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Category Archives: Lea Marshes
The Lee Valley Park: What went wrong? Nous Accusons.
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 … Continue reading
Save Lea Marshes objects to the LVRPA’s plans to build a new ice rink
Save Lea Marshes will be submitting the following objection to the LVRPA’s consultation about their plans to develop a new ice rink. Please feel free to use some or all of what follows as your own submission to the consultation, … Continue reading
Posted in Lea Marshes, Leyton Marsh
Tagged double pad ice centre, Ice Centre, Leyton Marsh, LVRPA
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Green Blot Awards
We at Save Lea Marshes are often maddened and saddened by the things that happen on or near the marshes. Such precious places should, we think, stay as wild and as unencumbered by the permanent presence of humans as possible. … Continue reading
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River Lea Oil Spill: Authorities must adopt a new approach to prevent future disasters
– 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
Posted in Lea Marshes
Tagged boaters, CRT, EA, oil disaster, Pollution, River Lea, wildlife
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Our response to the LVRPA’s draft Biodiversity Action Plan
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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Tagged biodiversity, Biodiversity Action Plan, invasive species, LVRPA, nature
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Our Official Response to the New Local Plan: Direction of Travel
Dear London Borough of Waltham Forest, We are writing in response to your ‘New Local Plan – Direction of Travel’ document and the response it has elicited from the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA). We have not read the … Continue reading
Posted in Lea Marshes
Tagged Direction of Travel, Lea Bridge, Local Plan, MOL, Thames Water depot, Waterworks
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Amended Lea Valley Eastside Vision waved through by Cabinet
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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Tagged Lea Bridge, Lea Valley Eastside, MOL, Waterworks, Waterworks Centre
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Planning Application Finally Submitted for Free Schools on MOL
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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Tagged free schools, Leyton Marshes, MOL, Reach2 Academy Trust, Thames Water depot
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Beating of the Bounds 2017!
Save Lea Marshes (SLM) is organising a walk following the ancient tradition of “Beating the Bounds”. Revived in the 1990s by the New Lammas Lands Defence Committee, “Beating the Bounds” involves blessing the boundaries of the area following pagan and … Continue reading
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