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[rosylee] 03/3/2004 09:40

Thanks for the thread Energyi. I was brought up in this area and remember it as a place of poverty and blight. Of workmen falling into ships holds and wasting away with no compensation. The tally man calling and getting no answer would shout oily oily through the letter box so that people would think it was the paraffin man and open the door.

"Sparrows Can't Sing" was shot in Stratford and the Theatre Royal used to have the deepest stage in London. Not having any money after the war to repair the back wall they staged Macbeth in modern battledress on the scaffolding, the foul deed being done with a pistol.

Glad to see it changing for the better and access to the canals easier. Perhaps you have seen a copy of The East End Then & Now, Edited by Winston Ramsey. The Library at Bancroft Road, Mile End had an archivest a few years ago who led walks through the area, he might still do so.

[energyi] 25/2/2004 19:43

I see...
we walked down Roman Road.
Best part seems to be closest to Bethnal Green, rather than further west

[uncle john] 25/2/2004 10:21

Energyi
No specific ideas but a few of the factors that influenced our choice.
We wanted more space than an apartment would give us, just too much stuff collected over the years. So we looked at houses.

Because of Madames job she needs to get to central London easily. We can get to Barbican or Wigmore hall in 1/2hour or so by Central Line. Or Embankment or Westminster by District Line is a little longer.
DLR INMHO gives very slow journey times and changing at Bank seems a long long walk to Dist Line especially at the end of a night out. We also have frequent buses, cheaper than tube and somtimes more local.

Some areas seem busy in daytime but deserted at night when people are indoors.
We also wanted local shops (short walk for millk or bread).

We dont have smart restaurants though, we have Brick Lane and Roman Road.

Hope that helps.
J

[uncle john] 24/2/2004 20:51

energyi+gf
Thanks for this thread- it truly is great.
We moved to Bethnal Green last year, Have seen some of the places you show.
We shop at Tesco at Three millls and drink at Limehouse sometimes, usually The Grapes. Sometimes Approach Tavern.
Good Luck with the exploring.
j+w

[energyi] 22/2/2004 21:24

thnx for noticing, JimCarr.

My GF and I are exploring this area almost every weekend.
And I am recording some notes on what we see.


It is possible that we will invest in a flat or in a boat/mooring.
But not before doing quite alot of research.
(And we are enjoying the walking and the research)

Longer term, the EU sponsored spending, some possible Olympic spending,
and Eurostar travel from France could make this one of the more resilient
areas in the (forthcoming?) property downturn.

That's my opinion anyway. Others are entitled to theirs

[jimcar] 22/2/2004 20:30

Energyi

What is you interest in this area?

I have walked along these waterways from Victoria Park to Limehouse. It is a fascinating area. Try and get some pictures of the gasometers and waterworks.

It will need some major regeneration though.

[energyi] 22/2/2004 20:14

CAPITAL EAST


1, 2 and 3 bedroom homes
Price range: £254,995 to £503,995

Capital East is a new luxury development of waterfront apartments and penthouses in the Royal Docks. Capital East adds a stunning new dimension to the transformation of the Docklands into one of the most exciting and dynamic parts of London.

Within metres of Royal Victoria DLR Station, Capital East is perfectly located to get the best out of London living, enjoying journey times of just seven minutes to Canary Wharf and fifteen minutes to London Bridge.

The stunning apartments enjoy a superb specification including designer fitted kitchens with stainless steel oven, hob and hood plus fully integrated fridge/freezer, washer/dryer and dishwasher, spacious living/dining area and en-suite facility and terraces or balconies to most apartment designs.

Contemporary design combines seamlessly with a dockside location to bring you the excellent Capital East.

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[energyi] 22/2/2004 20:03

ExCEL Centre: HISTORY AND DESIGN :

More than a decade ago plans were sketched out by the former London Docklands Development Commission for the vast rump of its semi-derelict holdings at Royal Docks. Booms and slumps came and went; responsibility passed to English Partnerships and then the London Development Agency. But one fact remained: London needed more space to host the trade shows and exhibitions which had become an integral part of modern marketing.

The Association of Exhibition Organisers had already commissioned architect Ray Moxley to find a site within the M25 but the best he could come up with was Rainham Marshes. In 1992 he called in Iain Shearer, who was a high-flier in more ways than one. He had scored goals for Hamilton Academicals, flown airliners for BOAC [now British Airways] then spent 20 years in the property industry.

