The drop in was to inform residents about the proposal to bring three London Markets - Billingsgate, New Spitalfields and Smithfield to the green belt of Fairlop Plain on Hainault and Red House Farms on Billet Road and Hainault Road.
This event was no more informative than the previous one at Fairlop Waters, although you didn't have to pay to park your car or have to walk up a load of stairs to get to it.
Over 150 residents attended. They came from Aldborough Hatch, Newbury Park, Little Heath, Billet Road, Chadwell Heath, Seven Kings and Loughton.
Members of the Aldborough Hatch Defence Association (AHDA) sat outside asking those leaving for their reactions.
Ron reported that all except four were fervently against the plan. Some were incandescent with rage at the inadequate responses they received from Council Officers. Resident after resident told me that, in their opinion, the Officers did not seem to know anything about the green belt of Redbridge, lived outside the Borough, had never visited the area before and were totally unable to answer simple questions about the road traffic and environmental concerns.
There will be a Public Meeting that the AHDA will be staging at St. Peter's Church Halls on Friday 5th April at 8pm to hear the views of residents and to plan the way forward in opposing this fiasco.