26th May
2011
Outcome of LVRPA
Executive meeting.
Summary
26th May
2011
The petition
calling upon the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
to apply for Judicial
Review received 336 signatures in support of it. Many thanks to all who
responded. The petition will be delivered by the Lea Valley
Federation to the LVRPA Executive at their meeting this afternoon.
Laurie Elks of the LVF will be addressing the
meeting.
© Stephen and Lucy
Dawson. http://www.luphen.org.uk/walks/lea_valley_walk/4-ponders_end_limehouse.htm
View
along the River Lea towpath by Walthamstow Marsh, looking towards Lea
Bridge Road - an unbroken stretch of counryside with no
residential buildings.
The Lee Valley ice centre, adjacent to the Essex Wharf
site, is
visible under the section of bridge over the river.
It is this unbroken
countryside that we are striving to protect from inappropriate
development.
19th May 2011
A
paper from the LVRPA states that they have taken legal advice regarding
the cost and chances of success with Judicial Review. On the basis of
the advice received, they are inclined not to proceed with this. The
paper will be presented to the LVRPA Executive Committee on 26th May
2011.
A petition was circulated, "calling upon the Lee Valley Regional Park
Authority to apply for Judicial Review to prevent the Essex Wharf site
being developed for high density housing of up to seven storeys. The
site is surrounded by Metropolitan Open Land and nature reserves and is
in the middle of the Regional Park which was established by Act of
Parliament to provide a green lung for the enjoyment and health of inner
city dwellers and create leisure and recreational opportunities. In
keeping with the original intentions of Parliament, we would ask that
the Park Authority take the necessary judicial action to represent the
public interest". The petition is to be presented to the
Park Authority on Monday 23rd May. If you wish to sign the petition,
please send you full name and postcode to the email address on our Contact
page, not later than Sunday 22nd May. Your email address will
also be included on the petition for verification of
identity.
6th May
2011
London Borough of
Waltham Forest confirmed Planning Permission for the development after
agreeing Section 106
conditions with the
developers.
7th April
2011
Members of the Lea Valley Federation (LVF)
discussed what action we might take about the report to the Lower Lee
Valley Regeneration and Planning Committee 7th April meeting from
Stephen Wilkinson (LVRPA), which recommends that the Park Authority does
not request Judicial Review of Waltham Forest's decision to grant
planning permission for high-density housing at Essex
Wharf.
We decided to attempt to persuade the
Committee to defer their decision until more authoritative information
is available. A link to our report is below.
We
presented the views of the LVF in person at the meeting. The decision
will now probably be taken at an Executive Committee meeting; it is not
clear which meeting this will be.
Thank you for your
support, especially those who attended the meeting. We will
keep in touch about further developments.
LVF
report to Committee
21st March
2011
The Lea Valey
Federation issued a Press Release. Leabridge Ward Councillors released
their statement.
Press
Release
Leabridge
Ward Councillors' statement
18th March
2011
The Lea Valley
Federation were informed of the Secretary of State's decision NOT to
call-in the Planning Consent for the third application.
Decision
4th March
2011
The Lea Valley
Federation were informed by Paul Jackson B Arch (Hons) RIBA, an
Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local
Government, of his decision to reject the appeal by the applicants
against refusal of Planning Permission for their second
application.
Covering
letter
Decision
8th February
2011
The Lea Valley
Federation made representations to Ian McNally of Communities and Local
Government, supporting the proposition that the planning consent for the
third application should be called in for public
enquiry.
Letter
or representation
4th January 2011
The
LB Waltham Forest Planning Committee approved the third application for
high-rise residential development at the Essex Wharf (Essex and
Eastwood Wharf) site.
Account
of the meeting
21st December 2010
The third
Planning Application for residential development on the Essex Wharf site
will be heard
on:
Tuesday 4th January
2011 at Waltham Forest Town Hall at
7:30pm.
Full details of the application and
objections are now on the LB Waltham Forest website
"41
Application 2010/0934 Essex Wharf, Lea Bridge Road, E5"
Agenda
item 41, pages 10 to 53.
