Newsletter plugging meeting on 6th February

 

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C/O 120 Blythswood Road Ilford IG3 8SG 30th December 2022

07956 263088 twitter: @andywalker1945 email: andy.walker@talk21.com

Dear Residents

Stop the Tesco Toxic Towers!

Public Meeting 8pm Monday 6^th February 2023 8pm Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road IG3 8UA

Our permission hearing for Judicial Review against the Tesco Toxic Towers takes place on the 14^th February. We hope to get a turnout from supporters outside the court and in the court room on the day for press photos. If we win it means a full hearing later on this year. If we lose, providing our barrister says an appeal is reasonable, we will appeal to the Court of Appeal.

 

A key issue at the hearing will be the proposed primary school facing onto the polluting High Road. The flats adjacent to the school have air filters to the seventh floor to protect families from toxic air, hence the campaign labelling the development the Tesco Toxic Towers. However, the proposed school does not have air filters. Redbridge Council and Weston Homes are opposing Building Bulletin 101 from going into the court bundle. Redbridge Council approvingly referenced Building Bulletin 101 in the officer report with regard to ventilation standards to stop the proposed school from overheating. BB 101 also states Councils must consider air filters for schools in high pollution areas. The officer report given to Councillors on the night the Towers were passed failed to mention this requirement for the Council to consider air filters. Arguably this omission was misleading the Councillors who made the decision. We do not get the time of the hearing until the day before. If it is an afternoon hearing, we will switch to a later meeting time. There is a Facebook Event page at https://fb.me/e/2ffcoZ9Xt

 

Main issues to discuss at the meeting on the 6th to include

 

1) Minutes and Matters arising from last meeting

2) A discussion about how to Sam Tarry to support our Judicial Review

3) Building the turnout for the hearing on the 14^th

4) Fundraising

 

Regards

 

Andy Walker