Category: Development & Planning
600 residents hold vigil to save EMD Cinema
OTHER REPORTS ON THE PROTEST Walthamstow Guardian coverage as “600 residents protest at council plans” McGuffins organised the vigil and took pictures on the night BBC News report on “Fight to save Hitchcock cinema” Telegraph piece on the fight to “save cinema where Alfred Hitchcock saw first films” The Independent tell the story of “Hitchcocks [...]
Books, Not drugs – Council hides conversion of Library into drugs centre
The council have succeeded in uniting parents, residents, and campaign groups under the banner “Give our children books, not drugs!” Protest outside the library building, Coppermill Lane, 10am Wednesday 18 February. Children especially welcome. Bring placards and banners on the “Books, not drugs” theme if you wish. As you may have already heard, the council intends to turn [...]
Has anyone got time to send a quick email?
Can anyone spare a few moments to send a brief email including your name and address objecting to plans to de-designate Leyton Cricket Ground as a public space? (map) Leyton Cricket Ground and the open space around it have been in existence since 1885 and are regularly used for local sporting and youth activities. The council [...]
St James St. Library to become Drug treatment centre
The story of the closure of St James Street Library already reads like the definitive work on how a council can best show utter contempt for residents. After the initial illegal closure, ignoring a 1,200 strong petition, and doctoring community council proposals to fund a feasibility study into reopening, the council have buried new plans [...]
Tesco Express still planned @ The Essex Arms
In December Tesco withdrew their application to build an Express store on the former Essex Arms site (see withdrawal on council site) on Forest Road (2-3 minutes walk from Blackhorse Road tube). While many celebrated Tesco’s apparent withdrawal, others were disappointed the company wouldn’t be redeveloping the currently unloved site. To clarify the situation BAG contacted Tesco [...]
Food for thought
Found this nice little blog that offers musings about the relationship between transport and planning. It has this to say about Walthamstow: Walthamstow is a suburb in North East London. Since it is the terminus of the Victoria Line and has suburban rail servcies too is is one of the most accessibe places in London. [...]
Banishing To Let Signs
Estate agents using the houses they’ve sold or let as free advertising space is a common grumble from Walthamstow residents. Aside from the visual clutter, it gives the impression that the area is transitory with people constantly moving in and out. The law states that Estate Agents must remove boards within 14 days of a [...]
Repeat after me: I am interested in Traffic management
The September issue of the councils Blackhorse Lane redevelopment newsletter is out now. To view it as a PDF click here TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Yes we know X-Factor is back and then there’s Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1 but Sky+ them both and instead spend your Saturday night reading through the councils freshly minted series of [...]
BAG September Newsletter
Firstly apologies for originally posting the wrong date on the website but the bat walk was a great success. The evening was dry after a sunny day and 18 people turned up at the Coppermill Pub. We learned various details about bats and heard their noises on a “Bat detector” which was tuned into the appropriate [...]
Compact and bijou – the slums of tomorrow?
New homes in England are being built smaller than almost anywhere else in Europe, a new exhibition reveals. Are the gleaming new apartments buildings of the past decade the inner-city slums of tomorrow? Read the BBC article here.
Set the agenda for the next 15 years
Waltham Forest Council are seeking your views on how it should “plan for, and manage change and development over the next 15 years“. You have until the 1st of September at 5pm to submit your opinion on basically everything!! Land use, physical development, transport, environment, education, housing, employment, leisure, social and community facitlities, health and [...]
Last chance to reply!
Response to Blackhorse consultation The Council’s consultation on “Annexe to Planning Obligations – SPD Blackhorse Lane Planning Obligations Strategy” or in English, the Blackhorse Road development consultation closes Friday (8 August). You can read the document and electronically comment on the Blackhorse Lane Regeneration site. Please send your individual responses via email to the Council [...]
Tesco Express @ The Essex Arms
Tesco have leafleted residents of the Blackhorse Road area about their plans for a Tesco Express store on the site of the former Essex Arms pub on Forest Road. For those that don’t know the location it’s about a 2 or 3 minute walk up Forest Road from Blackhorse Road tube (or about 0.1 miles) [...]
Do you want Community facilities?
The council wants your views on the Blackhorse Lane re-development, and more importantly who pays for and is obliged to provide what. Here’s what the council says: “The draft Planning Obligations Strategy for Waltham Forest has now been published for consultation. As part of this there is a specific area based strategy for Blackhorse Lane which [...]
