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 [...]

IMPORTANT :: WILLOWFIELD CONSULTATION NEXT WEDS, 18th

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 chance to question councillors and officials about the quality of their 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 [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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

Government sets sights on green belts

Worrying development that undermines the protection of our green belt land… A government amendment to the Planning Bill could see planning powers transferred from local authorities to Regional Development Agencies(RDAs). The amendment, tabled by local government minister John Healy, would see RDAs, quangos whose members are appointed by the government and are accountable to the [...]