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To: Ray Morgan, CEO of Woking Borough Council and all Woking Borough councillors
SAVE SHEERWATER'S GREEN SPACES AND RECREATION GROUND
We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who urge Woking Borough Council to act now to prevent the established green spaces of Sheerwater, including the recreation ground, being removed and lost forever, should the regeneration take place on the proposed scale.
Why is this important?
Our green spaces and recreation ground are valuable community assets and the recreation ground is vital as it is designated Flood zone category 2, protecting the local community and surrounding areas from risk of flooding.
Our playing fields and park are used by many on a daily basis. They are not only used by Sheerwater residents. The recreation ground serves a much wider area.
The recreation ground has a large park area for children, skate ramps, cricket nets and a large green space popular for football and dog walking.
Should the regeneration go through on the proposed scale, the borough stands to lose the recreation ground. It will be replaced by smaller 'pocket parks' and a swale which will collect water to protect the area from flooding. The smaller areas of green will be far too small to play a game of football. The current plans show that Sheerwater will lose well over a third of its green space.
A leisure centre opening within a local school will be accessible to the public outside of school hours, and the facilities will be available 'to hire', which suggests that we will have to pay to use facilities which are currently free and accessible 24 hours a day at our recreation ground. We do not believe this is an acceptable replacement and want to keep our green spaces.
If we were to lose the recreation ground, the nearest park of a similar size is almost 2 miles away (in West Byfleet) for some residents.
Please sign and support us in saving our recreation ground and green spaces.
