Lib Dems' Greenbelt Gamble: Blame Game Can't Hide the Damage - Sue Towner
The Lib Dems blame everyone but themselves. When it comes to finance, they try to blame the last Conservative Council, who actually left them a healthy surplus. This has now been frittered away on consultations that they choose to ignore, badly thought out road closures, cycle lanes that nobody uses, not to mention the Kingfisher Leisure Centre fiasco! When it comes to planning and development of our greenbelt, they will blame the Labour Government and the mayor of London, saying they have been overruled.
We can’t let this happen and must fight to preserve the green space and natural habitats on the old Chessington Golf Course site. Only a small part of this can be legally developed – where the clubhouse once stood, the car park and the driving range as these areas have been previously developed. We would urge the owners to build a swimming pool and a nature reserve for the benefit of the community. A feasibility study carried out by the last Conservative administration ear marked this as a suitable project but this was immediately dropped by the next Lib Dem Council which purely focuses on central Kingston. Join our campaign to bring investment to this forgotten end of the borough.
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