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Hotel plan for
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The former Ilford Police Station could
become a 10-storey aparthotel if developers are given the green light.
Chand Developments Ltd has applied
to Redbridge Council for outline planning permission to build the new 70unit accommodation on the empty Ilford
Hill site.
The developers plan to retain the current building as part of the new hotel.
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increasing demand for both commercial
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■ Aldborough Hatch residents show their opposition to the gravel firm’s plans which would see a popular bridleway closed
Picture: Nicholas Smith
THE PITS!
■ Neighbours prepare for battle over gravel extraction plan
■ Vicar fears for church as quarry firm expands operation
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by Beth Wyatt
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Neighbours are drawing up battle
lines over plans by a gravel extraction
firm which they say will endanger a
church and close a bridleway.
Brett Lefarge plans to extract 900,000
tonnes of gravel and sand at Aldborough Hatch Farm, Newbury Park,
within 100 metres of St Peter’s Church.
The Rev Kate Lovesey says she has
“real concerns” for the church and revealed grave stones had already sunk
due to previous gravel extraction.
Aldborough Hatch Defence Associa-
tion chairman Ron Jeffries told the Recorder residents had suffered dust and
noise from the workings for 50 years
and had endured enough.
“This is unacceptable,” he said this
week. “We don’t want any more.”
■ News special pages 6&7
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Recorder, Thursday July 24, 2014
NEWS SPECIAL
Neighbours
dig in heels
over more
quarrying
■ Aldborough Hatch residents with the Rev Kate Lovesey (middle) and
Cllr John Howard. They fear moving the gravel extraction site nearer
the 151-year-old St Peter’s Church will put it in jeopardy
Picture: Nicholas Smith
For over
50 years they
have had to
suffer dust
and noise
Extending gravel extraction
by six years ‘unacceptable’
Enough is enough, say residents after learning plans
are afoot for yet more gravel
quarrying at Aldborough
Hatch.
Ron Je
of the Aldborough Hatch
Defence Association, said:
“For over 50 years they have
had to suffer dust and noise
from gravel extraction.
“This is unacceptable. We
don’t want any more.”
Brett Lafarge will be
seeking permission in the
autumn to extract 900,000
tonnes of gravel and sand at
Aldborough Hatch Farm.
The work would be opposite the Miller and Carter
Restaurant, known locally
as the Dick Turpin, and
close to St Peter’s Church
and homes in St Peter’s
Close and Oaks Lane.
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The company, which carried out an exhibition and
consultation in Aldborough
Hatch in 2011, is proposing to work 100m from the
church and will allegedly
close Bridleway 93 for a
minimum of two years, diverting part of it, and building a roadway from it.
Mr Jeffries, 81, of Spearpoint Gardens, which is
opposite the proposed site,
said his group would fight
for the wo
150m from the church
was also concerned about
the bridleway plans, which
would affect pedestrians,
horse riders and schoolchildren, among others.
Jenny Chalmers, also of
Spearpoint Gardens, said
she was “totally opposed”
to further wo
the area has been destroyed
for long enough.
One of the biggest worries is the effect work could
have on 151-year-old St Peter’s Church.
The Rev Kate Lovesey
said: “We do have very real
concerns for the building
and for the churchya
which has real problems
with the sinking of grave
stones due to the change in
the water tabl
been attributed to the works
of the gravel extraction in
other parts of Aldborough
Hatch.”
Upon a planning permission application being submitted to Redbridge Council, the association, which
wants to hear residents’
views, will “campaign vigorously”. Mr Jeffries said:
“We would really like to see
them go for good and never
come back.”
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WHAT THE COMPANY SAYS...
Brett Lafarge has completed the
extraction work it was already
undertaking in Aldborough Hatch,
but it is now finalising its planning
application for the possible
extraction area at Aldborough
Hatch Farm, which would extend
the operational life of the quarry
by about six years.
Simon Treacy, the company’s
estates manager, said: “We
initially consulted the local
community about our plans in
2011.
