest version of the plan for developing the Thames Water site and the original version. We have now at last been provided with a … Continue reading →

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Thames Water site – last chance to object to the plans

Posted on 27 October 2018 by pjm

After 18 months of tinkering and shenanigans, it now seems likely that the extraordinary plans to build the “Athena  Primary Academy” and “Barclay Secondary Free School” on the Thames Water site, Lea Bridge Road, will soon go before Waltham Forest … Continue reading →

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The LVRPA and community enagement

Posted on 24 October 2018 by pjm

Back in June I shared a letter I had written to Shaun Dawson, Chief Executive of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, about the Authority’s lack of community engagement. You can see the letter here: https://www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2018/06/29/open-letter-to-lvrpa-re-lack-of-community-engagement/ In the spirit of … Continue reading →

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Too much littering on the marshes

Posted on 25 September 2018 by pjm

Hackney Council does a wonderful job in clearing up the litter from Hackney Marshes. Goodness knows how much it costs. However, if you are out walking after the sports sessions, before the council has done its magic, the scene that … Continue reading →

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