High-rise towers on the edge of a Hackney park will “negatively impact” nearby homes, according to an objector to council plans for the former Britannia.
High-rise towers on the edge of a Hackney park will “negatively impact” nearby homes, according to an objector to council plans for the former Britannia.
Jasmine Cannon-Ikurusi Wigodo, Conservatives
Jasmine Cannon-Ikurusi Wigodo, Conservatives.
- Credit: The UK Sapphire Foundation
Jasmine Cannon-Ikurusi Wigodo is campaigning on a platform of improved health and wellbeing, opportunities for employment and training in the borough, a reduction of crime rates, and improved road safety awareness.
Founder of NGO Sapphire Community Group, which works to help young people with employment support, mental health, personal development and empowerment through the creative arts, the Conservative candidate pledged also to work on homelessness and social housing, pledging to be “a voice for the silent voices in our society.”
She said: “I have been on the sidelines for six years trying to make a change through community grassroots work but I believe it is time that I embark on this journey to marry politics and community together.
Readers letters
The Britannia Leisure Centre before redevelopment started
- Credit: Ken Mears
Time for a rethink on the Britannia Leisure Centre
Pat Turnbull, Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaign, full address supplied, writes:
It has been reported that much of Hackney Council’s £227m capital spend this year – a particularly hard financial year – is on the Britannia Project. This figure contrasts starkly with the maximum of £17m which the council quoted to the Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaign for a full refurbishment of Britannia Leisure Centre. Instead, the council decided to knock down the Britannia and build a replacement on Shoreditch Park.