“There have been some delays
to the programme, but we now
plan to submit an updated
application in early autumn.
“As well as maintaining
continued supply of materials to
local construction projects, there
would be no significant changes
to the location of the processing
plant, the hours of working,
working practices or employment
levels.
“What would now be different
would be a new scheme to
manage the dirty water coming
from the old Redbridge Council
landfill and a restoration
scheme which incorporates
some feedback from our last
consultation exhibition.
“We are also discussing
footpath management with the
London Borough of Redbridge to
ensure site safety and security.
“We don’t adopt a
standardised approach but tailor
stand-offs to local environments
around specific properties. We
base these on the results of the
various technical evaluations
which are being carried out
by independent specialist
consultants.
“At Fairlop, the stand-off may
not be the same all around the
site, but will generally be about
100 metres.
“Once our plans and proposals
are finalised, we will distribute
information across the local
community, which will also be
made available via our website.”
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History of the quarry
1851 onwards
Fairlop Plain was born when
100,000 trees were cut down by
the Crown in Hainault Forest. For
about 10 years, roads were laid
out, such as Forest Road and
Hainault Road, and farms and
farmhouses were built, as was St
Peter’s Church. The Crown land
was sold to the London County
Council and later to Ilford and then
Redbridge Council
area’s environment and to make
sure the proposed sand and gravel
extractions did not affect the
church and the church halls. Rev
Barnes led the campaign to fight
for a buffer zone of 300 yards
from the church, which
was successful. In the end,
the area excavated began
opposite the Dick Turpin
and Aldborough Hall Farm
1999
2001
After months of negotiations, the
council’s regulatory committee
agreed in July that the stand-off
would be increased to 150m.
The excavation
went ahead. The
sand and gravel
excavated to the
rear of the Dick
Turpin was found
to be polluted
and was returned
£40m plans for a
racecourse in Fairlop
waters were revealed.
A second planning
during the First World War and the
It was submitted to the
application for
Second World War
council in August by the
the racecourse
Wiggins Group, with a
was refused by
10,000-seat grandstand,
■ November 18,
The site was set to become the
Redbridge Council
an all-weather oval dirt track,
2004
new London airport, but it was
150-room hotel and corporate
eventually deemed unsuitable and
hospitality. In October, 500
The Aldborough Hatch Defence
Heathrow became a reality
residents attended a meeting
Association was told that Brett
organised by the Aldborough
Lafarge would be putting in a
Hatch Defence Association, also
Major gravel extraction began. The attended by MPs, councillors and
planning application to excavate
first area of extraction was to the
on Aldborough Hatch Farm over
representatives from the Wiggins
north of what is now the Fairlop
the area bordering Aldborough
Group
Waters Golf Course. Household
Road North, St Peter’s Church,
refuse was used as infill until the
St Peter’s Close and Oaks Lane.
A public exhibition was held
contractors listened to residents’
Nothing happened
at the church halls about the
complaints and used soil
proposed gravel extraction at the
Racecourse developers
farm. A planning application was
Planestation Group PLC decided
A planning application was made
submitted to Redbridge Council
to take up a public inquiry appeal,
to begin extraction on Aldborough
in September. The proposals
but the council agreed to buy
Hatch Farm, over the area
included a standback the lease from administrators
stretching north from the
off buffer zone
Grant Thornton – ending the battle
church up to what is now
of 75m from the
the southern boundary of
rear of homes in
The defence association was
Fairlop Waters
Applegarth Drive
told an exhibition Brett Lafarge
and Bawdsey
planned to hold for residents had
Avenue. The
to be delayed until 2010 because
Aldborough
of technical issues
Hatch Defence
Shortly after becoming
Association held
the vicar of the church,
an open meeting
An exhibition and consultation
the Rev Bill Barnes
in October in the
by Lafarge took place in July,
formed the Aldborough
church halls, which
attended by about 150 residents
Hatch Defence
was attended by
Association to protect the ■ August 1, 2002
about 180 residents.
1914
onwards
Fairlop Plain became an airfield
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