Chatsworth Road E5

All welcome to attend next Association meeting at Wayside Community Centre, 24 Chatsworth Rd

This meeting is intended to mostly focus on Chatsworth Rd traders’ issues, but residents and other members of the local community are very welcome to attend.

Next Market Meeting
For those interested in the street market idea, we’ve got another meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 14th (time & venue still to be confirmed).

This meeting will be based around the Market Committee feeding back the results of the public consultation on a new weekly street market for Chatsworth Rd. (more…)

Thanks to all those who made it along

The May 12th meeting included discussions on: i) crime on the high street; ii) how to potentially better organise the Association; and iii) how to feed back the results of the consultation on a new street market. Hopefully the summary below is a useful update.

We’re not making the assumption that people who have expressed an interest in the street market idea necessarily want to receive full minutes of meetings that cover other business alongside the market.

So if you would like to be sent the full minutes of this Association meeting, and other Association meetings in the future, please just email a request to:

info@chatsworthroade5.co.uk (more…)

Complete the survey online, or fill out a leaflet and drop it off with one of the survey collection points listed below

We’re looking into the idea of a new weekly market for Chatsworth Road and we need your views. All survey entries received before May 21st will be entered into a £50 prize draw, but responses received after that date will still be gratefully received.

15,000 leaflets distributed locally

Thanks to everyone for their comments – the idea of a new market has certainly got people talking. (more…)

April 30th saw 120 people attend a meeting at Chats Palace to discuss the idea of a new weekly street market on Chatsworth Road

What follows is our notes of what was said at that meeting. We hope that people who attended find this to be an accurate overview – we’re emailing you guys a copy very soon. And we hope that people who didn’t make it along on the night find this useful and interesting. (more…)

7pm, Tuesday, 12th May, Wayside Community Centre, 24 Chatsworth Road

Top of the agenda is crime on the high street, following which we’ll be discussing options for better organising the Association. The meeting’s open to all and this is a great opportunity to get involved.

Widespread support for new Chatsworth Rd market confirmed, but concerns must be addressed

Last night’s public meeting saw Chats Palace packed out with local residents and traders debating the potential for a new weekly street market on Chatsworth Road. Seating capacity was far exceeded as an incredible 120 people attended.

The community's debate on a new Chatsworth Rd market begins

We’re delighted at such a terrific turn-out and wish to extend warm thanks to all who came, as well as to the Chats Palace team for providing the venue free of charge. Extra special thanks to the 30 volunteers who took away survey leaflets to be distributed throughout the community over the next two weeks. (more…)

7.30pm, Thursday, 30th April, Chats Palace – meeting open to all

Traders and residents join the campaign. Photo: Joe Lord

It is big but it’s not scary. To get as many people from right across the community involved in the plans for a new weekly street market we’re holding a friendly public meeting on Thursday, 30th April. It’s at Chats Palace Arts Centre, 42-44 Brooksby’s Walk, and the meeting starts at 7.30pm. All comers are very welcome. (more…)

Tell us your views and enter the prize draw.

So the three big questions are: does Clapton actually want a new weekly street market? If so, what kind of market? And would you like fifty quid? (more…)

Local high streets are vital, says Ashley Parsons

This is the tale of a street – the high street – and how I fell in love with it again, after nearly killing it dead.

Not deliberately, you understand. But for a while there I was lured away by the exotic attraction of the shiny new grocery cathedrals we came to call (more…)