The parks should be locked up at night. Keeping the open will only result in anti social behaviour, crime and the destruction of the much loved parks like Bury Lodge. This park is taken care of by volunteers whom give up their time and effort to make it look amazing.

Parks will once again become a night playground for yobbos if they are not locked. We do not wish to return to the mayhem that we suffered for 17 years with ASB just behind our back gardens in Aldersbrook

In view of recent damage to the park's playground equipment by vandals, it would obviously not be a good idea to stop locking the gates of Grovelands Park. because the cost of repairing this and future damage would be much more than the small savings that would be made.

As one of the volunteers at Palmers Greenery cafe, I am horrified that the work we are doing for community cohesion could be jeopardised by this ill thought out proposal. If we are doing our bit, the Council need to do theirs.

I appreciate that Enfield Council is struggling with huge budget cuts but £26,000 is such a small amount to keep our parks secure. People really do care about their parks and open spaces.

Parks not being locked at night would be a catastrophic misjustice for many reasons but in particular wildlife. It is a known fact that wildfowl are captured and killed at night I open spaces. Prostitition is also a very worrying concern,

I suspect leaving the parks open at night will encourage more anti social behavior.

The antisocial behaviour and vandalism which would be inevitable from having parks open 24 hours will end up costing the council more to rectify in the long run