Stop the Sale of Playing Fields at Epsom & Ewell High School


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2014-06-18 09:53

Whilst I understand the desire to use this piece of land, albeit that it is used as a sports field and that for which it is designated, housing is the last use it should be put to for a whole host of reasons.
Those reasons include problems with:
• surface water run-off,
• foul sewer capacities,
• months of local services disruption,
• removal of open land and outlook,
• considerable additional congestion to already considerable congestion which is also going to be exacerbated by increasing the places at the two local schools; there is insufficient parking and the school run here has become a nightmare already!
• the local doctors and dental practices are overrun with appointments being as long as 3/4 weeks to get,
• previous development carried out locally has been excessive to the point that quality of life for existing residents is adversely affected,
• will contribute further pollution of the area not least air and of the local brook, litter, etc,
• removal of open space and necessary sports fields, the school appears to have intentionally resisted using the playing field in order to facilitate this sale.
Quite frankly the housing development option is ridiculous.

There are many positive and beneficial uses the land could be put to instead of more housing which seems to stem from greed. How about:
Set the land to allotments which raises some income, benefits local people and the land and is a “green statement”,
Give it over to a youth club,
Give it over to a sports club preferably for local people but even a private members club of some sort,
Lay it out as a local park and gardens for local people to get some air, relax, walk, socialise that will feel part of our community,
How about a public house as those we did have have been flattened for housing! there are no such in our parish/area?
Etc, there are many positive uses the space can be put to if not a playing field but there is nothing positive in putting more houses in this corner of Ewell other than for financial gain!