BRIGHTON COUNCIL ARE TAKING AWAY OUR PUBLIC GARDENS!! Following today's press releases by the Council/Dome/ Festival and words from Cllr Geoffrey Bowden at the E.D.C.C. meeting at Hove Town Hall it is all clear now. If the public do not oppose them in their numbers 1. The gardens will be totally fenced off. 2. They will charge you to enter for events (already confirmed). 3. They will charge you or visitors to enter the gardens daily. 4. They will demolish the Pavilion Gardens Cafe. 5. They will construct a building on New Road as a retail shop 6. At least three mature Elm trees (two Himalayan & one Jersey) will be cut down at the back of us bordering New Road. 7. John Nash's restoration in the 80's and 90's will be ruined in the cafe area even though the RP say the opposite. (I have the facts). 8. Residents on lunch breaks, students and school children will not be welcome unless they pay. 9. The other consequence will be New Road will become their main gateway into the Estate and they will fence off and close the other entrances so there will be no thoroughfares through the gardens on your way to work etc. 10. The Royal Pavilion Estate in effect will be privatised and controlled i.e. the general public wont be welcome obviously unless they pay. 11. This as they constantly say will stop anti social behaviour in an instance and give income and as they say sustainability. All these things in the gardens or at least some of them could be stopped by you if you all put your minds to it.