- Target:
- Jane Cooper, Mayor of Wandsworth, Wandsworth Borough Council
- Region:
- United Kingdom
Wandsworth Council will rule on an application to develop an area of Tooting Common on Tuesday, May 19th at 7:30pm.
The application includes erecting a 15 foot high mesh fence, floodlights and four astro turf pitches as part of a commercially run facility on the common that will become the base for a football club.
The development, which is beside a children's playground, will be a significant intrusion to the character, noise and natural environment of the common as well as provided congestion and parking issues with users coming from across South London.
The virtual planning meeting will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday, 19th May, 2020. Details will be issued on: https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=6509&x=1
Don't Commercialise Our Common.
Wandsworth Council has served notice that it will rule on building four floodlit astroturf football pitches behind a 15 foot high mesh fence on Tooting Common this Tuesday May 19.
We, the undersigned call on Wandsworth Mayor Jane Cooper and the council to reject the development on the following grounds.
* It will destroy the natural environment of one of the few green spaces in London not bounded by roads. Noise, mesh fencing, floodlights and organised sport will urbanise an area of parkland that is primarily used for informal recreation.
* It will not be freely accessible to the public: The development will stretch across an 80 yard long section of the common, behind the children's playground at Tooting Triangle, and will be privately run and let out on a pay to play basis.
* There will be a substantial increase in cars and congestion - Cars will be parked at the entrance to the common day and night with the pitch used extensively by a football club who play in a semi-professional league and recruit players from across South London.
We ask you to reject this proposal and respect the sanctity of Tooting Common, both for its natural environment and as an area that is open and can be enjoyed by all.
NB: The virtual planning meeting will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday, 19th May, 2020. Details will be issued on: https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=6509&x=1
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The Protect Tooting Common petition to Jane Cooper, Mayor of Wandsworth, Wandsworth Borough Council was written by Ben Jackson and is in the category Environment at GoPetition.