howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Keith Sansum1
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and priory??????????????????????????????????????
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Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
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Keith, following the info posted on here about the successful developments in Guston, myself and Roger Walkden went to meet Tracey last week to see the playground and find out how they achieved such a great result.
I'll be taking that info back to Lydden (in fact already had one meeting and some useful info from DDC) and no doubt Roger will be doing the same in Priory.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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lets hope so
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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will be interesting to hear what roger has to say but priory has more of a problem finding a suitable site than guston and lydden.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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round and round we go
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Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
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Not so Howard, Lydden has no obvious site at all, we're surrounded by green fields but they're owned mainly by the MoD and full of sheep. Guston had no suitable site until they were gifted a field.
The only ideal site in the village was the garden of the Hope Inn and that is about to have four houses built on it, all other sites have been in-filled with housing. We're one of two villages in the DDC area recognised as being lacking in play area facilities and are working hard to come up with a solution but it's hard to do so and keep up with the required design guidelines.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i must have misread a previous post ray, i thought there was land available but equipment was required.
who is the other village incidentally.
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We had identified a bit of land on the edge of the village but the owners weren't interested, we have a village hall and playing field which we're hoping to develop but it's borderline suitable for a play area -
guidelines here..
Made a mistake on the villages, Lydden and Goodnestone are two villages that are assumed to have play area provision in the schools, but it's only available in Lydden to the school during school hours, locked up behind fencing that would do justice to Colditz during and outside school hours.
Eeast Studdal, Great Mongeham, Ripple, West Hougham and Woodnesborough didn't have any at all at the time of the review -
http://www.dover.gov.uk/Leisure-Culture-Tourism/Leisure-Facilities/PDF/Review-of-Play-Area-Provision-2012-2026.pdfBrian Dixon
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kieth,why don't you get in contact with shiela amos,and then contact the person your selfs.the contact details are quite clear.
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Yorkshire Born And Yorkshire Bred
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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beian
thanks for advice
but already done all that years ago
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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It is very sad to see that some wards and parishs still do not have good safe play areas for the younger ones ,I know that Lydden council are trying hard to get one build out there and that will happen over the next year and it will be agood one .I must and will say as a parish council they are very good with all the members working well with each other to keeping Lydden looking nice their parish hall is all done up looks nice and they now have a out and indoor table tennis. The events they hold at times are good so it looks good for the parish at this time.I was sorry to come off that council at one time it was going to be the only one I was going to fight to stay on at the next election.Back to the play areas Aycliffe need and must have a good play area because they are along way out of town so they cannot use the ones around the town and with the A2 running along side of them which as we all know is a very fast rd with danger on it 24/7 and children need to be given and safe place to play and there are alot of them living at Aycliffe.Same with Folkestone rd,but again where will the funding come from in the times we live in with all the cut backs?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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district council policy to have just a few
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i believe you are right keith in that the aim seems to be fewer but more centralised ones and that they have to conform to eu safety standards.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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kieth,your post #12,sounds a bit negative.it dose invite groups like the priory forum to contact them.
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#14 and #15, not quite right on both counts.
Policies from DDC and National Playing Fields Association available in both my links above.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Ray
The administration at DDC has stated it wants 10 super play areas across the District
we have on here even had cllr Nicholas stating we had more play areas than most Districts(before they closed them)
That is the plan
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Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
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So I guess Keith you haven't read either document!
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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yes i read both
whilst priory doesn't have the dosh and open budgets like parish councils can have,
The District is looking to have these super(strategic, there words) sites
I will continue to shout that priory deserves better
more so when i see some villages have 7 play areas and priory none
doesnt seem right to me
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