Category Archives: Leyton Marshes

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 →

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Save Lea Marshes’ Objection to Gasworks Proposal

Posted on 23 June, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

1. The importance of the openness of open space The Gas Works development will have a negative impact on the openness of the Marshes and Jubilee Park and it will add to the feeling of overcrowding and being overlooked in … Continue reading →

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Want to oppose the ice centre planning application? Here’s how.

Posted on 3 March, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

  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 loose precious Metropolitan … Continue reading →

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The Lee Valley Park: What went wrong? Nous Accusons.

Posted on 21 February, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

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 →

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OBJECT to ‘unparalleled’ noise next to the Waterworks Nature Reserve

Posted on 19 February, 2020 by 1leytonmarshlover

Object to a loud dance music festival at the Waterworks! If you think, like we do, that a festival that aims to ‘deliver the volume and sound pressure proper dance music deserves’ is inappropriate next door to a nature reserve … Continue reading →

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NOT SHINING A LIGHT ON OUR WILDLIFE

Posted on 19 November, 2018 by 1leytonmarshlover

While no-one is suggesting a city such as London should be without the necessary light required for access and safety, the amount of unnecessary light is increasing and this is a serious issue for our wildlife. Guidance on artificial lighting from the Bat Conservation Trust is intended to raise awareness … Continue reading →

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Thames Water Site – School Plans Progress to Planning

Posted on 12 November, 2018 by 1leytonmarshlover

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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A Victory Followed By Worrying Developments

Posted on 11 July, 2017 by 1leytonmarshlover

We are pleased that the decision to refuse the car wash has been upheld and what’s more on grounds which uphold the legal protections for Metropolitan Open Land (MOL). However, running contrary to the Planning Inspectorate’s decision to safeguard MOL, … Continue reading →

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Car Wash: Appeal Dismissed by Planning Inspectorate

Posted on 8 July, 2017 by 1leytonmarshlover

      The appeal lodged by the car wash business that operated on Leyton Marshes car park, in front of the Lee Valley Ice Centre,  has been refused by the Planning Inspectorate. Waltham Forest Council refused planning permission for … Continue reading →

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Beating of the Bounds 2017!

Posted on 24 April, 2017 by 1leytonmarshlover

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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