The flight had a few bumps, however. While transforming London's South Bank at Battersea with swish apartment blocks, the property crash took down his company, Broadwell Land. But he bounced back when the Berlin Wall also crashed, helping create Brandenburg Park, the largest business development in the former East Germany. He says he has been heavily involved in 'dozens' of other developments in the UK but prefers to keep out of the public gaze nowadays.

Despite enthusiastic support from the LDDC, its successor English Estates and Newham Council, the crucial turning point for ExCeL came when AEO chairman Stephen Brooks was visiting the new Malaysian Exhibition Centre and mentioned London's plight to the owner Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew. He came up with the seed capital and now owns more than 40%. Other shareholders include United Business Media, Reed Exhibitions, English Partnerships and Sir Robert McAlpine

They were backing a vision which saw beyond the dereliction to fundamental attractions of the Royals site. It was probably the last in London capable of handling a 100-acre project. Unlike the early days of Canary Wharf, it is well served by public transport, with three light rail stations and the Jubilee Tube line nearby, while on the next wharf is the ultimate attraction for international exhibitions, City Airport.

Private transport is still a key to success, however. Across the river, the Dome is said to have failed partly because of the tight restrictions on car access. Excel has more than 5,000 parking spaces. Just as important, perhaps, is the room to marshal more than 800 lorries which have only a short haul from the M25.

Starting from scratch also enabled Moxley Architects to employ leading edge technology including Web kiosks and mobile business centres for visitors to keep in touch with their office. The heating and ventilation is designed to provide different conditions when the two main halls are subdivided, offering flexibility for half a dozen smaller exhibitions to go on at once.

The range of users was also considered. On one day the huge floors could be packed with diners yet they are also strong enough to take the weight of a Chieftain tank, the centrepiece of this year's defence equipment exhibition. And the equipment is designed to fit 'green' rules likely to become increasingly strict in future. Most of the space is naturally ventilated rather than air-conditioned and even the toilets use no mains water.

English Partnerships can celebrate the prospects of a massive payback in jobs and kudos for the years of work and £16m of investment in the roads and plaza around Excel. Shearer will get his own reward from his shareholding in the centre but you get the feeling that he will be just as pleased with the kudos of proving the doubters wrong.

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[energyi] 22/2/2004 19:59

"POOR NEWHAM" IN SHOCK AS £800K
PENTHOUSE SETS NEW HOMES RECORD
Shocked residents in Britain's poorest borough were just getting to grips with homes costing over £300K when the Docklands demand struck again and the latest offering, an 18 storey penthouse at Barrier Point, the Euro-style riverside condo in Silvertown, is launched on the market at a staggering £800,000.

It could have been £1M but housebuilders Barratt Homes pulled back at the last minute despite a sister Tower at Pierhead Lock, Isle of Dogs being snapped up for £350K and offered at £1M less than one year later. They later pitched another Tower penthouse there at £800,000 and it sold quickly, indicating the housebuilder might have crashed through the £1M barrier.

As yet, the only amenities in the whole of Silvertown are scruffy Docks era pubs and the best restaurants are to be found in the ExCeL exhibition centre on the other side of the Royal Victoria Dock. The Barrier Point development has its own leisure facilities and helpful porters to handle the laundry and other deliveries from Tesco and the e-local shopping service of London Docklands Online.

But with developers fighting to grab the prime Dockside and riverbank sites buyers with vision might soon be able to convince themselves they are buying into the Jewel of Docks crown as Royal Docklands regeneration speeds up. See our Hot Property List for details

[energyi] 19/2/2004 16:26

BOW & Newham Area... More & More Property Development


Bow Central :
The Angelis :
Capital East:
Horizon.....:


BOW CENTRAL : Ordell Road, Bow, London, E3
First Phase launching soon.
Bow Central is a development of 1 and 2 bedroom apartments and 3 and 4 bedroom townhouses. Located in increasingly popular Bow, the development has good road, underground, DLR and bus links into the City and Docklands.

The development is to be set within a gated community and most of the properties within it will have a terrace, balcony or garden. Off-street parking will also be available.