Thank you & keep the feedback coming
A couple of hundred people, tv crews from BBC & ITV News, and lots of feedback from locals concerned about the glut of tower blocks planned for Walthamstow. Sunday’s demo (June 1st), organised by Fight The Height was a resounding success. With leaflets winging their way around the area, the first part of BAG’s campaign [...]
Ten tower blocks planned for Blackhorse Rd
Do you want the future of Blackhorse Rd to be tonnes of high-rise concrete and more congestion? The 23-STOREY, 230 FEET HIGH BLOCK is part of a planned ‘super-density’ housing development near the station, with OVER 400 FLATS for up to 1,000 people in 10 TOWER BLOCKS, squeezed into only 1.7 hectares (thats less than two [...]
North London Waste Plan meeting – Tuesday 15th April
There are plans to locate three of six new waste processing plants required for north London in Waltham Forest (with one planned for Blackhorse Road). The framework document for these plans is the North London Waste Plan. This document will be finalized following a number of public consultation meetings held at various locations in the [...]
BAG’s response to developers proposal for BHL2
After the recent presentation of plans for the BHL2 section of Blackhorse Lane re-development, BAG has sent the official response of our residents group to Harry Hudson of Green Issues. We look forward to hearing their reply to residents concerns. Download: Word doc: BAG’s response to developers proposal for BHL2 Feedback from the Blackhorse Action [...]
7 million for Blackhorse Lane
The Waltham Forest Guardian reports that the government is to fund redevelopment in the area to the tune of 7.6 million. Much of the grant (which has been previously announced) will go on 2 roads to access the industrial area behind Blackhorse Lane, and to bypass the main junction by the station. On the readers [...]
Tower blocks rise, House prices fall
Interesting article in the Waltham Forest Guardian this week claiming that the proposed development of a 18 storey tower block on the former Arcade site has hit prices for houses in its shadow. “When a resident next to the site went to a surveyor she discovered the preferred design that St Modwen has suggested for [...]
15, 18, 23, Do I hear any higher?
The battle to find out which high rise will be the largest, most unpopular, and least wanted by the community is on. 18 storeys are planned on the old arcade site, along with the 15 and 23 storey flats planned for Blackhorse Road. In response local campaigners have set up a website Fighttheheight.co.uk to try [...]
Get involved in the Development & Planning working group!
The Development & Planning working group gets down and dirty with the various plans to build stuff in our area. It keeps an eye on planning applications and on the development plans of various people, including major developers and the Council. To find out more, email developmentandplanning@blackhorseactiongroup.org.uk
23 Storeys high
The exhibition of plans for the Blackhorse area may be over but there’s still time to let the developers know your views. Visit their website to enter feedback and also join the debate here by adding a comment. Many residents have expressed horror at the high rise plans which include a 23 storey block of [...]
Tell the developers what you want for Blackhorse Road
Want to know what the developers have in mind for Blackhorse Road? The “revised” plans for the redevelopment are going on public display for three days only. If you have objections, opinions, or even just fancy a nose, this is your chance. Decisions on every aspect of Blackhorse Road’s future are being taken, from the [...]
RT @BlackhorseAG: RT @TheMillE17: Mill Spring Newsletter: volunteers, rooms to rent, whats on, new art & plea to help deliver leaflets http://t.co/a3xKyTUT1 month ago
RT @BlackhorseAG: RT @TheMillE17: Mill Spring Newsletter: volunteers, rooms to rent, whats on, new art & plea to help deliver leaflets http://t.co/a3xKyTUT1 month ago
RT @TheMillE17: Mill Spring Newsletter: volunteers, rooms to rent, whats on, new art & plea to help deliver leaflets http://t.co/a3xKyTUT1 month ago
A People's History of the EMD / Granada Cinema - Follow @saveourcinema for the latest: http://t.co/ZiFoqq8P #e171 month ago
RT @LondonFire: The big fire we're currently fighting in Highams Park, Chingford is in a disused DIY centre. More here: http://t.co/gxf8FmVm1 month ago
RT @BlackhorseAG: RT @musiclikedirt In Walthamstow the police have invisible CCTV! #e17 http://t.co/U2RVbSDO Coppermill opposite @TheMillE17 - @Warpdog1 month ago
RT @BlackhorseAG: RT @musiclikedirt In Walthamstow the police have invisible CCTV! #e17 http://t.co/U2RVbSDO Coppermill opposite @TheMillE17 - @Warpdog1 month ago
