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“For ten years, my client has had an investment in the future of Ilford and, the next minute, you take it away from him and give it to a developer recently arrived in the borough.”
The developer said it had had “extensive conversations” with the building’s owner over the last two years but said the dispute was “not a planning consideration”.
They added that they had discussed acquiring the land through the council’s Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) powers if necessary, “essentially safeguarding that land for a school”.
The council’s education department is currently advising the Department of Education to halt plans for two new schools in the borough, as decreasing class sizes threaten existing schools’ finances.
A mock-up of the Goodmayes Tesco redevelopment (Weston Homes) Plans to build ‘toxic Tesco towers’ of more than 1,200 homes will go ahead but the delivery of a proposed new station entrance remains uncertain. Hundreds of people wrote to Redbridge Council’s planning committee to oppose the redevelopment of Goodmayes Tesco Extra, while 3,000 signed a petition against it. Most objections cited the pressure the huge influx of residents would place on public services and traffic, as well as air pollution created by the scheme. However, after hours of discussion, all but three councillors voted for developer Weston Homes’ plans, which will also see a new Tesco, a primary school and a village hall built on the site.
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Parking was also addressed in the speech given by applicant Amir Ramezani, who acknowledged that it was a recurring issue throughout the consultation process.
Citing undesignated spaces, outsiders parking on the estate and verge parking as the three current issues, Mr Ramezani said his scheme solves all but one of those problems.
What can t be remedied, he said, is outsiders parking on the estate: This will only be solved by controlled parking of some description.
Such a possibility was ruled out by Cllr Martin Sachs (Lab, Barkingside) in his contribution to the debate. Cllr Sachs - speaking on behalf of fellow ward councillor Khaled Noor and Ilford North MP Wes Streeting - stated that plans for controlled parking in Barkingside were pushed back by four years at least at last week s council cabinet meeting.