Author: Highams Park Planning Group

PETITION – To Save Hale End Library Before it is too Late

PETITION – To Save Hale End Library Before it is too Late

Re: Council Proposal to sell Highams Park’s library building and rent a property near Tesco Council officers are recommending that our library in Highams Park (known as “Hale End Library”) be sold for redevelopment as flats. The officers suggest that an alternative library space should 

Results of HPPG’s Survey of Dangerous Junctions & Crossing Points

Results of HPPG’s Survey of Dangerous Junctions & Crossing Points

We have now analysed the feedback from local residents of the survey we ran in April/May this year on dangerous junctions and crossing points in the Highams Park Area. A brief summary of the survey is as follows and full details are in the attached 

Pictures and Video of The Spring Festival in The Highams Park

Pictures and Video of The Spring Festival in The Highams Park

Everything seemed to go well last weekend and the organisers from The Highams Park Planning Group and the Friends of The Highams Park would like to thank everyone who helped put this event together. Also, we would like to extend a big thank you to all those people who came along to watch and enjoy the event for behaving so well and helping make this a very memorable day.

Please find below some pictures and links to Facebook pages with more pictures and a link to a video clip on Facebook.

Pictures:
For those of you who can access Facebook there are some fantastic picture on the “Let’s Inject Some Life Into Highams Park” Facebook page, which you can access through this link Pictures of Highams Park Spring Festival 2016. Once you are on the page you can find lots of other interesting info about what’s going on in Highams Park

Video Clip:

Courtesy of the Waltham Forest South District Scouts there is a video of one of the re-enactments which you can watch by clicking this link to their Facebook page Video of Highams Park Spring Festival 2016.  Make sure that you turn on the sound!

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The Highams Park Spring Festival is on Sunday 8th May from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm in The Highams Park IG8 9RB (by the Lake)

The Highams Park Spring Festival is on Sunday 8th May from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm in The Highams Park IG8 9RB (by the Lake)

THE VIKINGS ARE COMING TO THE SPRING FESTIVAL IN THE HIGHAMS PARK ! We have been working with the Friends of The Highams Park to present a Spring Festival on Sunday 8th May in The Highams Park, IG8 9RB (the park by Highams Park Lake) from 

The Highams Park Snedders in Action on 12th December and 10th January

The Highams Park Snedders in Action on 12th December and 10th January

Some of HPPG’s members have formed a team of volunteers called The Highams Park Snedders to help look after the Lake and Forest and the Highams Park. Here are some pictures of them hard at work on 12th December last year and on 10th January 

Selwyn School – Details of Planning Application

Selwyn School – Details of Planning Application

Please find below documents submitted in support of the planning application for Selwyn School and some photographs taken at the public exhibition on 3rd December, 2015.

If you wish to comment on the application you have 21 days from 5th January to do so. Comments should be sent to dmconsultations@walthamforest.gov.uk and refer to Application Reference Number 153749FUL.

There are quite a lot of documents, so you may not wish to read them all, so we have put the drawings first and you can scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the photographs taken at the exhibition. Click on the links to see the documents.

Selwn School – Application Details

1. Drawings
18. IAPP Document – drawings 2

19. IAPP Document – drawings 3

21. 1APP Document – drawings

22. 1APP Document – drawings

24. 1APP Document – drawings

25. 1APP Document – drawings

27. 1APP Document – drawings

28. 1APP Document – drawings

17. IAPP Document – drawings 1

2. Other Supporting Documents

20 . Tree Survey 23. Application 26. Environmental Noise Survey 1. Biodiversity and Survey Report 2. Transport Assessment – Transport Statement 3. Land Contamination Assessment 1 4. Additional Plans -Asbestos Survey 5. Travel Plan 6. Land Contamination Assessment 2 7. Land Contamination Assessment 3 8. Land Contamination Assessment 4 9. User Defined Assessment – Energy Assessment 10. Transport assessment – School Travel Plan 11. Statement of Community Involvement 12. Other Plans (BREEAM Pre- Assessment) 13. Land Contamination Assessment 5 14. Land Contamination Assessment 6 15. Land Contamination Assessment 7 16. Land Contamination Assessment 8

3. Pictures from The Public Exhibition.
Photo from Selwyn Consultation 2

Photo from Selwyn Consultation 3

Photo from Selwyn Consultation 4

Photo from Selwyn Consultation 5

Photo from Selwyn Consultation 1

 

Council Consultation on Shop Front Design Codes

Council Consultation on Shop Front Design Codes

Please find below a notification send out by Joe Addo-Yobo the Council’s Head of Planning Policy & Strategy. The shop front design codes will be rolled out across the whole Borough and it is likely that the final version of this design code will be included as a policy 

Notifications from The Neighbourhood Policing Team

Notifications from The Neighbourhood Policing Team

Please find below two circular notices from the neighborhood policing team. 1. Crime Prevention – Private Rented Properties I am emailing everybody information in relation to Private rented properties. As you maybe aware that all Privately rented houses now have to be Licensed.. If this 

Pictures of The Highams Park Christmas Fayre on 20th December 2015

Pictures of The Highams Park Christmas Fayre on 20th December 2015

With special thanks to Bea Taylor, Gill Poulter, Steve Herbert and everybody else who helped out for all their hard work in making this event such a big success!

 

 

 

 

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Crime Warning from Local Police & Burglary Prevention Leaflet

Crime Warning from Local Police & Burglary Prevention Leaflet

Please find below a message from the local police about burglaries and a leaflet giving some guidance on how to make your property safer. There is a peak in burglaries before Christmas and you can click on the following link to view the  Burglary Leaflet Xmas 2015