Author Archives: 1leytonmarshlover

Website Update

Posted on 15 December, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

From now on, we will be using our website only and leaving this blog as an archive. For all news and information about Save Lea Marshes, please visit: http://www.saveleamarshes.org.uk To join our mailing list, go here: https://www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/contact-us/

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Council approves planning for ice centre development.

Posted on 8 October, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

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 #11

Posted on 28 September, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

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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Objection of the Week no.10

Posted on 23 September, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

This series of objections to the LVRPA’s plans for the new Ice Centre was originally supposed to end a fortnight ago. However, although the LVRPA submitted its planning application last February, and the period for members of the public to … Continue reading →

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New Environmental Concerns re Ice Centre on Leyton Marsh

Posted on 14 September, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

FURTHER REASONS FOR NOT SITING ICE CENTRE ON LEYTON MARSH By Celia Coram Scale & Suitability Why propose to put an industrial building on a site of Metropolitan Open Land? Having carried out a Google search I could find no … Continue reading →

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Objection of the Week #8

Posted on 7 September, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

This is the final objection in our series of featured objections to the planning application for a new double-pad ice centre on Leyton Marsh. It is by Paul. There is still time to object! You can use any of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Leyton Marsh, Leyton Marshes | Tagged biodiversity, community, health, Lee Valley Ice Centre, Leyton Marsh, MOL, VSC | 1 Comment

Objection of the Week #7

Posted on 31 August, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

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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Objection of the Week #6

Posted on 23 August, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

Objection number six is from Laurie. He explores in detail how the new ice centre will be inappropriate development on Metropolitan Open Land and why a new facility would be better situated elsewhere in the Lee Valley Park: Dear Sirs, … Continue reading →

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Objection of the Week #5

Posted on 18 August, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

Here’s Vicky Sholund’s multi-faceted objection to the new Lee Valley Ice Centre being situated at Leyton Marsh. You can still submit relevant objections to: dmconsultations@walthamforest.gov.uk Application number: 194162 I am writing as someone who lives in Hackney and spends at … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to the East London Guardian

Posted on 17 August, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

Correction: We aren’t wasting your money on surveys at the Waterworks Meadow! On 7th July the East London Guardian published an article by Victoria Munro https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/18567325.thousands-raised-re-wild-waterworks-field-leyton-marshes/?ref=twtrec about our crowdfunder to raise money to pay for surveys of the Waterworks Meadow as part of our campaign … Continue reading →