Please support our
opposition to this application by attending this meeting,
at:
Waltham Forest Town Hall,
Forest
Road
Walthamstow
London E17 4JF
MAP.
2nd November
2010
The Lea Valley Federation submitted their
comments on the applicants' Appeal against refusal of Permission for the
second Planning Application for residential development on the Essex
Wharf site.
LVF
submission doocument
28th September
2010
The deadline for comments on the third Planning
Application is 30th September 2010.
Supporters of the
LVF's position can comment to Waltham Forest with wording such
as:
'I object to the planning application ref.
2010/0934 on the Essex Wharf site. No housing should be built on this
site because it is very important to the Lea Valley Regional Park;
because of its isolation from transport and other services for
residents; and because its
presence will create a wall of
development between two important open spaces, Millfields and Leyton
Marsh, which should remain visually linked to each
other.'
Development Control officer dealing with this
is Jon Price, email:
jon.price@walthamforest.gov.uk
.
Further details in
our Newsletter
No.2
From LVF
– Lea Valley Federation (PDF
202kB)
From NLLDC
– New Lammas Lands Defence Committee (MS Word
85kB)
10th July
1010
Sherry Green Homes, developers, gave a
presentation of their proposed design for a third Planning
Application.
Summary
of presentation and background
infromation
Thursday, 6th May
2010
London Borough of
Waltham Forest
Directorate of Environment and Regeneration voted
to REFUSE permission for the proposed residential development on the
Essex Wharf site.
They
stated:
"The proposal fails to
maximise opportunities for achieving a high quality development, by
virtue of its excessive bulk, scale, height and massing, coupled with a
lack of appropriate visual permeability, resulting in a poor integration
with, and detrimental impact on, the wider riverside and landscape
setting. In addition, the eastern elevation of the development is of
poor design quality in lacking sufficient articulation and detailing,
resulting in a detrimental visual impact to this prominent frontage of
the
development."
An account of the Essex Wharf planning
application, appeal and objections was presented at the first Open
Meeting of the Lea Valley Federation. Read
the report.
Wednesday, 3rd February
2010
London Borough of Hackney Planning
Sub-Committee voted to oppose the planning application made to LB
Waltham Forest for the residential development on the Essex Wharf
site:
* The Committee said that
housing is not appropriate on the site – this amendment was moved by the
Chair, Cllr Vincent Stops, well done him;
* The Committee recommended that "a more co-ordinated approach (via a
working group) should be undertaken to planning applications along the
River Lea". NB this would include the Thames Water
site.
Members of Lea Valley Federation and New Lammas
Lands Defence Committee (affiliated to the LVF) spoke at the
meeting.
From CABE
– Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (MS Word 277kB)
From CPRE
– Campaign to protect Rural England (MS Word 33kB)
From LVF –
Lea Valley Federation (PDF 207kB)
From MUG –
Millfields Users' Group (MS Word 62kB)
From NLLDC
– New Lammas Lands Defence Committee (MS Word 64kB)
From WFCS
– Waltham Forest Civic Society (MS Word 48kB)
From EA
– the Environment Agency - ten planning conditions to be imposed on any
planning permission granted (PDF 112kB).
The
Environment Agency's response did not contain an objection but did
contain a number of conditions. The reason for this is the framework
within which the Environment Agency is set up: The Environment Act,
1995, sets out the Environment Agency's duties; these are related to a
number of areas, including Nature Conservation (revolving only around
rivers and wetlands), Fisheries, Flood Risk Management, Contaminated
Land and Pollution. When responding to planning applications the
Environment Agency can only respond with regard to these
areas; i.e. they can object if they believe that a development
would have a impact that they would consider to be unacceptable on one
of these aspects; and not on the site as not being appropriate for
development.
Planning
Inquiry into appeal against refusal of planning permission
for earlier application for residential development
Proof
of evidence from LVRPA Head of
Planning
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