Vision have submitted a planning application for a kiosk café at Christchurch Green, Wanstead. There is speculation that we are spending up to £2m on this scheme. We would like to make it clear that we have absolutely no intention of spending anything like this sum of money on this proposal. Our current expectation is that the scheme would cost up to £100,000.

The ‘up to £2m’ reference is from a field on the application form which is populated from a drop down list with only three options – up to £2m, between £2m and £100m and over £100m. We understand that these options are set through the National Planning Portal through which people can apply for planning consent on line. We selected the ‘up to £2m’ as the most appropriate option covering our proposal but that should not be interpreted as any intention on our part to spend such a sum.