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I am afraid there has yet to be a response to the letter sent on 26th June to LBRUT asking for action to return the Udney Park playing fields to community use, beyond a brief holding letter. I have updated the Foundation’s letter to include as signatories various individuals and local clubs who missed the deadline before the original letter was sent. All these additional endorsements are very much appreciated.
Under a Freedom of Information request I had been advised that not a single bidder had emerged that had gone as far as Pre-App. I am now told that this is not the case and apparently there is a bidder who has now taken this to the Pre-App stage. If this bid progresses then maybe there will be a new owner of the playing fields!
It would seem more likely that this bid will melt away faced with the huge planning restrictions, as indeed have all the other mooted offers over the last year or so. These restrictions are about to be added to as a ‘study of local views deserving of protection’ to be included in the new Local Plan, is to include Udney Park Playing Fields.
If this latest bid evaporates then the Foundation will hope to start talks in earnest with the landowners in mid-August, when the next ACV period begins.
