Leyton residents shocked to discover car park to be built on | East London and West Essex Guardian Series
Residents Louis Barron, Ewan Macfarlan and Akeil Yousaf were surprised to discover they did not own their parking spaces A group of Leyton residents discovered the council planned to have homes built on their car park when a prospective developer showed up to take a look. The car park off Claude Road was built in the 1960s for terraced houses being built at the same time, which did not have on-street spaces. Until November, the current residents believed they owned the car park and were shocked to discover the council was offering it as a site for affordable housing. The council maint...