Play Area Consultation
- 14 May 2012 16:28172345Contact: Andy Steele Date: 14 May 2012
Fax: 01304 872300
NORTHBOURNE AVENUE AND ELMS VALE PLAY AREAS - YOUR VIEWS SOUGHT
Exciting ideas are sought for an innovative, creative and challenging new play area for Northbourne Avenue Play Area, and improvements to facilities at Elms Vale Play Area - and consultation events are being held on Friday 18 May to hear your views.
The events are taking place from 3pm to 4.30pm in Northbourne Avenue Play Area, Dover, and 4.45pm to 6pm in Elms Vale Play Area, Dover, and everyone is welcome to come along and have their say.
Further consultation will also include children from local schools, and people within the local community, who are taking part in a series of consultations during May to find out what local people want to see at Northbourne Avenue and Elms Vale Play Areas.
Consultation is being carried out by KCFN on behalf of Dover District Council, and the projects are being funded from planning monies. Further consultation is planned for September to feedback design proposals. These exciting new projects are due to be completed by the end of the year. The refurbishment of these strategic play areas is in keeping with the Review of Play Area Provision 2012-2026 and Dover District Council's commitment to develop strategic play areas across the district.
For more information, please contact the DDC Community and Leisure Team on 01304 872338 or see the DDC website at www.dover.gov.uk
- ends -Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour - 14 May 2012 16:31172346why is it that every time i hear the word "consultation" my heart drops?
maybe i am looking a gift horse in the mouth but there is supposed to no money for peripheral things. - Brian Dixon
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14 May 2012 16:31172347or just a con,to keep you intressted. - 14 May 2012 16:39172348If we don't participate we have only ourselves to blame, though. And probably the key words are innovative creative and challenging - play areas don't need money thrown at them, there are lots of creative options that children will enjoy and benefit from.
- 14 May 2012 16:41172349I think the key words to worry about are "develop Strategic play areas" as experience tells you that by this DDC means they will put all resources into a couple of areas while closing all the smaller ones.Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour - 14 May 2012 16:46172350It's all here, including proposed spend -
http://www.dover.gov.uk/pdf/Review%20of%20Play%20Area%20Provision.pdf
According to one para, Lydden has no public play area, only in the school which has just had 8ft security fencing installed to keep kids out after school. In the next para, DDC won't support new play provision in Lydden as it has a play area in the school - discussions regarding this paradox have been interesting but our councillor has been doing his best. - 14 May 2012 17:17172356this is not the right time to bring up the lack of a play area in the clarendons so i will not mention it.
- Brian Dixon
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14 May 2012 18:59172372howard,you just did.
- 14 May 2012 19:12172379you must be mixing me up with someone else brian, absolutely no mention at all about the equipment taken away nearly 10 years ago and not replaced leaving hundreds of distraught children without a place to enjoy themselves.
- 14 May 2012 19:21172380Come on Howard, you have forgotten the Heritage Play Area and Vandal Training Facility just over the hill.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 14 May 2012 19:49172383you're right peter i am being ungrateful, so in future there is no way i will ever mention the play area facilities taken away and never replaced in the clarendon area.
- Brian Dixon
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14 May 2012 20:52172395very good peter. - Keith Sansum1
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14 May 2012 22:59172417howard i was going to mention the clarendon play aream, but now you have maybe we will get some newsALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Brian Dixon
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15 May 2012 07:56172437dont hold your breath kieth,could prove fatel. - Keith Sansum1
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15 May 2012 08:20172454holding my breath would brian lolALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 16 May 2012 08:41172646Nice one Peter
- 18 May 2012 19:13173158did anyone go to the consultation today, if so did they mention about the lack of one in the clarendon area?
- Brian Dixon
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18 May 2012 19:18173161couldn't tell you howard,probably holding it for housing. - 18 May 2012 19:22173164don't want it on the western heights brian.
- Brian Dixon
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18 May 2012 19:26173165yes and no but will go with the flow,if you catch my drift.