Category Archives: Lea Marshes

New Spitalfields development threatens disaster

Posted on 4 April 2024 by SLMAdmin

New Spitalfields development threatens ecological and flooding disaster! The New Spitalfields development is back as part of a new consultation on the Leyton Mills neighbourhood. You can download the consultation document using this link https://talk.walthamforest.gov.uk/leyton-mills-spd You have until 14th April … Continue reading →

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Pre-application Planning Consultation: Secure facility for children on East London Waterworks site

Posted on 2 February 2024 by SLMAdmin

In 2019, Waltham Forest Council refused plans to develop the Thames Water Depot site (opposite Lee Valley Ice Centre) on Lea Bridge Road for schools, due to the site’s status as Metropolitan Open Land. It has now been announced that … Continue reading →

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Authorities are failing in their duty to protect our green open spaces and wildlife!

Posted on 4 November 2022 by SLMAdmin

As we become ever more aware of the value of open green space to our well-beingand the state of emergency for our wildlife, at the same time our local authoritiesseem intent upon the same course of damage and destruction, all … Continue reading →

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Waterworks Wildlife Surveys

Posted on 1 April 2022 by Caroline Day

In 2020, we successfully crowdfunded for wildlife surveys of the Waterworks Meadow. We did this in order to reveal the biodiversity of the meadow, with the aim of convincing the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority to ‘rewild’ the area, to … Continue reading →

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Threats to the marshes – Part II

Posted on 22 February 2022 by SLMAdmin

Threats to the Marshes – building and inappropriate uses on open spaces This is the second of our articles on the threats to the Marshes and other green open spaces. In our first article we dealt with the threats posed … Continue reading →

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Beating the Bounds 2021

Posted on 7 May 2021 by SLMAdmin

Beating the bounds is a centuries-old tradition, aimed at reminding everyone of boundaries that were important in their lives. During Rogationtide—the fifth week after Easter—villagers, with the rector and other local dignitaries, would walk the parish bounds. The children would … Continue reading →

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River Lea Oil Spill: Authorities must adopt a new approach to prevent future disasters

Posted on 14 March 2018 by Caroline Day

– AN OPEN LETTER TO – Government and Opposition: Environment Agency: • Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive • Dr Toby Willison, Executive Director of Operations • Sarah Chare, Director Operations South East • Simon Hawkins, Deputy Director Hertfordshire & North … Continue reading →

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Our response to the LVRPA’s draft Biodiversity Action Plan

Posted on 18 February 2018 by Caroline Day

Since its inception, Save Lea Marshes has banged on the LVRPA’s door and asked to join conversations about how the marshes are managed. Our entreaties have, largely, gone unheard. And then we discovered that the LVRPA was consulting on its … Continue reading →

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Amended Lea Valley Eastside Vision waved through by Cabinet

Posted on 20 June 2017 by Caroline Day

The Cabinet at the London Borough of Waltham Forest have waved through the amended Lea Valley Eastside Vision. Although there are some things to celebrate about the amended plan, there are still serious problems with it. Waltham Forest should be … Continue reading →

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Planning Application Finally Submitted for Free Schools on MOL

Posted on 24 May 2017 by Caroline Day

A planning application has finally been submitted for two ‘free’ schools run by an Academy chain on Lea Bridge Road. If the application is approved, the primary and secondary school will be constructed on Metropolitan Open Land which is historically … Continue reading →

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