September 2025

A public meeting to discuss the plans for permanent market stalls in Wanstead will be held this month.

“Local councillors are elected to represent our views and to protect Wanstead as best they can. It is important for them to hear from residents in a public forum and to have the chance to put their own views across,” said Colin Cronin, who has organised the event. The Leader of Redbridge Council and Wanstead Village councillors have been invited to attend.

The meeting will take place at Christ Church on 27 September from 4pm.

Permission has been granted for a new development on Holy Trinity Church land, off Hermon Hill.

Under the plans – named Project Arclight – the church’s 100-year-old Trinity Hall will be replaced by a new community hall with flexible spaces, a play area and café. A four-storey apartment block and nine townhouses will also be built on the site.

“This project will see church land developed to better support the needs of the church and the community for generations to come,” said Rev Abi Todd.

Construction is expected to begin in late 2026.

The heavily criticised hourly W14 continues to lack a proper bus stop at the start of its route at Whipps Cross Interchange.

When Calvin Bailey MP raised the issue, TfL told him its “team” went to the interchange and the stops all had shelters, seats and timetables. In response, the MP sent a photo (above) of the tucked-away, unclearly marked, unsheltered temporary stop, which confused W14 bus users have had to rely on for almost a year.

Campaigners are calling for a more frequent W14 service that enters the hospital grounds.