Unnecessary Shrub Clearance Croydon Road Rec Ground
Sent to Bromley Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6795968.
The shrubs and undergrowth in the border between Croydon Rd and the recreation ground has been decimated. Some pruning/trimming was needed but what has happened seems excessive. The natural barrier that provided a haven for wildlife and blocked noise, pollution and litter from the road has been removed. It’s impossible to get the council to prune a tree blocking light into someone’s home but they are quick to hack away at park shrubs which harm no one and provide a useful environmental service. Sad to see this park being so mismanaged. The toilets remain a disgrace and the verges are continually churned up by park vehicles unable to stick to the path.
Updates
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Thank you for your report, this is now being investigated. Information on our services and the timeframes we aim to respond in can be found: http://www.bromley.gov.uk/ fixservices
Posted by Bromley Council
at 12:10, Thursday 28 November 2024
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We are continuing to investigate and working to resolve this report
Posted by Bromley Council
at 13:20, Thursday 28 November 2024
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3rd part commenter NG: I agree. At a guess I would say this is corporate egitism to expose the Beck Rec £250k recently repaired bandstand so it is visible from Croydon Rd. However, as the original complainant reports, where one once felt 'in a park' screened visually and audibly from the busy A road, now that is all visible and intrusive. This is wholly unnecessary park boundary greenery and habitat destruction.
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Meant 'egotism'.
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I agree, this is diabolical and over-zealous with no consideration for the natural habitat or the children who play in the park
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Adding another voice of concern about this. Why was this cut back?
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Shocking and upsetting. The pollution and noise barrier in the park has been lost and it's destructive to wildlife. Appaling
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Bromley council please tell us the reason for such brutality. How can that justify the increase in noise and air pollution which will enter the park, along with the loss of habitat for wildlife??
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NG: Here are FYI 3 of a dozen photos I took. One shows the still green park boundary near Beckenham Beacon, north of the destruction area, one of a pointlessly pruned down to 0.5m, a former boundary tree or shrub and the last, the view through the now absent boundary greenery of the bandstand. As with one minority funder organisation obliging its own self-aggrandising eyesore stainless steel sponsorship plinth-board, I suspect that making the bandstand visible from the busy Croydon Road has been either a condition or an element of appeasing sponsor(s). As above, this it at the expense of decimating the lovely green, mature park boundary and natural traffic screen.
I have a dozen other photos but FMS only allows 3 for each report or update.
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The vegetation has continued to be destroyed today. Why is this still happening??
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Shocked to read the latest update - when are Idverde going to stop this environmental vandalism and what is the point of this website if we are not provided with any timely feedback? I’ve reported this to our local councillors.
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“Environmental vandalism” - hit the nail on the head. That’s EXACTLY what is it. Shame on you Bromley Council!
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If any of the other commenters are free tomorrow morning you could try calling idverde on 01689 862815 to ask them to stop.
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Commenter NG - I have sent this email to the three Ward Councillors, Bromley CSC and an IdVerde contact address.
I attach a further three photos of the original destruction.
Dear Beckenham Town and Copers Cope Ward Councillors, Chloe-Jane Ross, Will Connolly and Michael Tickner,
I hope you are well.
May I please draw your attention to this thread of complaints about previous and apparently continuing today destruction of the established mature green boundary of Beckenham Recreation Ground (aka Croydon Rd Rec) near the renovated bandstand?
I can only guess that this is a misguided venture to make the bandstand visible from the road (as the park edge near Beckenham Beacon has not been similarly vandalised).
Of course, this then makes the road, traffic and buildings visible and more intrusive from the once sheltered park, as well as destroying the established trees, shrubs and habitat.
Please would you kindly make representations to stop this destruction and allow or replant the park tall green boundary?
Other comments and photos can be viewed via the FMS link below.
Regards,
Nick Goy
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I have been corrected that Beckenham Rec is in Kelsey and Eden Park Ward (not Beckenham Town and Copers Cope Ward) represented by Cllrs Peter Dean, Christine Harris and Diane Smith.
I am also informed that the AGM of the Friends of Beckenham Recreation Ground is at 8pm tonight Tues 3/12/24 at the Azalea Hall, Croydon Rd, which I hope to attend. Nick Goy.
