Dear City Council
RE : Response to Coldhams Common Management Plan Consultation.
We thank you for your invitation to respond to your public consultation on Coldham’s Common management plan on behalf of Friends of Coldham’s Common.
We have included our responses below.
The issues we wish to highlight are :
RE : Response to Coldhams Common Management Plan Consultation.
We thank you for your invitation to respond to your public consultation on Coldham’s Common management plan on behalf of Friends of Coldham’s Common.
We have included our responses below.
The issues we wish to highlight are :
- - lets get the basics right first like litter, mowing footpaths and keeping the common tidy - we live in one of the most prosperous cities in England, but our common looks shabby and unloved;
- - keep the Barnwell Road LNR end as a permanent cow-free area and don't waste £20 000 more on fencing it and £3000-4000 a year on maintenance;
- - remove huge lengths of illegal fencing and barbed wire, maintained at public expense of around £4000 per year, which cut off substantial sections of the common;
- - save our trees for future generations and improve a beautiful landscape - don't cut them down;
- - improve the state of access points, especially from the Abbey and the Willows path, so that everyone can get on the common from their homes to enjoy it and get to work or school.