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6:00 AM August 4, 2021
Updated:
8:47 AM August 4, 2021
Residents living near Heigham Park say the council is building the courts without proper community consultation, with Mayor Lord Kevin Maguire copying one of them into a critical email sent to another councilor about the issue
- Credit: George Thompson/ Danielle Booden
Norwich s lord mayor was left red-faced after accidentally copying a campaigner into a bizarre and inappropriate email destined for the eyes of councillors only.
But they ve been left feeling demoralised and depressed after lord mayor Kevin Maguire mistakenly sent an email criticising the group to one of its members.
Campaigners want Norwich City Council to pause plans for hard tennis courts at Heigham Park for consultation.
Local residents to Heigham Park remain very much against the council’s plan and are left with minimal faith in the planning process. Will the council now consider carrying out a proper and fair consultation that seeks to understand and leverage the views and wishes of local residents?
But Mike Stonard, cabinet member for sustainable and inclusive growth, said the proper procedures had been followed throughout the process.
He said: The project is now at an advanced stage and, having started, there is no requirement for any further consultation as part of the planning process.
Mr Stonard added that consultation was not the same as a referendum.
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Published:
11:54 AM May 1, 2021
Updated:
12:18 PM May 1, 2021
The fire damaged tennis pavilion in Heigham Park is still standing since the fire in 2019
- Credit: Sonya Duncan
More than a year after its pavilion was ravaged by arson and nearly four years after its tennis courts were locked shut, a community has been left wondering what is going on with its local park.
The fire in the tennis pavilion at Heigham Park in November 2019
- Credit: Ruth Lawes
A council spokesperson said work to install the new courts would begin in the summer for an autumn completion date, and that it also plans this summer to put out to tender the work to rebuild the pavilion.
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