Category: News
Tesco Essex Arms development approved
After twice rejecting Tesco’s plans for the former Essex Arms site on Forest Road, Waltham Forest council approved the Express store and 17 flats at a meeting on Tuesday night (2nd Feb). The Waltham Forest Guardian was at the meeting and reports that the only planning committee members to vote against the development were Ed [...]
Stop the Essex Wharf tower blocks
Join local residents at Hackney Town Hall from 6pm on Wednesday 3rd Feb to demonstrate opposition to plans for 10 storey flats on the site! This Planning Application proposes four 7-10 storey high-rise high density residential tower blocks on the River Lee Navigation opposite North Millfields, in the Borough of Waltham Forest. It will loom [...]
L&Q ignore residents, councillors and bidders for Walthamstow Dogs
On Saturday (16th Jan) in a tiny backroom at The Holiday Inn, London & Quadrant unveiled their plans to turn Walthamstow’s iconic stadium into high density housing. Touted as an opportunity to listen to local views and adapt the plans accordingly, the “consultation” was only open for 2 brief 4 hour slots. Despite miserable weather [...]
Police launch local community messaging service
Neighbourhood Link is a community messaging service from the Metropolitan Police Service that provides news and information about policing activity or initiatives, crime prevention advice as well as major incidents affecting your area. Through this service you can receive messages from your local Safer Neighbourhood Team, borough police or, in the event of a major [...]
Community Council Monday Jan 11th
View Larger Map The latest Walthamstow West Community Council meeting take’s place on Monday the 11th of January at Chapel End Junior School. Refreshments are available from 7.15, and the meeting itself begins at 7.30pm. Chapel End Junior School Roberts Road, London, E17 4LS Head along to put your questions to councillors on the local [...]
Come to the AGM Tuesday Dec 1st 7.30pm
What’s going on in the Blackhorse Road area? The Blackhorse Action Group’s AGM is the place to get things aired and have your say. What do you want action on? Litter? Car tyre slashing in Edward Rd? The library? All these questions and more will be addressed at the Blackhorse Action Group (BAG) Residents Association [...]
Tyre slasher causes misery in Edward Road
Residents in Edward Road are mobilising in the face of attacks from an unknown tyre slasher, believed to live in the area themselves. Over the past few months a dozen or more tyres have been stabbed with a thin blade, resulting in costly replacements of up to £150 per tyre. And it’s about more than [...]
Essex Arms Tesco Express plans refused
View Larger Map Waltham Forest Council have surprisingly refused the latest plans for a Tesco Express and flats on the Forest Road former Essex Arms site. On Thursday (8th Oct) they published 14 detailed reasons for turning down the application. Speaking to BAG the planning office expressed frustration that agents and architects for Tesco did [...]
Community Council Monday (5th Oct)
The latest Walthamstow West Community Council meeting take’s place on Monday the 5th of October. 5 October 2009, Walthamstow Academy, Billet Road, London, E17 5DP (find directions) (meeting starts at 7.30 pm. Refreshments served from 7.15pm.) Head along to put your questions to councillors on any local issues close to your heart. Labour councillors are [...]
BAG Harvest event
Thanks to everyone who showed up for our community garden/harvest celebration on the Douglas Eyre playing fields. The apple press was a particular hit with the look on some of the kids faces when the juice poured forth worth putting the event on for alone. The BBQ didn’t kill anyone, and the apple bobbing was [...]
Save The Cinema – Deadline 14th Sept!
Want to save Walthamstow’s last cinema? You have until the 14th of September to submit your objections to the UCKG’s planning application. This is the last chance – if the application is accepted the cinema will be lost forever. See below for details from the Save Our Cinema campaign – Visit their website for the [...]
BAG Harvest Celebration this Saturday
After the success of our first gardening workshop BAG have a harvest party/BBQ planned this Saturday the 5th of September. THE BAG HARVEST CELEBRATION WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE DOUGLAS EYRE PLAYING FIELDS, 12 midday to 3.30pm. WHY COME? Plans are afoot to create a community garden, and we’d like residents to contribute their ideas [...]
Forklift crash causes chaos
It’s the weekend, the Overground & Underground are closed for engineering work and half of Blackhorse Road is blocked to replace the Victorian water system. People might think, oh well at least things can’t get any worse… but they’d be wrong. On Saturday (8th August) a Forklift truck collided with a bus, flipped onto its [...]
Tesco Express plans resubmitted
UPDATED (SUN 26th JULY): Back in December Tesco withdrew their plans to replace the Essex Arms pub with a Express Store and flats. A few weeks ago the fences were taken down, and residents have complained that the building has been occupied by squatters. Many people have questioned why Tesco allowed the site to become [...]
Drug Centre scrapped? Library to be Sold
The Waltham Forest Guardian reports that the drug centre described by Council Leader Chris Robbins as a “wonderful addition” to the local community has been scrapped. Faced with continued protests from ungrateful locals who perversely thought having a library was wonderful, Cllr Robbins announced the building will not now be a treatment centre. Any residents [...]
WWCC hits Twitter
There’s a sort of stream of consciousness account of tonight’s Walthamstow West Community Council meeting on Twitter. Check out http://twitter.com/BlackhorseAG. Hopefully there’ll be a fuller write-up soon…
Residents get planting at BAG Workshop
Our FREE gardening workshop was a great success with residents happily planting out their veg and flowers to take away. BAG applied for a grant to encourage residents to get out and garden, and this was the first event we’ve put on with the money we received. For more information, to take part or if [...]
St James Street Drug Centre plan to go ahead?
On the 2nd of March Coppermill School played host to the first ever Community Council with a queue to get in! An eagle eyed regular had spotted the council trying to sneak though the conversion of the Library building into a drug centre, hidden away at the end of an economic report. Residents many of [...]
BAG Gardening Workshop – Free Veg & Flowers
Want to grow some food and flowers? Come to BAG’s first FREE beginners gardening workshop on Sunday the 7th of June. There will be containers for everyone to plant out with organic vegetables and flowers. Once you’ve finished, take them away and enjoy. THE WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE DOUGLAS EYRE PLAYING FIELDS, 2.30-4.30pm. [...]
Hope Not Hate in Walthamstow
Hope Not Hate are holding a day of action against the BNP on Saturday the 23rd of May (11am-2pm) in Walthamstow Town Square. Go along to show your support, help out or just to pick up a pile of leaflets for your area. The BNP only have to get 8% of the total votes cast [...]
“Bring back the cinema” says Clegg
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg visited Walthamstow last week to view the cinema building and arcade site. Clegg said: “The Arcade site has been this great gaping hole in the middle of the community for such a long time.” “This is made worse by the fact that there’s been such a lack of transparency about [...]
Police stop tourist snaps of Walthamstow Bus Station
A FATHER and his teenage son have complained to the police after two Community Support officers forced them to delete photos of Walthamstow buses in order to “prevent terrorism“. The Austrian tourists were also asked for their passport numbers and details of the hotel where they were staying. The Guardian reported the story, along with [...]
Cinema plans online
The United Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) are so keen to get residents views on their scheme to turn the EMD cinema into a church they’ve not only had an exhibition for a whole 7 hours but now the plans are online: UCKG PR company sets out plans for EMD Cinema here Obviously [...]
Cinema “exhibition” open for 7 hours
The council asked Walthamstow if it wanted the EMD retained as a cinema and the message loudly came “No to a church yes to a cinema”. The council asked the government for a ruling – the answer a resounding No to the church and a firm statement that the building should remain a cinema. Now [...]
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
