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Portishead’s skate park continues to be refused
Portishead Skatepark Project’s request for a skate and wheel park at the Lake Grounds or Kilkenny Fields has been refused for the second time by North Somerset Council.
Despite the ground receiving planning permission from Portishead Town Council, opposing councillor Peter Bryant wrote that North Somerset Councillors had agreed that the “delightful, serene, peaceful and genteel locations” proposed “would not bode well…and indeed would be in complete contrast to them”.
Luke Palmer, a member of the Portishead Skatepark Project, claims that councillors “lied that they had not had any request from local people for the past 5-6 years”. Palmer started a petition calling people to show their support for a stake park in Portishead Lake Grounds, which in 24 hour gained 700 signatures.
Hundreds of local children, parents, and grandparents showed their support during a peaceful protest held outside the Portishead Folk Hall, pushing the petition to over 1000 signatures.
Many campaigners were angry at councillor Peter Bryant’s previous comments, and called for the long-overdue skatepark to finally be delivered after the project’s initial refusal in 2011. “This repeated refusal highlights just how out of touch Portishead and North Somerset Council are with the residents that live here,” Palmer said.
For more information and to sign the petition, visit: www.you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/skate-park-at-portishead-lake-grounds
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