Interesting Chron statement about Failsworth

[Alec1954]

The council wants the Charity Commission to deem an area of open land at Lower Failsworth Memorial Park as a trust and then swap it for another site to be redeveloped.

 

Mr Hardy stressed that the plans do not include the formal part of the memorial park, which includes bowling greens and play area, but scrubland to the south of it.

 

Anyone else know that this was the case?

[JohnnyPimp]

The council wants the Charity Commission to deem an area of open land at Lower Failsworth Memorial Park as a trust and then swap it for another site to be redeveloped.

 

Mr Hardy stressed that the plans do not include the formal part of the memorial park, which includes bowling greens and play area, but scrubland to the south of it.

 

Anyone else know that this was the case?

 

Yep, as far as I was aware it was common knowledge that the area Latics want to redevelop is adjacent to the park itself and is probably good for nothing more than dogs cacking on it.

[singe]

The council wants the Charity Commission to deem an area of open land at Lower Failsworth Memorial Park as a trust and then swap it for another site to be redeveloped.

 

Mr Hardy stressed that the plans do not include the formal part of the memorial park, which includes bowling greens and play area, but scrubland to the south of it.

 

Anyone else know that this was the case?

Yes it was in the council meeting around April, or even MArch that the land swpa was proposed near the development. Not sure it was exactly specific, but it was obviously the scrubland rathe rthan the developed bit.

 

 

[ritchie82]

Not interesting at all then.

[Alec1954]

Must admit that I always saw the bowling greens etc. as a bigger problem as to demolish them would really be a big problem and a wasted investment over many years. I can only see a win win for Latics and Failsworth. Wish such a development was on my doorstep.