Sefton planners may repeal urban green space status (“UGS”) of Firwood land – we object!
The Firwood land next to the Hightown road bridge (and at the back of Mark Road bordering on Railway line and leading to the army camp) is UGS and no planning applications will succeed because of the UGS status. If the UGS was removed, as sure as eggs are eggs, the property developer would put in a planning application for the land to be built on and it would almost certainly be granted. This is because residents would have the chance of objecting to such an application, but there would be very little they could use to successfully object to the land being developed.
On 1 February 2011, Sefton’s draft “green space study” was published and it will now go to consultation. The study stated: “Privately-owned site but high health benefit because of informal public use. Partial development could make a small but important contribution to meeting local housing needs…..”
Your Lib Dem FOCUS team, which includes local resident Councillor John Gibson, will keep you informed of developments. John asks: “We object to this loss of Hightown’s green space. Why should we lose this land just so a property developer can make a fortune out of the land, at our expense?” Your Lib Dem FOCUS team will campaign hard to make sure this area of land is protected against at repeal of its current urban green space status.
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