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REDBRIDGE GUARDIAN |
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JANUARY 9TH 1992 |
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Developers Want To Build £7m of Houses and Flats |
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A FORMER school in Wanstead is to be demolished and 86 homes built on the site , if a £7m planning application succeeds. |
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Nightingale High School in Elmcroft Avenue was closed in 1987 because of falling pupil numbers. |
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Loughton based developers DJ Higgins has applied to Redbridge Council to build 29 three-bedroomed houses, 49 two-bedroomed houses and eight two bedroomed flats on the 3.7 acre site . |
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A spokesman at DJ Higgins Developments said construction work on the family homes would start in May or June this year if the company received consent. |
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The estimated total value of the properties was £7m and work would take two years to complete. Roding Ward Councillor HazelWeinberg commented : “ I am pleased to hear that something is finally moving on the matter” |
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Wanstead Youth Centre was the only tenant in the last few years but it vacated its accomadation in the sports hall in May last year. |
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Discussions about the use of the land included proposals to turn it into a sports and leisure centre or a theatre workshop. |
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It was even rumoured in 1986 that a motorway link road was planned across the site. |
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Residents in the area are being informed about the plans and a date for discussion at the Planning and Development Commitee has not yet been set . |
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