Green spaces are not low value to the people who use them.

Avonmouth’s new Councillor Siobhan Kennedy-Hall and Charlotte Leslie have launched a petition to protect Shirehampton’s Daisy Field and part of the Lamplighters open space from development. Under the City Council’s Green Spaces strategy, these sites have been identified as possible ‘low value’ land. Under the strategy, such areas of low value land are to be sold off for development.

The council consultations are still in early stages, but local residents have reacted strongly against the possible proposals. Siobhan Kennedy-Hall is taking up residents’ concerns and has set up an online petition where concerned residents can register their objection to the Council’s plans. Charlotte Leslie and Siobhan are also encouraging residents to attend consultation meetings and to contact the council, detailing specific reasons why the Daisy Field and Lamplighters land should not be classified as ‘low value’.

Commenting, Charlotte Leslie said:

“The council may consider these areas to be of ‘low value’, but they are certainly not ‘low value’ to the community that lives here.

“The Daisy Field and the lamplighters open space are an integral part of the community, and it would be a grave error to proceed any further with any thoughts to give them up to development.”

Avonmouth’s new councillor Siobhan said:

“These possible plans are in early stages, but I wanted to provide an opportunity for the council to see the strength of public feeling against these plans at the earliest possible opportunity.”

You can sign the online petition HERE or by going to http://epetitions.bristol.gov.uk/view/greenspaces