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THE ANGELIS
This stylish Islington development of one and two bed, two bath apartments, plus one amazing 2508 sq.ft. penthouse, with its own private roof terrace - will benefit from an air-conditioned gymnasium, movie/screening room, with two residents' roof terraces, gated underground parking, 24 hour security including a daytime concierge, and delightful park and water views of the City Canal Basin opposite. Completion Autumn 2004.


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WHY THE HOMES RUSH?
Despite the 22,000 new waterside homes built during Docklands regeneration, demand currently exceeds supply with move-in dates on some developments stretching into next year.

Housebuilders are selling 40 percent of their offerings "off plan" with completions a year or more away. In that period, apartments can change hands two or three times as the pent-up demand fuels large increases in property values and profit for early buyers.

Half the residential sales serve the buoyant rentals market where returns, coupled with capital increases, produce good returns for buy for rent investors. The area is attracting wealthy British and overseas residents due to the unique 55 miles of waterside, relocation of banking and media giants, and the excellent transport links to the rest of London and Europe.

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[energyi] 16/2/2004 00:21

Extortionate rents and a labor shortage put a brake on London's Chinatown
BY STUART PARROTT

London's Chinatown is not the oldest or largest in the world but it does claim one unique distinction: The best location. "It's the only Chinatown right at the heart of a capital," boasts local community leader Paul Lam. But sky-high rents put the survival of many businesses on a knife's edge.

Chinatown lies in the fashionable West End, in the center of theater land, just a stone's throw from Piccadilly Circus and a short taxi ride from many of London's main tourist attractions. This colorful district known as Soho is a "must" destination for many of the 20 million or so tourists who come to London every year.

However, chill winds are blowing through Chinatown. And the soaring rents combined with falling profits make many restaurateurs pessimistic about future prospects. Only 18 months ago, when the British economy was booming - prompting Newsweek magazine to call London "the coolest city on the planet" - Chinatown's many restaurants were so busy that queues of tourists and visitors often spilled onto the streets.

Not any more. In recent months, the number of people eating out has fallen. Britons are proving reluctant to spend amid predictions of a recession. Tourists have been deterred by the unusual strength of the pound. And, since the Asian economic crash, fewer Hong Kongers, Japanese and Southeast Asians are coming to London. But the main reason for pessimism, say Chinatown businesspeople, is crippling rent rises imposed by greedy landlords. Some fear they'll be driven out of business.

"Chinatown is going through a very tough time," says Hong Kong-born Lam. "The rent and rate increases are way above what many restaurateurs can afford. Everyone is putting a brave face on it. They are being typically Oriental. No one likes to accept the reality. But somehow they'll have to find a way out of the crisis."
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TODAY THE CHINESE business community is a victim of its own success. In three decades it has transformed two narrow back streets, Gerrard and Lisle, sandwiched between the milling crowds of Leicester Square and the theatergoers of Shaftesbury Avenue, into an upmarket enclave reminiscent of Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong nightspot district. According to one survey, this small area is one of the top 10 tourist attractions of London. It has the densest concentration of restaurants in London, offering crispy aromatic duck, dim sum and Peking-style dumplings.

"Over the years, a lot of money has been plowed back into doing all the premises up to create more attraction," says Lam. "Chinatown's businesses have done this on their own initiative, financing the improvements from their own profits and their own savings."

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[energyi] 15/2/2004 23:52

Thames Gateway ...
...is currently one of the most socially and economically deprived sub – regions in Britain with serious problems of social exclusion, economic inactivity, educational under achievement, poor health and high levels of crime. However, there are also exciting opportunities for growth and regeneration. These include the Thames Gateway Regeneration project and innovative plans for transport development such as the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link at Stratford and the Crossrail scheme.

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[energyi] 15/2/2004 23:43

Second Chinatown proposed for London


The Chinese Year of the Monkey began yesterday

A second Chinatown could be built in the Thames Gateway area, according to Mayor Ken Livingstone.

Mr Livingstone made the announcement yesterday during festivities to mark the Chinese New Year in central London. A new Chinatown could be sited in east London in the Gateway area and would fit the pattern of the development of tourism, trade, and culture in the area, he said.

"The second Chinatown will be at the centre of tourism in London," he told crowds assembled for the New Year celebrations.

