tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791928952941604.post2330097740299175791..comments2023-10-06T14:36:34.579+01:00Comments on The Grumpy Cyclist: I remember when all this was fields...GrumpyCyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870343841388421714noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791928952941604.post-24768659589828771612012-04-22T22:28:47.988+01:002012-04-22T22:28:47.988+01:00Thank you for the posts. After years of the Arcade...Thank you for the posts. After years of the Arcade Site debacle, I don't trust the local council with decisions of this kind. Although Waltham Forest does have green spaces around it, inside the borough they are in short supply. I am not against developments in our borough, but losing parts of drapers fields seems a very unsatisfactory compromise.GrumpyCyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870343841388421714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791928952941604.post-34584691644810596432012-04-19T21:02:36.404+01:002012-04-19T21:02:36.404+01:00Found it: a comment in the local paper a while ago...Found it: a comment in the local paper a while ago: excuse long quote.<br /><br />'blackandtan, leyton says... <br />11:46pm Thu 29 Jul 10 <br />Alex Savine of the ODA planning decisions team has told me(12/07/10 at 15.56 ) that under normal circumstances when the ODA no longer need to use a piece of land they would, in accordance with the contract, return it as it originally was or in an improved state.<br /><br />However, Waltham Forest Council has yet to decide how they want Drapers Field returned. They are to carry out a consultation and then decide what to do. Having said that, the local councillors seem determined to persuade residents to have a “lovely park”. They have not mentioned the plans for their “lovely park” are enclosed on 2 sides by tower blocks, (they appear to be 8-10 storeys high).<br /><br />If they succeed in convincing people locally to vote for a “lovely park” the recreation ground we presently have with the protection of ppg17 planning guidance will be lost. As a park they will find it much easier to get around the law and build flats.<br /><br />Waltham Forest Council is free to ask at the time of drawing up the contract for the field to be returned in whatever state they wish. The decision is up to the council.<br /><br />Alex Savine also told me that Ralph Luck, director of property for the ODA ,was the man to speak to concerning negotiations on this matter with the council. Ralph Luck has been unavailable for comment for several days. Perhaps the Guardian may have better luck in contacting Mr Luck to establish the facts than I have had.<br /><br />I suspect the council want to turn the recreation ground into a park to engineer a change of use blaming the Olympics for losing this facility. I also suspect part of the deal will include selling part of Drapers Field for building flats. The Northern Olympic Fringe Master Plan states “Drapers Field area could be packaged up as a single opportunity with a disposal to the market subject to a planning framework in place”. The link below shows how the flats on Drapers Field could be envisaged. This is part of a document produced by The London School of Economics. It is the Northern Olympic Fringe Urban Co-production.<br />http://i908.photobuc<br />ket.com/albums/ac290<br />/drapersfield/draper<br />spark1.jpg<br />The Northern Olympic Fringe Master Plan first showed the flats in their proposals as can be seen in the link below. The full version of this document has since been removed from the council web site.<br /><br />http://i908.photobuc<br />ket.com/albums/ac290<br />/drapersfield/draper<br />spark2.jpg<br /><br /><br />QUOTE » | REPORT THIS POST »Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791928952941604.post-86711722951779024552012-04-18T23:48:13.078+01:002012-04-18T23:48:13.078+01:00Belated greetings, grumpycyclist: I only heard of ...Belated greetings, grumpycyclist: I only heard of your blog last week.<br />A while ago I found a post-legacy glossy brochure somewhere on the web, about the North-Olympic Development Zone, or some such (ie up to Lea Bridge Road). The CGI picture of the post-Games Drapers Field seemed to show it at least half covered in flats.<br />If I come across the exact ref I'll get it to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com