Below is a copy of a letter in this weeks Romford Recorder, following the recent report on Park Land being sold off and the Editors Column last week.Dear Editor
Your view from the editors Column published last Friday is absolutely spot on with “Parks, time to be worried”. Well at least we now know officially what the Conservative Administration in the Town Hall intend to do, with the open area of land behind Linley Crescent in King Georges Playing Fields.
After several months of rumours that they wanted to use it for the Council’s vehicle depot, it now transpires that they have identified the former children’s play area as a potential site for disposal and suitable for development as detailed in a report to Cabinet on the 24th October.
It is one of several sites identified in the same way, two of which are in Mawneys Ward, the other being the grassed play area situated between Hood Walk and Clovelly Gardens.
The Collier Row & Mawneys Residents Association have been simply inundated with comments from dozens of residents in Linley Crescent, all of which have signified to us their firm and vociferous opposition to the proposed disposal of the open area of land, we have not received even one comment in favour of the proposal, from any resident in Linley Crescent.
After the Cabinet decision was made, The Residents Group requisitioned a special meeting of the Corporate Overview & Scrutiny Committee which was held on the 12th November, a meeting which I attended in an observant capacity, together with approx 50 members of the public. After a discussion of the cabinet report and their decision lasting over an hour, the Conservative members voted by 4-2 to uphold the decision.
In your editorial published last Friday, you have directed criticism at “Council Leader Michael White & Cabinet Member Paul Rochford”. However, it is interesting to note that two of the Mawneys Councillors are heavily implicated in the proposed disposal, as Peter Gardner is also a Cabinet Member and Roby Misir actually chaired the special Requisition meeting and used his vote to uphold the decision.
Like all Conservatives, they are fond of putting out leaflets stating that they are “On Your Side”. However, the residents of Linley Crescent now know for sure that two of their Mawneys Councillors are most definitely NOT on their side !
Graham Price
Mawneys Ward
Your view from the editors Column published last Friday is absolutely spot on with “Parks, time to be worried”. Well at least we now know officially what the Conservative Administration in the Town Hall intend to do, with the open area of land behind Linley Crescent in King Georges Playing Fields.
After several months of rumours that they wanted to use it for the Council’s vehicle depot, it now transpires that they have identified the former children’s play area as a potential site for disposal and suitable for development as detailed in a report to Cabinet on the 24th October.
It is one of several sites identified in the same way, two of which are in Mawneys Ward, the other being the grassed play area situated between Hood Walk and Clovelly Gardens.
The Collier Row & Mawneys Residents Association have been simply inundated with comments from dozens of residents in Linley Crescent, all of which have signified to us their firm and vociferous opposition to the proposed disposal of the open area of land, we have not received even one comment in favour of the proposal, from any resident in Linley Crescent.
After the Cabinet decision was made, The Residents Group requisitioned a special meeting of the Corporate Overview & Scrutiny Committee which was held on the 12th November, a meeting which I attended in an observant capacity, together with approx 50 members of the public. After a discussion of the cabinet report and their decision lasting over an hour, the Conservative members voted by 4-2 to uphold the decision.
In your editorial published last Friday, you have directed criticism at “Council Leader Michael White & Cabinet Member Paul Rochford”. However, it is interesting to note that two of the Mawneys Councillors are heavily implicated in the proposed disposal, as Peter Gardner is also a Cabinet Member and Roby Misir actually chaired the special Requisition meeting and used his vote to uphold the decision.
Like all Conservatives, they are fond of putting out leaflets stating that they are “On Your Side”. However, the residents of Linley Crescent now know for sure that two of their Mawneys Councillors are most definitely NOT on their side !
Graham Price
Mawneys Ward
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