Bowthorpe Hall. An investment plan could see the parkland leading up to the hall restored.
Bowthorpe: £2.75m blueprint for parks, greens and gardens revealed
Dan Grimmer
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
6:30 AM
A blueprint for how £2.75m could be spent on new allotments, parks, gardens and a community green on the edge of Norwich will come before councillors tonight.
What will the money be used for?
£434,000 to create and maintain a new community green at the middle of the Three Score development.
Just under £270,000 for a new park and playspace at The Runnell.
£111,000 for a village green at the northern entrance to the Three Score development.
£93,000 to restore parkland leading up to Bowthorpe Hall.
Almost £135,000 for allotments at Chapel Break.
£130,000 for an improved bowling green and pavilion at Bowthorpe Park, along with almost £143,000 to improve tennis courts there.
Community gardens at Waldegrave, Rawley Road, Harry Barber Close and Smeat Street.
Under the proposals, money from developers would be used to create and improve open spaces in Bowthorpe.
Norwich City Council says the investment plan is needed to make better use of the range of what officers describe as “underused” open spaces in the area.
It comes after the council’s planning committee recently agreed plans for up to 1,000 new homes to be built at Three Score – the final phase of the development.
Officers at City Hall say the investment plan will provide for the needs of people who move into those new homes and mitigate for the impact of that development on the nearby marshes.
In a report which will come before members of the controlling Labour cabinet at a meeting tonight, officers state: “This plan features a series of projects to improve existing open spaces and create new ones, so that the council can use its funds and land in the most effective way.”
The money for the projects would come from a mix of contributions from developers and from the city council’s own budgets.
Council officers say many of the projects will not happen for several years. When planning permission for the final phase of Three Score was granted last week, families raised concerns over a bus route through the development, saying it could put children at risk.
They were also concerned passengers on double-decker buses would be able to see into their homes and gardens.
What do you think of the proposals? Write to Norwich Evening News Letters, Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich NR1 1RE or email eveningnewsletters@archant.co.uk
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7 comments
What about the existing parts of Bowthorpe? I recently walked along the old Bowthorpe Hall Road and was appalled by the amount of rubbish and flytipping. The area around the shopping centre is also in need of some TLC.
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tigger449
Thursday, March 21, 2013
What about the existing parts of Bowthorpe? I recently walked along the old Bowthorpe Hall Road and was appalled by the amount of rubbish and flytipping. The area around the shopping centre is also in need of some TLC.
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tigger449
Thursday, March 21, 2013
What about the existing parts of Bowthorpe? I recently walked along the old Bowthorpe Hall Road and was appalled by the amount of rubbish and flytipping. The area around the shopping centre is also in need of some TLC.
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tigger449
Thursday, March 21, 2013
What about the existing parts of Bowthorpe? I recently walked along the old Bowthorpe Hall Road and was appalled by the amount of rubbish and flytipping. The area around the shopping centre is also in need of some TLC.
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tigger449
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Good to see Labour Norwich investing in badly-needed homes but infrastructure improvements in sewerage,water-harvesting and fixing the leaks,instead of paying massive bonuses to the bosses and dividends to shareholders.The roads are quite literally falling apart.
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Peter Watson
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Most modern developments have roads deliberately designed to slow down traffic: they are contorted and houses are now much closer to the pavement edges than in older developments.Bus companies should not be allowed to run routes with out a full safety appraisal and permission from a council. There were deaths attributed by some to double deckers running on Norfolk estate roads-some are so tight and twisting that buses cannot avoid clipping pavements. All new builds should have a road suitable as a bus route built in.
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Daisy Roots
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
If you`re worried about double decker buses letting people see over your garden wall , don`t buy a home on a bus route . Problem solved .
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dragonfly
Wednesday, March 20, 2013