Category: Wansteadium

New fancy pants countdown-style pedestrian lights installed outside the George.

The future of this familiar Wanstead building is in the balance as planners decide if it can be redeveloped into three new houses.

The owners of the I&K Brown garage on Church Path are retiring, and the plan involves the partial demolition and redevelopment of four linked buildings on the site. Currently up to 20 cars a day are repaired at the site, but the plan says a residential use would be more in keeping with the surrounding area.

Planners are considering the application. The Wanstead Society has indicated it generally supports the application (below), though is not keen on the design. One member of the public has mentioned that there are still disused underground petrol tanks at the front of the property so there is some potential for contamination.

The planning document however says: “The surrounding area is wholly residential and so the proposed
change is compatible with the character of the locality. The new houses will contribute to
the residential character, where the existing workshop does not.”

The detailed plans and application can be inspected on the Redbridge website, under planning application number 1536/14

 

Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “For me around every corner there is a picture and walking down the alley between Woodbine Place to Cambridge Park I came across this electricity sub station. The varying colours around it, red wall, green leaves and the steel grey of the doors with a little graffiti thrown in shouted picture.”

The Wanstead Fringe is gearing up for its second year, and ace impresario Alistair MacQueen, right, is on the hunt for musicians who will take part.

There will be a number of gigs and performances at venues around Wanstead during the Fringe week (6-13 September), suiting a number of different styles. Last year’s evening gigs at the Larder were memorable events and the hope is that this year will be even better.

Any performers wanting to take part should drop Alistair a line via Twitter @AliMacQueen or email via info@wansteadfringe.org

* If you are thinking of organising your own event for the Fringe and haven’t yet got in touch to tell the Fringe folk about it, please do as they are compiling the week’s programme. The second Wanstead Fringe will take place at locations across Wanstead in the week of 6-13 September, and will include comedy, films, music, talks, cookery and children’s events.

… not actually in Wanstead

Geoff Wilkinson captured the amazing light in Wanstead on Friday night on Wanstead Daily Photo.