11.180
Object
Proposed Submission Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Representation ID: 24138
Received: 06/12/2018
Respondent: Peasmarsh Parish Council
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The parish council disagree that there is an existing shortfall given that the play area at the recreation ground was replaced in 2018 with brand new play equipment at a cost to the parish of £60,000 and also notes that the RDC study was carried out in 2007 but that RDC did not seek to update it prior to this documents publication.
One of the key aims of the redevelopment of the play area was to improve community cohesion by encouraging intergenerational use of the area. RDC was fully supportive of this development and match funded locally raised funds.
The proposed siting of this new play area, which would only be a short walk from the more central play area, directly contradicts the efforts of the village, and could inadvertently lead to the children living in that area becoming isolated and missing the opportunity to integrate and mix with other village children. Due to its central position and proximity to the recreation ground that more passive surveillance (see Policy PEA1 item iv) is possible at the existing play area than at the proposed site which is more to the fringes of the village and with fewer houses in its vicinity.
The parish council disagree that there is an existing shortfall given that the play area at the recreation ground was replaced in 2018 with brand new play equipment at a cost to the parish of £60,000 and also notes that the RDC study was carried out in 2007 but that RDC did not seek to update it prior to this documents publication.
One of the key aims of the redevelopment of the play area was to improve community cohesion by encouraging intergenerational use of the area. RDC was fully supportive of this development and match funded locally raised funds.
The proposed siting of this new play area, which would only be a short walk from the more central play area, directly contradicts the efforts of the village, and could inadvertently lead to the children living in that area becoming isolated and missing the opportunity to integrate and mix with other village children. Due to its central position and proximity to the recreation ground that more passive surveillance (see Policy PEA1 item iv) is possible at the existing play area than at the proposed site which is more to the fringes of the village and with fewer houses in its vicinity.