Anger is the only word I can think of. Sheer anger. I moved here because of the park. Summer is key for our children and dogs. We are angry that this has happened.
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Samuel Bertrand
11 years ago
Please do not maintain Formula E in Battersea Park - This is taking the Park away for three weeks. And the disruption is everything but minimal.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Shameful and highly disruptive privatisation of a much-used public space at the height of summer when the park should be giving the most joy and use to the public.
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Robert Howard
11 years ago
I live on Prince of Wales Drive, on the corner of the park, and have done so for over a decade. I was never consulted on this, and would have objected had I been. It is a disgrace to close a whole public park for a private ticketed event at all, let alone for four or five whole days, longer if one counts the fortnight of disruption around the setting up and derigging. This has all the hallmarks of a revenue generating vanity project. What a shame to close the park to the local community, in mid summer when it is most enjoyed.
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Paraskevas psilogenis
11 years ago
Nooooo
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Terrible
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Poor timing. No consultation. Should never be held in Battersea park.a disgrace
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Disgraceful. No consultation. Ruining the park.
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Luis Nunez
11 years ago
The Council sees fit to disrupt for almost a month all activities that normally take place in the park. Sport, recreation, dog walking, visits to the zoo, even the recycling banks are gone. Are they making an assessment of the impact this even will have on the flora and wild life of the park?
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Richard Adcock
11 years ago
The Park is a place for the community,not a race track for any sort of vehilce...a place for leisure peace and reflection
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Karen
11 years ago
Please stop the destruction of Battersea Park!
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Diana seymour
11 years ago
This is a disgraceful misuse of the park which is there for the use of all local residents and a big disruption to the extensive wildlif. The park is not only closed for 4 days. The disruption is for a month at least in the middle of the summer when people, children and dogs need the park more than ever.
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Rachael Wood
11 years ago
Stop on all accounts .disgraceful and unfair to ALL residents of Battersea.
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Helen Tracy
11 years ago
Aside from the severe environmental consequences, for many people our parks are our only opportunity to access green spaces on a daily basis. Limiting access by hosting events like this limits use, which affects the health and wellbeing benefits of these spaces. This should be council's primary concern. Not making money.
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Paul Letman
11 years ago
This is an outrage, particularly at this time of year. I live just near the Park and am not aware of any consultation having taken place at all. It has been covertly permitted and should be stopped.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
It's shameful to wreck such a beautiful park for such an environmentally unsound event. Please leave our parks alone.
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Jonathan Williams
11 years ago
A park in not a racing circuit. This is totally inappropriate. The park should be for the peaceful enjoyment of people
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arielle essex
11 years ago
This is a horror for the park!
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Joanne Homer
11 years ago
Ruining the park. Council showing total disregard for local opinions per usual. Local residents were not even consulted.
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Sheena Leach
11 years ago
We use this park to escape the extremely busy roads that surround it, it's completely unfair on the residents to fill the park with speeding cars, whether they're electric or not it's irrelevant.
Anger is the only word I can think of. Sheer anger. I moved here because of the park. Summer is key for our children and dogs. We are angry that this has happened.
Please do not maintain Formula E in Battersea Park - This is taking the Park away for three weeks. And the disruption is everything but minimal.
Shameful and highly disruptive privatisation of a much-used public space at the height of summer when the park should be giving the most joy and use to the public.
I live on Prince of Wales Drive, on the corner of the park, and have done so for over a decade. I was never consulted on this, and would have objected had I been. It is a disgrace to close a whole public park for a private ticketed event at all, let alone for four or five whole days, longer if one counts the fortnight of disruption around the setting up and derigging. This has all the hallmarks of a revenue generating vanity project. What a shame to close the park to the local community, in mid summer when it is most enjoyed.
Nooooo
Terrible
Poor timing. No consultation. Should never be held in Battersea park.a disgrace
Disgraceful. No consultation. Ruining the park.
The Council sees fit to disrupt for almost a month all activities that normally take place in the park. Sport, recreation, dog walking, visits to the zoo, even the recycling banks are gone. Are they making an assessment of the impact this even will have on the flora and wild life of the park?
The Park is a place for the community,not a race track for any sort of vehilce...a place for leisure peace and reflection
Please stop the destruction of Battersea Park!
This is a disgraceful misuse of the park which is there for the use of all local residents and a big disruption to the extensive wildlif. The park is not only closed for 4 days. The disruption is for a month at least in the middle of the summer when people, children and dogs need the park more than ever.
Stop on all accounts .disgraceful and unfair to ALL residents of Battersea.
Aside from the severe environmental consequences, for many people our parks are our only opportunity to access green spaces on a daily basis. Limiting access by hosting events like this limits use, which affects the health and wellbeing benefits of these spaces. This should be council's primary concern. Not making money.
This is an outrage, particularly at this time of year. I live just near the Park and am not aware of any consultation having taken place at all. It has been covertly permitted and should be stopped.
It's shameful to wreck such a beautiful park for such an environmentally unsound event. Please leave our parks alone.
A park in not a racing circuit. This is totally inappropriate. The park should be for the peaceful enjoyment of people
This is a horror for the park!
Ruining the park. Council showing total disregard for local opinions per usual. Local residents were not even consulted.
We use this park to escape the extremely busy roads that surround it, it's completely unfair on the residents to fill the park with speeding cars, whether they're electric or not it's irrelevant.