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Preservation of Horsham's Town
Greens
The recent
controversy over Horsham District Council’s attempt
to sell a town green off
Ramsey Close to Saxon Weald
for housing for £1 has highlighted the risks which
threaten the future of our town greens.
The Horsham Society has long championed our greens –
often small areas of open space which we take for
granted, but which make our town the pleasant place it
is to live, work or visit - and we put our weight behind the Ramsey Close action group by issuing
a Press Statement opposing the destruction of the
green.
Fortunately HDC's
Planning Committee agreed with us and voted
unanimously to refuse the application.
You may be interested in a feature in our Newsletter
over 12 years ago (December 1994) asking for help to
identify all the town greens. Although the writer
identified over 80 greens he omitted Ramsey Close!
Press
statement8
December 1994 newsletter8
Aerial view8
Cootes Green registration8 |
Ramsey Close Green -no longer under
threat
We are currently involved in the
registration of Cootes Green
Photos by John Steele |
