Mar 18, 2026 · 29 min · 12 segments
After a ten-degree Spring swim, Beth Morrey and Marianne Levy wang on about Hampstead Ponds huts, houses with swimming pools, and terrifying cryptids… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
Beth MorreyHostSo I think they're doing some kind of redesign at Hampstead Ponds, not to the scale that our reservoir is.
Campaigners argue that the designs for steward huts at the Heath's much-loved swimming area are out of keeping with the local environment.
It says they're locked in a row with the City of London Corporation over the plans to install steward huts.
They're doing a redesign and a spokesperson said the huts need to be secure and weatherproof.
as they're going to house IT infrastructure and need to provide a suitable working environment for staff.
And proposals are very minor in nature and the locations have been selected to ensure there will be no impact on the existing ecology of the site.
So they've got to build these huts to put some IT equipment in and for people to presumably run the IT equipment, right? So they've got to be secure because it's expensive.
Representatives of the Mixed Ponds Association, which advocates swimmers' interests, have objected to the plans amid claims they have not been consulted on the design.
Well, the application drawings provide no details of construction, design, materials, finish or roofing design and materials.
While flat asphalt is not specified, if that's the intention, we're concerned that a flat asphalt roof will be ugly and out of keeping with the local environment and vernacular.
The council expects excellence in architecture and design insofar as it's possible to discern what the structures will look like from the application drawings.
So I think they're doing some kind of redesign at Hampstead Ponds, not to the scale that our reservoir is.
Campaigners argue that the designs for steward huts at the Heath's much-loved swimming area are out of keeping with the local environment.
It says they're locked in a row with the City of London Corporation over the plans to install steward huts.
They're doing a redesign and a spokesperson said the huts need to be secure and weatherproof.
as they're going to house IT infrastructure and need to provide a suitable working environment for staff.
And proposals are very minor in nature and the locations have been selected to ensure there will be no impact on the existing ecology of the site.
So they've got to build these huts to put some IT equipment in and for people to presumably run the IT equipment, right? So they've got to be secure because it's expensive.
Representatives of the Mixed Ponds Association, which advocates swimmers' interests, have objected to the plans amid claims they have not been consulted on the design.
Well, the application drawings provide no details of construction, design, materials, finish or roofing design and materials.
While flat asphalt is not specified, if that's the intention, we're concerned that a flat asphalt roof will be ugly and out of keeping with the local environment and vernacular.
The council expects excellence in architecture and design insofar as it's possible to discern what the structures will look like from the application drawings.
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