The Mayor was one several dignitaries called on to 'dot the eyes of the dragon', a tradition symbolising the waking of the beast for the New Year. Thousands of people gathered in Chinatown, Leicester Square, and Trafalgar Square for the events yesterday, which included a fireworks display and dragon costume dancing.

9:03am Monday 26th January 2004

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He said: "The second Chinatown will be at the centre of tourism in London. It will take a few months to get the paperwork right but I am committed to this."

The current Chinatown is small compared with other cities with significant ethnic Chinese populations, such as Toronto and Sydney, but it enjoys a high profile thanks to its location in Soho, the central London tourist and entertainment district.

Meanwhile, as part of celebrations in Manchester, where 30,000 ethnic Chinese live, a "golden dragon parade" was to snake through the town centre to Chinatown where organisers promised "dazzling entertainment" plus fairground rides and oriental food stalls.
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By one estimate, there are 300,000 ethnic Chinese throughout Britain, from mainland Chinese students to the British-born descendants of 1960s immigrants from Hong Kong's rural New Territories.

[energyi] 15/2/2004 23:31

The Chinese in Britain

The first Chinese to settle in Britain arrived in the late 18th century. They were exclusively male, and employees of the East India Company. They settled in the dock areas of Liverpool and Limehouse in London. Although the success of the British in the Opium Wars (1840 - 1842) lead to an increased degree of contact between Britain and China, the Chinese population in Britain remained very, very small. At the turn of the 20th Century there were just 545 Chinese in Britain, almost exclusively male. They ran small shops and cafes, catering for the extremely transient Chinese population of seamen.

By 1914 there were some 30 Chinese businesses in the Limehouse area of London, which had become known as Chinatown. The British were, however, far from welcoming. In particular Chinese sailors were considered a direct threat to their British counterparts - in 1908 British seamen formed a picket at the East India Dock to prevent Chinese crews from signing on for work.

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[energyi] 15/2/2004 20:48

About Copthorn

Copthorn Homes is part of Countryside Properties Plc, which operates in strategic land development, private and affordable house building and the commercial property sector. This unique mix of expertise allows the Countryside Group to plan, promote and deliver a range of residential, mixed-use and mixed-tenure communities.

The Group has an annual turnover in excess of £400m, has over 1000 staff, and is
a good practice employer being awarded the 'Investor in People' standard in 2000.
It also publishes its own environmental social and ethical report, as well as having
its own Graduate Training Academy. With its own skills and those of Countryside Properties, Copthorn has the collective power to devise the right individual solutions to unlock the value of a site. "We think about marketing when we start designing, so we add value all the way through" says Travers, "our approach will help you realise your opportunity."

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[energyi] 15/2/2004 20:22

Guidebook: London E3
27 Nov 2000

This week I nominate... Bow. And why not? With plenty of period properties, new apartments and acres of green space and coupled with millions of pounds of inward investment...

This area is emerging as one of the East End's most attractive residential options. With £33.5million of lottery cash finding its way to Mile End Park and regeneration schemes further advanced than in neighbouring districts, things are definitely on the way up.

In truth, Bow has long offered a slightly smarter version of East End life. The proximity of Victoria Park and the de-industrialisation of the canal brought an inevitable desirability. The slums, home to Sylvia Pankhurst's suffragette movement, were soon reduced to pockets of deprivation and then cleared away: Rachel Whiteread's infamous cast of a Bow house took one of the last remaining slum dwellings as its mould. Conservation areas, including Victoria Park, and the delightful Tredegar Square, house impressive period properties, flat conversions are ubiquitous, and apartments along the Limehouse Cut even bring in a little Docklands styling to the region.

Despite the conservation orders, property in Bow is a perfect example of the mixed urban bag, with commercial and residential areas overlapping and the various rungs of the housing ladder refusing to sit in neat geographical demarcations. This cosmopolitanism serves the area well, as all residents have a vested interest in developing the place as a whole rather than promoting enclaves of prosperity.

On the north border of E3 is Victoria Park. For the best views and priciest properties you'll have to take a step into E9, where imposing Victorian houses line Cadogen Terrace. South of the park there's a lot of housing association activity, with smart new developments and affordable flats and houses. The rejuvenated Bow Wharf carries swish apartments whilst towards Grove Road, Chisenhale and Old Ford Roads offer attractive three storey Victorian properties happily backing onto the Hertford Union Canal. Chisenhale Road is also home to one of London's most innovative art galleries.

