Tag Archives: open space

Threats to the Marshes/Response to Waltham Forest’s local plan consultation

There are many emerging threats to the Marshes (and Wathamstow Wetlands) from planned large-scale developments at Lea Bridge, New Spitalfields and elsewhere in Waltham Forest. Save Lea Marshes have now been campaigning for a decade to keep our vital green … Continue reading

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Council approves planning for ice centre development.

We are extremely disappointed by the decision to locate the new double-size ice centre on Leyton Marsh. The centre will have an unacceptable impact on the openness of our protected land. It will also destroy precious habitat, including for hedgehogs, … Continue reading

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Objection of the week, no. 11

This objection is in response to one of the documents that the Lea Valley Regional Park Authority submitted to the Waltham Forest Planning Committee after the consultation period for the proposed new Ice Centre was supposed to have closed. It … Continue reading

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Spin Doctors Employed to ‘Remake the Marshes’

London Borough of Hackney hire planning spindoctors Firstplan to give themselves permission to build on Marshes. Hackney Council are again spending thousands on planning consultants Firstplan, to mastermind the charade of obtaining planning permission from themselves for two new car parks … Continue reading

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URGENT: PLEASE Object to Planning Inspectorate About Hackney Council’s Plans

Hackney Council has to get consent from the Planning Inspectorate to build its new car parks and pavilion on the Common Land of Hackney Marsh. It’s vital to get as many objections in as possible by 12 September. So we … Continue reading

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