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An impression of the finished scheme (WF Council) The amount a developer will pay for land for Waltham Forest’s largest ever housing scheme could be slashed by £6.9 million, a new report reveals. On April 27, the council’s leadership will meet in private to discuss whether to finally agree the new deal with Taylor Wimpey or abandon the ‘Coronation Square’ project. The £190 million regeneration project, on the Score Centre site in Leyton, will see 750 new homes built and was granted planning permission in April last year. In August, Taylor Wimpey warned that “unforeseen costs” could “significantly” delay work, meant to start early this month, unless the council agreed to renegotiate.
An overseas company hopes to open an adult gaming centre (stock image/Pixabay) Campaigners are hoping to stop an application to open a seventh gambling outlet in one small area. Chongie Entertainment wants to turn the former Bright Sparks Homestore in High Road, Leyton, into a gambling arcade called Little Vegas, open from 8am to midnight every day. A petition is now calling on Waltham Forest Council to reject the application, pointing out there are already four bookies and two gambling arcades within a few minutes walk. It argues that allowing the “prime retail spot” on a busy crossroads to become another arcade “deprives the area of a business that could really benefit the community and do well”.