Smaller Victorian terraces and conversions fill the roads south to the railway line. The school conversion at School Bell Mews started something of a trend in the area, by annexing workspace galleries onto the flats. Below the railway line, blue period lampposts announce your arrival in Tredegar. Tredegar Square, with its brick and white stucco Georgiana, is the gem of region. Many houses have over 5 bedrooms, and are probably the most expensive in this part of the Capital. Newer properties in streets surrounding the square have plagiarised the style with reasonable success.

Bow Quarter sits to the East next to the A102, and is taken up mostly by the mammoth Bryant & May match factory, now transformed into a huge complex of 700+ flats (many are rented) with swimming pools, bars and all the trimmings. It's an extremely well executed conversion, and has given the immediate area something of lift. The lanes of red brick terraces leading south to Grove Hall Park have been embraced into the larger Bow Quarter community and have seen their property stock rise considerably.

The area south of Bow Church provides some of the cheapest deals in the district, mainly ex-council houses and flats. It's not the prettiest patch, but renovation of the Coventry Cross council estate here bodes well for the area as a whole. Conversions of Victorian terraces across the area are attracting investment buyers. The best properties are near the DLR, around Tomlins Grove, and in some of the new Riverside developments sitting by the River Lea and Limehouse Cut.

Many of the developments (especially Bow Quarter) have a mini village of facilities of their own, but Bow's main streets carry a good range of shops. A Tesco across the River Lea provides supermarket shopping. The gentrification of the area is well illustrated by the wine bars popping up on Bow Wharf, where Jongleurs have established a comedy club. It's not all change though: you'll still find pie and mash being served up on Roman Road during market days. Roman Road is famed for its end of line fashion goodies, and there are also bargains to be picked up at the factory wholesalers along Fairfield Road.

Surrounding parkland is probably Bow's greatest boon. The vast expanse of Victoria Park has long been one of London's favourite spots, and the cash injection for Mile End Park will give this inner city region two green borders, together with extensive recreational facilities. Towpaths along the canal and River Lea offer pleasant strolling and angling possibilities, whilst the more energetic are catered for with leisure centre resources on Three Mills Lane.

The deserted distilleries at Three Mills are now home to film studios (not to mention the malevolent spirit of Nasty Nick). There are only two mills on Three Mills Island, and they offer public displays of the area's industrial past. More glimpses of East End history can be found in the Raggedy School Museum, which attempts to bring Dr Barnardo's early projects with street children to life.

Train connections are pretty good, with tube stations at Mile End (Central, District, Hammersmith & City, Bromley by Bow and Bow Road (District Hammersmith & City), and DLR stops at Bow Church and Devons Road. Bow escapes the worst of the City's congestion, with Bow Road leading the A11 out towards the M25. The noisy East Cross Route stretch of motorway runs quite close to some of E3's easterly properties.

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[energyi] 15/2/2004 19:35

Three Mills Studio: shot Big Brother there...
Production and performance facility for film, televison, music, dance and theatre.

"Three Mills Island studios is the third biggest film studio complex in London. It benefits greatly from its waterside location beside the River Lea. Film and television crews regularly film in and around the unusual industrial and residential buildings around the East End."
Edwin Shirley, Director of Three Mills Island Studios

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Home to Three Mills Island Studios, Bow Studios and The Rooftop Studio, this complex is probably most famous for being the home of the TV sensation of last year - 'Big Brother'.

The studios have also been host to film productions such as 'Topsy Turvy' and 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and continue to be the home of ITV's 'London's Burning' and 'Bad Girls'.

With 14 sound stages, a picturesque setting on the banks of the River Lea, central London within easy reach by road or underground, and a broadband laser link to Soho, Shepperton and Los Angeles under construction, Three Mills Island is now one of London's premier film and tv studios.

[energyi] 12/2/2004 00:16

Three Mills ... Bow Back Rivers

A fascinating area of East London located in the southern section of the intricate Bow Back Rivers network of lower River Lee tidal channels. Three Mills has been an industrial area since the 11thC.

