Tag Archives: Thames Water depot

Virtual Beating the Bounds: 🏊‍♀️Stop 6

Posted on 23 May 2021 by Caroline Day

We’re continuing our virtual version of Beating the Bounds on Leyton Marshes, compiled for those that couldn’t take part in person on Rogation Sunday. After completing the last stop on Leyton Marsh we’ve crossed the Lea Bridge Road, have re-joined the Aqueduct … 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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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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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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Letter to GLA Representative Jeanette Arnold From CPRE London

Posted on 10 November 2016 by Caroline Day

Dear Jeanette, We, as well as local residents in Waltham Forest, are extremely concerned about the Thames Water Depot site in Waltham Forest where free school providers are already advertising places – despite no planning permission being sought or approved … Continue reading →

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Protect Metropolitan Open Land in Waltham Forest!

Posted on 8 November 2016 by Caroline Day

Below is a letter sent to the Mayor of London regarding the proposed loss of land in Waltham Forest. Contact him with your own views: mayor@london.gov.uk Dear Mayor of London and GLA Members,   I am writing on behalf of … Continue reading →

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