Local Planning

Woodford Green Amenity Group campaigns or has interests in a number of issue that may (or do) impact the area, including

Whipps Cross Hospital - Development

The committee have been in contact with Whipps Cross Hospital to better understand the development , below is an email we received in June 2023 from Alistair Finney, Whipps Cross Hospital redevelopment director we continue to engage with the hospital.

“The Government’s announcement on 25 May was certainly very welcome news.  Inevitably, we were pleased to remain in the national programme. 

 Over the coming period, we will work closely with national colleagues to agree the implications of the Government’s announcement for Whipps Cross.  This will include understanding and agreeing the next steps and timelines for approving our business cases for both the new hospital itself and the next phase of our enabling works, which includes the construction of the first of two new multi-storey car parks for the hospital.

 Over the last 4 weeks, we have certainly experienced a step change in the level of engagement with us from our colleagues in the national programme.  But what’s clear is that there is a great deal of work to be undertaken to assess alignment of the initial plans for Whipps Cross and the new national standards for the design and delivery of new hospitals.  Unfortunately, at this point, I can’t put a timeline on when we might re-engage our architect-led design team to move forward with the detailed design for the new hospital.

Ass ever, thank you for your interest in and support for the new hospital and the work we have to do to realise our vision.

Best wishes  

Alastair Finney”

Flooded Subway, High Road

We raised this directly with the council who have responded, and the subway has reopned.

The Broadway

Roof tiles falling from above Sainsbury’s , a site visit by LBR has taken place , we also riased the wall above the Coop carpark which was also inspected, we are waiting for the council to respond on next steps

Woodford Green Library & Gym

The car park is currently closed, we have contacted the council for an explanation.

Planning

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