Posts Tagged ‘development’

  • 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 not work closely with the...
    by blackhorseroad at October 13th, 2009 at 06:10 pm
  • IMPORTANT :: WILLOWFIELD CONSULTATION NEXT WEDS, 18th
      The date for this meeting has been shifted and is NOT now on the 13th. Apologies for any confusion or inconvenience.  Have your say on THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR LOCAL AREA Public meeting about the relocation of Willowfield School Wednesday 18th of March @ 7:30pm At Willowfield School, (main hall, entrance through the car park) Clifton Avenue, E17 6HL Your...
    by blackhorseroad at March 12th, 2009 at 02:03 pm
  • 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. However most of it was developed in the late nineteenth...
    by blackhorseroad at November 4th, 2008 at 01:11 pm
  • 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 bat frequency. We couldn’t see any bats...
    by blackhorseroad at September 26th, 2008 at 04:09 pm
  • 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...
    by blackhorseroad at August 29th, 2008 at 04:08 pm
  • 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...
    by blackhorseroad at August 6th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
  • 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 sets out how...
    by blackhorseroad at July 11th, 2008 at 06:07 pm
  • 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 football pitches). The huge buildings are far...
    by blackhorseroad at May 31st, 2008 at 09:05 pm
  • 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
    by blackhorseroad at March 9th, 2008 at 07:03 pm