]> 2026-04-12T07:17:12+00:00 Case study:Land opposite Wanstead Park 500 en Draft Environment Agency Great Britain Yes No Yes false No 51.57300567627,0.043931990861893 David Environment Agency Watts ,Bund removal, Creation of wetland, ,,, 12683 2008-01-01Z 2454466.5 Planned Realigning of the flood bund against the A406 to reconnect the Roding with 12 Ha of its floodplain and to create wetland features. The past positioning of a bund adjacent to the Roding as a flood defence measure has resulted in the river being detached from its natural floodplain. An area of approx. 6Ha of allotments lies landward of the bund of this 500m stretch. It is proposed to remove this bund and reposition it adjacent to the A406 embankment thus reinstating this 6Ha as functional floodplain.<br>Flood capacity would be increased as a result of the scheme. This should not pose an issue from a flood risk perspective as these features lie predominately in the floodplain currently unutilised for flooding episodes therefore minimal maintenance of this habitat should not affect the current level of protection. Effective design should ensure the proposals remain a valuable wildlife resource for as long a time period as possible. This project should have priority as it highlighted in the Roding FRM Strategy.<br><br>Contamination is unknown. However it can be assumed that the flood bund is of sound, clean material and the first stage of the project could be to simply move the bund. It ties in with the extension of the Roding Valley Way footpath/ cycle path, which LB Redbridge is keen to push. Meetings have already been held. Part of the 12 Ha is a football pitch used by local schools, the use of this would need to be respected. Land opposite Wanstead Park land opposite wanstead park No 500 Roding, Beam and Ingrebourne Thames Bund removal Creation of wetland Roding (Cripsey Brook to Loxford Water) roding (cripsey brook to loxford water) 100 - 1000 km² 124 100 - 200 m Roding (Cripsey Brook to Loxford Water) GB106037028180 Fisheries Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Social benefits 500 - 1000 k€ GB106037028180 Roding (Cripsey Brook to Loxford Water) 2014-04-03T08:39:10Z 2456750.8605324 2015-10-27T10:46:27Z 2457322.9489236 Land opposite Wanstead Park 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!Land opposite Wanstead Park]] [[Subcatchment title::Roding (Cripsey Brook to Loxford Water)]] Land opposite Wanstead Park# QUERY461c74650936e4d29edae9f00b383cfa