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Green MSP Patrick Harvie Attended the Court Hearing Green MSP Patrick Harvie attended the court hearing. "The sheriff declared in court that the community group here have 'done nothing but good.' A plot of wasteland and a magnet for criminal behaviour has become a gorgeous space for kids to play in and for local people to grow food," Harvie says. "It was standing-room only in court and there could be no better illustration of the strength of opposition to the council's position. "The decision to take members of the North Kelvin Meadow Campaign to court breaches the council's own policies on derelict land, wastes local taxpayers' money and the injunction they've asked for is petty and unjustified. "It's not too late for Glasgow City Council to see sense and start supporting this project." Indeed, some councils have been willing to work with the ingenuity and love of local residents. Take the Incredible Edible group in Todmorden, Lancashire. The group started by planting a few herb gardens and things blossomed from there. Far from opposing the group, the local council decided to work with residents and granted them "community growing licences" in July. It's just as well because the group had not only planted veggies all round town and set up a "food hub" to distribute the produce, they'd already started planting trees including two orchards. Where the council sees the public as a resource rather than just a passive recipient of services, everyone is stronger. Glasgow council's mistake has been to attempt to criminalise those who care for their neighbourhoods when they should be drawing on their desire to improve the place that they live. Richard Reynolds, a leading "guerilla gardener," has helped to create many secret gardens around London, reclaiming disused space. He explains the modest aims of the radical movement. "It's all about waging war against neglect and scarcity of public space. It's especially important at the moment because there are lots of sites where, because of the recession, not very much is going on in terms of development. "What we do is go onto these sites and do a bit of planting - vegetables, flowers, and so on - just to make them look nicer." Guerilla gardening is probably the most well-known elements in a constellation of grass-roots movements to reclaim public spaces that includes, for example, the thronging cycle rides of Critical Mass that reassert the right to use the roads from intensive car use, sometimes in the face of heavy police opposition. Critical Mass even sparked a newer sister association where dozens of roller-bladers take to the roads en masse in an anarchic, cacophony of music and movement that is a real joy to behold. However, as welcome and fun as these reclaimed spaces are they offer temporary resistance to a permanent problem that goes deep into our towns and cities. The creation of a patchwork of gated communities that isolate residents from their area is an ever growing phenomenon. No longer confined to small enclaves of the rich, otherwise ordinary estates are becoming walled in ghettos where you can only come and go through steel-barred gates. These are literal barriers to building community cohesion where transgressing the borders of these communities is constantly monitored by security guards and CCTV. Even our high streets are "run" by private companies and patrolled by their guards to ensure that we stick to shopping. It's a subtle device that most of us are unlikely to notice in our day-to-day lives. What can look like simple repaving and the addition of a few bollards is actually marking out territory where the public is welcome only on someone else's terms. Minton describes how "even innocent activities such as taking photographs are forbidden, not to mention handing out political leaflets, skateboarding, rollerblading and busking without permission. Disconnected from the surrounding environment and local character of the area, these places feel like they could be anywhere." These new enclosures are an attempt to sterilise our towns and cities. To immunise us against unexpected and non-commercial activities, they lock out strangers. However, a society that locks out strangers ends up locking up everyone and we begin to regard even ourselves as alien to our environment unless we do something to say: "These are our gardens, our roads. This is our home." Unless we take control over our living environment, we may well find that those spaces are taking control over us. 31 Aug 2009 - Mrs Worley Mentions Welcome Gardens in Amateur Gardening Mrs Worley and Welcome gardens mentioned in Amateur Gardening Magazine . 27 Aug 2009 - Found Black and White Young Cat Found,Black and White Young Cat with Black Chin. Will Owner Please Contact Mrs S.Smith 22 Lon Wen. Thank You 12 Aug 2009 - Proposal From Denbighshire County Council We have received a proposal from the person who has objected to our Village Green application,Mr D.Mathews Estate Manager DCC.The proposal is listed unedited below. Our main concern is that they want us to drop our Village green application for this part of the land. We applied for Village Green status to protect our open space,because of the neglect by DCC of this land,and that they accepted a planning application from Anwyl Construction Ltd which included this land. We will of course ask you the residents to vote on this proposal. If the Village Green application is succesful, no development will be allowed,except to enhance the area for the recreation of the residents.We will be holding a residents meeting soon to discuss this matter. Please feel free to ask any questions via the guest book. Proposal from DCC Thank you meeting last week on site. I understand the Residents have a sceptical view of the Council based on the delivery of its promises dating from the 1960's. The officers in post now are having to deal with matters as they are at present and not as they possibly should be if other decisions had been made at another time. Development of the Council owned POS First of all, to record what I explained to you onsite, the Council has not received any approach from Anwyls or any other developer for the Ffordd Elan/Llys Brenig public open space that the Council. owns. The letter of objection sent in my name and the comment about 'fettering development' needs an explanation. The comment was directed at development ancillary to the Councils use as public open space on its own land. So for instance, a multi use games area would require an additional hardstanding area which if the Village Green is approved on the Council owned public open space would be in breach of Sec 38 (2) of the Commons Act 2006. The National Authority for Wales is the Assembly Government and it is this organisation that would need to consent to the works. I'll let you take a view on whether this would be an improvement with regards the process to obtain consents over and above the existing process of planning and other statutory consents dealt with locally. My only experience in contacting the Assembly on Common land in another job was in 2005 and their response did not instill any confidence in me as to the level of knowledge in Cardiff (matters could have changed in the interim of course). A scheme of drainage works maybe possible but as we agreed is required but any works area would need to prove that they would not impede access. Under the Act the National Authority would need to approve these works. Telecoms works are permitted under Sec 38 (6) on Common land. Boundaries of the Council Owned POS Whilst we were onsite Simon and I undertook check measurements of the boundary. As is proven by Ordnance Survey plans for the area from 1987 and 1960 the boundary being the hedge row has not been materially altered. I attach a copy of Simons email to me explaining his thoughts behind the change in the site over time but you will compare the stepped hedge line being the southern boundary of the land owned by the Council has remained unchanged in essence since well before 1960. Grant of a Lease to the Park View Residents Association The Council is willing to grant a Lease to the PVRA for the Council owned public open space. We have let buildings on the Botanical and Coronation Gardens in Rhyl to the Rhyl South West Central Residents Association as a for instance. The main terms of the Lease could be as follows Tenant Park View Residents Association. The Association would need to be formally constituted. I have taken the view that you may already have embarked on that road given your professional approach on this matter. Demised Area The extent of the Council owned public open space at Ffordd Elan/Llys Brenig, Rhyl detailed on the title certificate plan number WA516933. Rental As the lawful use is public open space, no exclusive use could be made of the area by any one so the rental value is de minimis, say £1.00 per annum if charged. Lease Term Say 25 years from a date to be agreed, this is in line with similar Leases to the RSWCRA and the Town Council in St Asaph for an area for POS purposes. Agreed Use Restricting the use to amenity with no buildings or any development purposes but will keep it open and unbuilt as public open space as detailed in the Conveyance dated 26th October 1989.
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