Tag Archives: MOL

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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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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Help Make Lea Bridge Waterworks a Wild Haven – with swimming pond!

Posted on 26 September 2019 by SLMAdmin

Kings Cross Pond (www.travelstay.com/attractions/kings-cross-pond_Hotel_List.htm#search) After a really successful community meeting at the Waterworks on 16th September, we are delighted to announce our vision for the Lea Bridge Waterworks site (formerly the Thames Water Depot): a place protected from development and … 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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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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Car Wash Appeals Planning Decision: Please Act!

Posted on 3 May 2017 by Caroline Day

The London Borough of Waltham Forest (LBWF) refused planning permission for a car wash on Metropolitan Open Land near the Lee Valley Ice Rink. The applicant has appealed the decision and we are asking as many people as possible to … Continue reading →

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Proof that the LVRPA have long planned to sell off land to fund the new ice rink

Posted on 24 March 2017 by Caroline Day

We suspected the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) was lying when Shaun Dawson, the Chief Executive, and Paul Osborne, the Chairman, told us, on 19 January 2017, that there has been no decision to sell of the land around … Continue reading →

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