General Discussion
Er.........isn't the main driver of this needing to have a play park in the town centre due to the town centre business needing to have a greater amount of money spent in them?
Well the town centre under 8 offer would have to be something pretty special. Why travel into Dawlish town centre (cost of petrol and parking) for an under 8 playground when there are, albeit small and maybe not as well provided, under 8 playgrounds all around the town already and even more being provided on the new housing estates. If I am having to watch my money the last thing I would ...
But Tesco's didn't have their way, did they. And Sandy Lane Playing Fields is (are?) presently protected from development by dint of its (their?) being designated part of Dawlish's green infrastructure in the Teignbridge Local Plan. (and yes, the Local Plan can be altered but if anyone thinks TDC would be stupid enough to suggest that protection gets removed they are living in cloud cuckoo ...
Well, there are the green spaces which are Sandy Lane playing fields and the Manor gardens. And whilst neither are town centre located, neither are they miles away from it.
This is a real gem of an asset for Dawlish. Not only for those of us who live here but also for those visiting at the nearby holiday parks. Whilst I know that other areas will have SANGS (which is what this countryside park is) nontheless perhaps this park could become, locally, Dawlish's unique selling point? Already it seems there are always cars in the car park whenever I pass by on the ...
The reason 'Bath park' came into my mind is because I remember very well, growing up as a kid in east Bristol, that a trip there was seen as a real treat. It had bigger and better facilities then anything on offer in St. Georges's park or Eastville Park. (apologies to non Bristolians for being Bristolcentric). In otherwords its facilities acted as a draw. It was, and still is from what I ...
There is an article about the proposed playpark on page 6 of this week's Dawlish Gazette. At the end it says " Anyone wanting more information or to give an opinion on what would be preferred can email Mrs Scranage (the town centre development manager) at tcdm@teignmouthanddawlishcic.org.uk"
Click on this link to get an idea of the size of the playpark, and the facilities provided in it, for kids of all ages. https://search.aol.co.uk/aol/image?s_it=sb-top&s_chn=hp&v_t=aoluk-homePage50&q=Victoria+Park+bath+play+area Now, if that type of thing was being proposed I might have more time for the 'a playpark on the lawn in Dawlish will bring more people into the town' argument. ...
A further small but important point of order is that I understand not all of the councillors present voted for the Manor Gardens option to be rescinded. And if the Lawn option had funding then how come at a recent Finance and General Purposes (F&GP) committee meeting how a playpark on the lawn might be funded was on the agenda? "Members agreed that funding should be secured first as ...
The same thought had gone through my mind but I assumed the CAC meeting was quorate otherwise how could it have made any valid recommendation to the full council.
