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From Waltham Forest Council's Unitary Development Plan (Chapter 10, Planning Standards and Controls) |
| SITE | SUMMARY OF LVRPA PROPOSALS AS CONTAINED IN PART TWO OF PARK PLAN (2000) | LBWF COMMENTS ON THE LVRP PROPOSALS |
| Walthamstow Marsh (Plan ref 7.4d) |
-the mix of floodplain grassland and fen and small open water areas to be restored, protected and maintained,
-the openness of the site to be safeguarded and areas just outside the reserve to be managed to enhance their ecological potential, -the history of the Marsh and special heritage features to be protected and promoted through interpretational guides, trails and physical links to other sites of heritage value and, -measures to improve public access for informal recreational, educational and heritage interest purposes to be developed further with links to and from the Lee Valley Pathway improved. | The major land use here is for nature conservation, informal recreation and environmental education. Walthamstow Marshes are of high regional importance as they are the only remaining area of intact original valley grassland and marsh in the urban part of the Park. |
| Leyton Marsh, Lea Bridge Road, E10 (Park Plan map ref:7.4e) | Positive characteristics of the landscape, including the openness of the valley, its heritage features and ecological interest to be protected. | The Council has no comments on this proposal. |
| Waterway Corridor (Park Plan Proposal WC7b) | An attractive and sensitively designed waterside leisure facility at Essex and Eastwood Wharf to be developed as a new focal point and visitor attraction with the decontamination and opening up of the infilled oxbow immediately to the north to create a new waterside location for recreational use. | The Council has no comments on this proposal. |
| Eastway Sports Centre Quartermile Lane, E15 (Park Plan map ref:7.6a) | Area for leisure, regional sporting excellence and recreation with enhanced green links and open space available for outdoor sport, informal recreation and nature conservation. Regional leisure and sports facilities to be provided through the redevelopment of existing sites and re-use of buildings at the Lee Valley Sports Centre and Hackney Stadium sites. | The Council has no comments on this proposal. |