FILL THE GREEN OPEN SPACE TO THE CHURCHFIELDS AVENUE ENTRANCE TO LAKELANDS WITH TREES, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS RATHER THAN CONCRETE.

For over 10 years the land has been maintained, the grass has been enjoyed by children playing games, walking to and from school, people exercising and walking their dogs using the facilities provided and then from out of the blue, without public consultation, Reserved Matters planning applications for multi-storey flats/housing is revealed, blighting the entrance of a development we care about (COL/15/2817).

The Local Plan dated Oct 2010 should be upheld and the entrance land adopted as Public Open Space to be retained and safeguarded from any future development proposals.  The land should be planted with trees, shrubs and flowers amongst the existing grassland as per the approved landscape scheme within planning application COL/97/1428.