The tranquillity of Trent Park is under threat
Major change requires major consultation
Were you asked about the proposals?
Act now and stop our beautiful country park from irreparable damage
Please sign our petition!
The Petition Statement:
We, the undersigned would like to petition against the massive Go Ape Tree Top Action Course, dominating most of Church Wood (6.7 acres) above the blind trail. Blind associations were not consulted even though the Blind Trail had recently been refurbished @ £50,000 by LBE. The project was initiated and given full backing by The Friends of Trent Park who have not consulted with or informed park users. No plans or proposals have been displayed. The only public consultation was over just two consecutive days during one weekend last August, which was even organised by Go Ape themselves. The advertised ‘Friends Meeting’ on 5 December to discuss the proposals was postponed until 9 January, well after the work had started. We strongly object to not being informed or consulted about Trent Country Park being used for this private profit making business and consider it to be a wholly unsuitable and inappropriate location. Church Wood, until very recently a peaceful and tranquil place, has now become a noisy and hazardous area for anyone who wishes to walk there due to overhead Tarzan swings, rope bridges and zipwires. The scheme was granted approval by Enfield Council on 20 December without proper public consultation. Planning permission was only granted by LBE on 20 March - just 3 days before the course opened! We want the project stopped and removed, before even more damage is done to our beautiful Country Park, a SINC (top tier) which is located in the Green Belt.
Will you also comment on the publics’ safety being put at risk, as permanent warning signs have appeared in and around Church Wood (which the blind can hardly be expected to see). Disabled visitors are not accommodated and at £20 - £30 per person per visit this is hardly a facility for all?
True Friends of Trent Park
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Reached 500 supporters
February 13, 2012
February 12, 2012
I spend so many mornings walking through those trees and it breaks my heart to see how quickly they are being dismantled. We need to reach five hundred signatures before the next council meeting to prove that our community will not ignore the destruction of Church Wood. Please send this link to your neighbors right now to help us build the pressure we need.
January 19, 2012
Seeing one hundred people sign this gives me so much hope that we can save the peace and quiet of Church Wood. I spent years walking those trails to clear my head and I refuse to let them be ruined by this project.
Reached 100 supporters
January 16, 2012
7 Comments
i walk my dog in church wood every single day and the noise is just awful now. it used to be so quiet and lovely.
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. nobody asked us about this. stay out of our park!!
ruining the scenery for everyone. stop it.
trent park is for walking and peace not for some loud commercial company to destroy the woods
how can they just start building without telling anyone?? complete joke.
i believe that go ape is a threat to the tranquility and beauty to trent park
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The tranquillity of Trent Park is under threat
Major change requires major consultation
Were you asked about the proposals?
Act now and stop our beautiful country park from irreparable damage
Please sign our petition!
The Petition Statement:
We, the undersigned would like to petition against the massive Go Ape Tree Top Action Course, dominating most of Church Wood (6.7 acres) above the blind trail. Blind associations were not consulted even though the Blind Trail had recently been refurbished @ £50,000 by LBE. The project was initiated and given full backing by The Friends of Trent Park who have not consulted with or informed park users. No plans or proposals have been displayed. The only public consultation was over just two consecutive days during one weekend last August, which was even organised by Go Ape themselves. The advertised ‘Friends Meeting’ on 5 December to discuss the proposals was postponed until 9 January, well after the work had started. We strongly object to not being informed or consulted about Trent Country Park being used for this private profit making business and consider it to be a wholly unsuitable and inappropriate location. Church Wood, until very recently a peaceful and tranquil place, has now become a noisy and hazardous area for anyone who wishes to walk there due to overhead Tarzan swings, rope bridges and zipwires. The scheme was granted approval by Enfield Council on 20 December without proper public consultation. Planning permission was only granted by LBE on 20 March - just 3 days before the course opened! We want the project stopped and removed, before even more damage is done to our beautiful Country Park, a SINC (top tier) which is located in the Green Belt.
Will you also comment on the publics’ safety being put at risk, as permanent warning signs have appeared in and around Church Wood (which the blind can hardly be expected to see). Disabled visitors are not accommodated and at £20 - £30 per person per visit this is hardly a facility for all?
True Friends of Trent Park
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
February 13, 2012
February 12, 2012
I spend so many mornings walking through those trees and it breaks my heart to see how quickly they are being dismantled. We need to reach five hundred signatures before the next council meeting to prove that our community will not ignore the destruction of Church Wood. Please send this link to your neighbors right now to help us build the pressure we need.
January 19, 2012
Seeing one hundred people sign this gives me so much hope that we can save the peace and quiet of Church Wood. I spent years walking those trails to clear my head and I refuse to let them be ruined by this project.
Reached 100 supporters
January 16, 2012
7 Comments
our local council has really let us down this time. park should be for us not for profit
i walk my dog in church wood every single day and the noise is just awful now. it used to be so quiet and lovely.
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. nobody asked us about this. stay out of our park!!
ruining the scenery for everyone. stop it.
trent park is for walking and peace not for some loud commercial company to destroy the woods
how can they just start building without telling anyone?? complete joke.
i believe that go ape is a threat to the tranquility and beauty to trent park
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our local council has really let us down this time. park should be for us not for profit