Spring is in the air This period of midwinter may give the impression of being a dormant time in Epping Forest, but looks can be deceiving. Underground, the spring flowers are making their comeback, on the trees buds are erupting,…
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Burnham Beeches & Stoke Common: Feb 2023
Welcome to the team! We would like to introduce you to our two new Community Engagement Rangers, Jordan Payne and Kate Hartup. They are employed by The City of London Corporation, but funded by building developments within 5.6km of the…
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22 Bishopsgate: Tree Felling
A number of people have asked me why the avenue of mature redwood trees in front of 22 Bishopsgate have been felled. I’ve discussed the issue with the Head of Planning and Development at the City of London Corporation and…
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Epping Forest & Commons Committee – 26 Jan 2022
In addition to watching the meeting live via Youtube, you can also watch previous meetings of the Epping Forest & Commons Committee. The agenda and supporting meeting materials can be found here: Agenda for Epping Forest & Commons Committee on…
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Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications
This notice gives details of applications registered by the Department of The Built Environment Code: FULL/FULEIA/FULLR3 – Planning Permission; LBC – Listed Building Consent; CAC – Conservation Area Consent; TPO – Tree Preservation Order; OUTL – Outline Planning Permission Umi…
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Epping Forest: Latton Priory Masterplan Consultation
Epping Forest District Council’s (EFDC) Local Plan sets out how the district’s housing and employment needs will be accommodated in the period up to 2033 and includes proposals for development at Latton Priory, south of Harlow and North of Epping. …
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Epping Forest: Chairman’s Update – January 2023
Chairman of the Epping Forest and Commons Committee: January update – City of London Duke of Gloucester plants Wanstead Flats Queen’s Green Canopy trees | Epping Forest Guardian Like many of you, I have spent some time this week taking stock…
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Liverpool Street Station: Pre-planning Consultation
The developer of The Shard, Sellar, is conducting a second round of pre-planning public consultations for its proposed £1.5bn redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th January from 12pm-7pm in the 1901 Ballroom of the Andaz…
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Annual London Government Dinner
At this evening’s London Government Dinner at the Mansion House, the 694th Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Nicholas Lyons spoke about the impact of the government’s levelling-up agenda and the importance of London not being cast as…
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Epping Forest Silver Birch grove planted in memory of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
https://www.royal.uk/royal-week-10-16-december-2022 Birch grove planted for Her Late Majesty The Queen (cityoflondon.gov.uk) Epping Forest silver birch grove planted in memory of Queen Elizabeth | HortWeek Final trees planted at grove honouring reign of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – City…
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