The Lincolns site is in the process of being bought by CBHA, a housing association. FARA chair Flash met with Freya Johnstone from CBHA to find out more. The site is still owned by Trust Inns at present but CBHA expect to complete the sale soon. Their current plans include: Demolishing the existing building Creating…

The Council is consulting residents on a new Core Strategy Document. This provides the strategic vision, objectives and policies for the Borough up to 2026. It covers key topics such as housing, transport, education, climate change, job creation, health… all the things we care about in fact! You can participate in the consultation online here.…

Spotted in the local press: plans are afoot to improve Wanstead Park and notably to restore the ‘Grotto’ which has been fenced off for some years. Read the full story in the Waltham Forest Guardian.

The Council has obtained £2 million from Transport for London to invest in making Leytonstone High Road a safer and more attractive area. They have published a plan of proposed improvements, some of which are covered by the available funding so can definitely go ahead in 2011 and 2012, others are things they would like…

You may recall our concern about Tyreworld, a tyre and exhaust fitting centre in the parade of shops on the High Road between Davies Lane and Ferndale Road. FARA objected to their retrospective planning application, on the grounds that cars were crossing the pavement and creating a danger for pedestrians. Although we understood they had…

Tyre World’s application to retain the ground floor of 544-546 High Road Leytonstone as a tyre sales and fitting centre has been refused. Grounds for refusal were: 1. The proposed retention of tyre sales fitting centre would result in unacceptable conflicts of vehicle and pedestrian movements for uses of the site including public foot path…

Tyre World at 544-546 High Road have put in a planning application. Their premises used to be the Age Concern shop, and currently they are trading without permission, as the shop only has planning permission for retail use (Class A1). They are applying to change it to Light Industrial. We do not believe this is…

A planning appeal regarding the application to develop 534 High Road E11 (at the end of Ferndale Road) will be held at the Town Hall in Walthamstow at 10am on Tuesday 24 February. The Council refused the owners’ application to retain the  ground floor shop and 2 flats above, and to erect a ground and…

New planning laws took effect on 1 October 2008. These allow for certain types of extensions, loft conversions etc to take place without the need for planning permission. However it isn’t a free-for-all as there are strict limits on what you can do under this new scheme. For example if you are extending to within…

New Council planning guidelines have banned conversions of houses into flats in eight wards including Cann Hall and Leytonstone. Also more investment has gone into the planning enforcement team, meaning it is better placed to tackle rogue developers. Read the full story in the Waltham Forest Guardian