Posts Tagged ‘Douglas Eyre Playing Fields’
Willowfield School to be Performing Arts & Film Centre?
Willowfield School have applied for £182,000 LAA funding “to create a hub within the school to develop a dual use performing arts and film centre for use by the school and wider community“. Details on the Performing Arts & Film Centre proposals (PDF) The school plans to open in September 2011 on the old goods [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
BAG Newsletter
URGENT COUNCIL CONSULTATION The council would like residents feedback on plans to site Willowfield school at the top of the Douglas Eyre playing fields. Visit the Building Schools for the Future consultation here to give them your views. As usual with council consultations they’ve waited until less than a week before the closing date to [...]
Douglas Eyre fire
Six fire engines and around 30 firefighters dealt with a blaze on the proposed site of the 23 storey tower block development at the top of Douglas Eyre playing field on Wednesday (30th July 08).
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 [...]
Local press picks up school story…
If you haven’t seen it already, the Walthamstow Guardian has a piece in it about the Council’s plans to build a new Willowfield School on the playing fields behind Edward Road. A couple of BAG members got themselves quoted, which is nice! Read the article here.
Flood risk map
Hi all, Since the Council has put the rebuilding of Willowfield School on green belt land back on the agenda, we thought that a reminder of the actual flood risk would be a good idea. Remember, the Council’s argument is based on the idea that the Douglas Eyre Playing Fields are not as much at [...]
school to be built on douglas eyre playing fields after all?!
The proposal to build Willowfield School on the Douglas Eyre playing fields (which is green belt land) is back on the agenda! The following has appeared on the council’s website, tucked away in the “schools/BSF bulletins” section: http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/bsfmonthly_bullentin_sept-oct07.pdf “Willowfield School Governing Body and the Council met on 14th October to discuss the effects of recent [...]
Meeting with Councillors – CORRECTION
Just a note to let people know that the consultation meeting at Douglas Eyre pavilion will NOT be next week, as was announced at the residents meeting, but on the evening of the 27th. I’ll confirm the time here when I have heard back from Cllr O’Rourke. The meeting will be about the High Street [...]
