The Redrow Public Consultation ended on 23rd Sept. Everyone who spoke to us or that we heard making comments was fiercely opposed to ANY DEVELOPMENT. But we may be mistaken?? OK REDROW, we would like to know what the results were, what people contributed and their feelings about your development. Their lead PR contact Charlotte Morris went on holiday for 3 weeks immediately after the public event in Liverpool on 16th Sept – and before the consultation period ended – so we can’t ask her!!
ACTION FOR SUPPORTERS AND THE CAMPAIGN GROUP
1. Follow this link and contact Alex Wood, Redrow Director, or one of his colleagues to ask for the consultation results for Sefton Park Meadows. Demand that they are made public.
2. We want to know what is the likely date of a Redrow submission, AND the date of the planning committee meeting to consider their application. Contact Stuart Clarke, Team Leader, South Team, Development Management, Liverpool City Council and ask him. stuart.clark@liverpool.gov.uk Tel 0151 233 3021
3. We grilled Redrow at the public event on 16th Sept about protection for the trees around the Meadows. They should be safe under Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs), they are in a Conservation Area, but housing development on this site cannot be successful without felling these trees. Redrow’s statement that ‘trees would be retained, where possible’ was not reassuring. Director Alex Wood was less than convincing when questioned. Trees may be ‘sold’ with housing plots to each owner, and their care go to a ‘management agency’. No details were available for their protection during construction when large machinery would need access. Access to driveways and internal parking was shown on their online design plans. John Davies, Meadows campaigner, has enlarged one of these and shows in detail how driveways would impact on the greenspace.
John Davies, Meadows campaigner, shows how access driveways would look for housing on the Meadows
Contact Liverpool City Council Conservation Office Enquiries AND/OR your local councillor, and demand that trees be protected at Sefton Park Meadows.
We said, right from the beginning of this campaign, that Sefton Park Meadows was only the first public greenspace to be threatened under Joe Anderson and his ‘ Regeneration’ team. Olive Mount quickly followed, then Woolton Woods, and recently, Walton Hall Park. On Sept 23rd, the Regeneration Select Committee met to discuss a long list of new parks and greenspaces on a future housing development list, as part of Liverpool’s new Local Plan. See www.ourground.net
It’s time for a new deal for Parks and Greenspaces for the People of Liverpool
Before it’s too late…
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