Epsom & Ewell Council Leisure Committee have received £50,000 from the Playbuilders Programme to develop a Teenage Play Area within the Chessington Road Recreation Ground. The people that this programme will have the biggest impact on, the local residents, were not consulted about the proposal. The council say this is a 'permitted development' and does not require planning permission. The children's park at the Chessington road recreation ground is already an attraction for teenagers especially after hours, drinking, taking drugs, anti-social behaviour and destruction of nearby property. The new proposal is going to increase that problem tenfold. The police will not be able to cope, lets stand together and oppose this development.
The council continues to hide behind the claim that this project is a permitted development while ignoring the reality of the disruption we already face. I am spending my evenings documenting the noise and property damage because the local authorities refuse to acknowledge the pattern. This fight is draining but the stories you keep leaving in the comments prove that we are right to push back.
March 31, 2010
Seeing this kind of momentum confirms that I am not the only person who feels ignored by the council. The exhaustion of fighting this battle is real but the scale of this support gives me the grit to keep pushing forward.
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Mark Sharpe
16 years ago
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Ridiculous. They never ask us anything before spending our tax money. This is gonna be a total magnet for trouble and the police are never around anyway.
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Linda Watson
16 years ago
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NO! We have enough vandals as it is.
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Sarah Perry
16 years ago
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We already deal with enough noise and trash from that park late at night. Putting a giant teenage zone right there is just asking for more trouble. Leave our neighborhood alone.
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Epsom & Ewell Council Leisure Committee have received £50,000 from the Playbuilders Programme to develop a Teenage Play Area within the Chessington Road Recreation Ground. The people that this programme will have the biggest impact on, the local residents, were not consulted about the proposal. The council say this is a 'permitted development' and does not require planning permission. The children's park at the Chessington road recreation ground is already an attraction for teenagers especially after hours, drinking, taking drugs, anti-social behaviour and destruction of nearby property. The new proposal is going to increase that problem tenfold. The police will not be able to cope, lets stand together and oppose this development.
The council continues to hide behind the claim that this project is a permitted development while ignoring the reality of the disruption we already face. I am spending my evenings documenting the noise and property damage because the local authorities refuse to acknowledge the pattern. This fight is draining but the stories you keep leaving in the comments prove that we are right to push back.
March 31, 2010
Seeing this kind of momentum confirms that I am not the only person who feels ignored by the council. The exhaustion of fighting this battle is real but the scale of this support gives me the grit to keep pushing forward.
3 Comments
M
Mark Sharpe
16 years ago
Featured
Ridiculous. They never ask us anything before spending our tax money. This is gonna be a total magnet for trouble and the police are never around anyway.
L
Linda Watson
16 years ago
Featured
NO! We have enough vandals as it is.
S
Sarah Perry
16 years ago
Featured
We already deal with enough noise and trash from that park late at night. Putting a giant teenage zone right there is just asking for more trouble. Leave our neighborhood alone.
Ridiculous. They never ask us anything before spending our tax money. This is gonna be a total magnet for trouble and the police are never around anyway.