To: Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council
Invest in our play areas
We the undersigned call on the Council to review its programme for play area refurbishment/repair.
Why is this important?
In Norden we will be waiting years for our play areas to see improvement.
Upper Sherborne Playing Fields – earliest date 3 years / Arlott Drive – earliest date 6 years;
Bennett Close/Martin Close – earliest date 10 years / Lyford Green – earliest date 18 years Whiteditch – earliest date 21 years /
Oakridge Road – earliest date 43 years; Taverner Field – earliest date 43 years;
At the current rate of 3 refurbishments a year, it will take the Council 50 years to upgrade the 147 play areas in the Borough. We need a better programme to meet the needs of residents and children, as many of our play areas are in desperate need of refurbishment now.
We believe that the Borough Council need to take refurbishing our play areas far more seriously. We need a better programme of capital investment that meets the need our communities have for improved play areas.
Upper Sherborne Playing Fields – earliest date 3 years / Arlott Drive – earliest date 6 years;
Bennett Close/Martin Close – earliest date 10 years / Lyford Green – earliest date 18 years Whiteditch – earliest date 21 years /
Oakridge Road – earliest date 43 years; Taverner Field – earliest date 43 years;
At the current rate of 3 refurbishments a year, it will take the Council 50 years to upgrade the 147 play areas in the Borough. We need a better programme to meet the needs of residents and children, as many of our play areas are in desperate need of refurbishment now.
We believe that the Borough Council need to take refurbishing our play areas far more seriously. We need a better programme of capital investment that meets the need our communities have for improved play areas.