Gunpowder and corn were milled here in the 16thC, latterly grain for gin distilling. Today there is a visitor centre and several of the most elegant waterside buildings anywhere in London. The most important is House Mill (1776). It is Britain's oldest standing mill - and there has been a mill of some description on the site since before the time of the Doomsday Book. It's a water-powered tide mill and a Grade 1 Listed timber-framed structure, restored by the River Lea Tidal Mill Trust and open to the public on the first Sunday of the month, March to December (Info: 020 8980 4626).

Next to it is the Miller's House, now the visitor centre, and opposite, is the elegant Grade 2 Listed Clock Mill (1817). The adjacent Customs House and the cobbled streets combine to create a delightful 18thC streetscape, right in the heart of the East End. Also nearby is the grand Abbey Mills Victorian waste pumping station – such an over-the-top building locals referred to it as London's 'cathedral of sewage'!

There are 24hr visitor moorings at Enfield Lock.
Also nearby: Limehouse Basin, the River Thames & the River Thames Path, Canary Wharf & London Docklands.
Nearest tubes: Bromley-by-Bow or Mile End.

Contact details:
Three Mills Island, Bromley-by-Bow, Greater London

[bumpy dog [new]] 12/2/2004 00:11

Buy, Sell or Hold ?

[energyi] 12/2/2004 00:06

BOW BACK PLANNING (excerpt)

To bring cruising boats to these waterways, there need to be destinations there to which the boaters will feel attracted. We suggest several possibilities :
· The Three Mills complex is already a major destination, but access by boat is not easy for the reason explained in the next bullet point.
· Visitor moorings. One problem with much of the Bow Back Rivers and the adjacent section of the Lee Navigation is their high, vertical walls from the water up to the towpath. This means that many boaters pass straight through the Navigation without stopping. Means will need to be devised for overcoming this, possibly by using pontoons, which in turn means considerable care will need to be taken in finding locations where there is sufficient breath of water that navigation is not impeded.
· Services for boats. That area of London is short of facilities for boaters. Some are available at Limehouse Basin and others at Springfield Marina, further up the Lee. But an additional location for such services (fuel in particular) here would be very welcome.
· One or more good pubs or restaurants would be an attraction, and would fit in with a mixed development.
· Shopping. At present the only significant place for provisioning for a long way is Tesco opposite Three Mills, but access is not easy because of the problem already noted of high walls.
6. The other way of bringing moving boats to the Back Rivers would be to encourage the industries there to use water transport.
7. The Halcrow report proposes changing the tidal nature of the Mill Pool at the head of Bow Creek. We strongly oppose this proposal. A tidal pool at this point is an integral part of the environment of the Three Mills and essential to the understanding of the mills themselves. We accept that it needs a little tidying up and the old barge beds - a historic structure - restoring, But we do not want anything more radical done. To make the pool non-tidal and introduce a number of permanently-moored vessels would, to our mind, to enhance this area of water but be detrimental to it. We would, however, welcome the presence of a suitable historic vessel (a Thames sailing barge would be ideal) on the barge beds as an exhibit in conjunction with the Mills.

From: Dr Michael L Stevens / London Region Secretary,
The Inland Waterways Association,
...MORE: www.london.gov.uk/london-plan-eip/submissions/subs-3c-nonparts/ InlandWaterwaysAssociation.rtf

[energyi] 11/2/2004 23:51

PLANNING in other areas

06.01.04 - BWL Plans Residential Development at Uxbridge
An application for the residential development by Bellway Homes of the British Waterways owned site next door to Uxbridge Boat Centre has been lodged with Hillingdon Council.

British Waterways London say this is the best use of the awkwardly-shaped site at present occupied by Goldberg, the well-known quality timber merchant. The fear is that the residents of this new development would not take kindly to the sort of noise and clatter normally associated with a working boatyard with DIY facilities right next door, leading eventually to the possible closure of Uxbridge Boat Centre. Although BW's own planning guidance document 'Waterways and Development Plans' published as recently as February 2003 states that "It is important for development plans to seek to retain boatyards used in connection with water-based recreation", it goes on to state that "New residential developments in close proximity to existing boatyards can cause operational problems for the boatyard operator and could theoretically contribute to the closure of the boatyard."

We understand that Uxbridge Boat Centre has recently renewed its lease with BWL. It would be interesting to know if Alan and Linda of UBC were aware of the proposed development plans for the next door site when they were negotiating terms and rent. BWL of course would have been.

We'll keep you posted on developmennts.
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