Vital local park in Redbridge faces disposal threat
The London Borough of Redbridge is planning to grant a 35-year lease of Goodmayes Park Extension to the Singh Sabha Football Club. We have objected. The park is greatly enjoyed by local people for informal recreation, it is a vital green lung in an urban area. The park is treasured by them, it is an…
Read MoreCrystal Palace campaigners win right to appeal
We are delighted that our member the Crystal Palace Community Association (CPCA) has been granted permission to appeal against the High Court ruling that the unique, Bromley Council owned, Crystal Palace Park can be sacrificed for commercial development. The CPCA’s case for an appeal was heard before Lord Justice Lewison on 31 October. He found…
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Crystal Palace campaigners fight on
The Crystal Palace Community Association (CPCA) is pursuing its fight through the courts to save the unique, Bromley Council owned, Crystal Palace Park from commercial development. The Open Spaces Society, of which CPCA is a member, has backed the association in its fight. The CPCA has been granted leave to appeal against the High Court’s…
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Lambeth Council rejects Sky One TV’s domes on Clapham Common
Lambeth’s planning committee last night (11 September) rejected the application for a domed development on Clapham Common for Sky One TV’s ‘Got to Dance’. The domes were erected before the planning application was even considered by Lambeth Council. The councillors’ rejection was contrary to the officers’ recommendation of approval. The domes, with fencing, portacabins and…
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Objectionable developments on Clapham Common
We have objected to plans to use part of Clapham Common, Lambeth, for filming Sky One’s ‘Got to Dance’. The society was founded in 1865 initially to protect the London commons from development, and we consider that this current proposal needs special common-land consent as well as planning permission. We are particularly angry that the development…
Read MoreWaltham Forest Council skimps on path width
We have criticised Waltham Forest Council for failing to show the full width of a public path in an order to add the route to the definitive map of public rights of way. We believe that the applicant for the path produced evidence to show that the full width should be shown on the official…
Read MoreWalk the Waterways of Finchley
Our member, The Finchley Society, has organised two walks along the Waterways of Finchley on Sunday 15th July and Sunday 22nd July. Full details are shown on the attached leaflets. Contact for the walks is Mike Gee on 0208 346 5503 Waterways Walk Part 1 6.5mls Waterways Walk Part 2 5.1 miles
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High court allows privatisation of public park
We are dismayed that the High Court has ruled that part of Crystal Palace Park in the London Borough of Bromley can be sacrificed for commercial development. His Honour Mr Justice Keith has rejected an appeal from the Crystal Palace Community Association against the London Development Agency’s Crystal Palace Park Masterplan. This includes the sale…
Read MoreDavid and Goliath battle for Harefield green
Next week is a further milestone in the campaign to save Harefield’s Medi Parc site as a green space for local people. On Tuesday (20 March) the public inquiry opens into the application by the Harefield Tenants’ and Residents’ Association to register the land as a village green. Harefield is a village on the western…
Read MoreWaltham Forest Council delays on its public-path duties
We have criticised Waltham Forest Council for failing to follow the correct legal procedures on public rights of way and for severe procrastination. The council has delayed adding a public highway to its official map of public paths (the definitive map), for more than five years. In 2007 local people submitted evidence that the footpath…
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