PLANS for a multi-million pound revamp of a park are set to be approved next week – but not all users are happy with them.

Lloyd and Aveling Park in Forest Road, Walthamstow, is poised to undergo a huge redevelopment using lottery funds, which will see the demolition of the theatre, café, gallery, aviary, bowling pavilion and depot building, so the park can be landscaped and the facilities replaced.

But ahead of a town hall meeting on Tuesday, users of the park and neighbouring residents have lodged complaints about the plans and are worried they will be rubber-stamped because they are recommended for approval.

The Walthamstow Borough Bowling Club, which is based in the park, said it had not received assurances that it would not be displaced while building work is carried out and is worried about losing members in the run-up to its centenary in 2012.

A spokeswoman said: “They must know that if you deprive a club of facilities for a long time you can lose members. It is all very upsetting and a bit of a worry.”

Residents living close to a park entrance, from Winns Terrace Residents’ Association, sent a petition of 28 names and letters of objection about the listed theatre being demolished and about potential increased noise traffic and disturbance created by the outdoor performance space.

The association’s chairman, James Pitman, said: “There will be more traffic brought to the area because of the performance area which can be attended by 430 people. It will attract circling vehicles looking for parking spaces.

“I’m only hoping it rains every summer because I am not in support of this. This is not Regent’s Park, it is Lloyd Park.”

But in the report ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, it states that the theatre is in a poor physical condition and of no historical or design merit and that many of the existing features and buildings in the park are old and “no longer fit for purpose”.

Adrian Stannard, chairman of the Friends of Lloyd Park, who has been involved in the planning of the park revamp for five years, said the bowling club’s concerns had been taken into acount by the council and there is no evidence to suggest they will be displaced.

He also said the outdoor performance space would follow a protocol fixed by the council about its opening hours and visitors could use the town hall car park.

The council secured £167,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund in May last year, which will be used to work on detailed plans for the park to enable the borough to submit a further bid in June for £3.6 million.