Due to the huge public outcry Goals Soccer Centres have failed to present their plans to Manchester City Council Planning Committee for a second time.
They are trying everything they can to get these plans approved. It’s up to us to stop them.
They have tried and failed in other parks. We must fight them every inch of the way.
Goals have been stopped before
Regents Park - REJECTED
Mordern Park -REJECTED
Lets stop them in Heaton Park and make it three nil for all those people who love open
parkland.
We urge you to object to this new planning application
The new planning application from Goals includes raising the level of the pitches by
80 centimeters which is almost a metre higher than they were originally planned. Making this blot on the landscape even more obvious.
Additionally security fencing is also planned. This physical and visual barrier will effectively cut off this area of parkland and thereby detract from the special character of this area of the park.
You need to send your objections to Manchester City Council by 3rd February 2010 If you have already sent in an objection during the last consultation period you will still need to send in another objection.
A - Sign the Online Petition HERE
If you’ve already signed - find TWO friends to sign! - Ask them to join the “Save Heaton Park” Facebook Group.
Here’s the link to the petition to send to a friend in an email.
http://www.saveheatonpark.org.uk/?page_id=2
B - Download and email / send in an objection letter.
Download the letter here - you can amend this letter to include your own words and objectsion.
Email your objection to r.griffin@manchester.gov.uk
C - Write your own Objection Letter
Quoting Application No: 090370/FO/2009/N1
and send to:
Peter Babb
Head of Planning
Manchester City Council
P.O. Box 463
Town Hall Extension
Manchester
M60 3NY
D - Attend the Save Heaton Park Meeting
Find out what has been happening with the campaign.
Monday 25 January 2010
7.00pm Church House (St Margaret’s Road, Opposite the Church), Prestwich.
Thank you for all your support so far!
One Response to “Say NO to Caged Football”
local resident
7 months ago
The proposed sportzone is a commercial venture and is incompatible with the founding purpose of the park.
It would detract unreasonably from the aims of the park as an exceptional space in the City for peace, tranquillity and the enjoyment of nature.
The St Margaret’s Road access is struggling to cope with traffic at peak times as it also serves (a) a busy church, (b) a graveyard, (c) children’s playgroup/church hall, (c) an active community centre with classes for karate etc., and (d) is a main cut-through route for motorway traffic that travels through Simister. The Sportzone is likely to exacerbate this congestion hot-spot as many visitors prefer to park their vehicles outside the park where they are more visible, and it is free of charge.
Vehicles double park on St Margaret’s close, preventing access to houses by emergency vechicles.
Noise levels from players and spectators could be a problem and floodlighting could be unreasonable for those in adjacent housing. The noise carries to local houses when activities located deep into the park are in progress now.
The venture may have a negative impact on the attractiveness and value of local housing as residents may not wish to live within earshot of the Sportszone.
It is inappropriate to place an independent commercially managed profit- making venture within a public space such as this, unless the profits are to be returned wholly to public service.
Opening the facility during the evening hours, especially with a bar facility, might attract anti-social behaviour in a park area that is impossible to secure.
Manchester and Bury Council should form an alliance with the Friends of Heaton Park to come to an agreement over its long term development that the community will support. The community should not have to battle every time a new idea comes along.
Manchester City Council should be acknowledged for the excellent progress the Park has made over recent years. However, the Council and the planners involved with this should look for alternative ways to generate income, and find a more suitable place for the sportszone.
Bury Council should also represent its constituents who will be negatively affected by this venture.