I have written previously about Wirral Council's cack-handed sale of prime land on Conway Street near Birkenhead town centre and the deliberate vandalism of the site by its new owners SIP car parks.Since then the council has failed to take any effective measures to force a clean up of the site. Unsurprisingly, local residents are disgusted at the council's behaviour. I am pleased to see that 25 local residents have signed the letter below to the leader of the council and copied in the other two ward councillors.It will be interesting to see what response, if any, they receive.
Dear Cllr Phil Davies,
We are concerned
residents writing to you about the state of the land on Conway Street
that borders Simpson Street and Parkfield Avenue. This land is in a
completely unacceptable condition especially for such
a prominent location. It has become a magnet for litter, fly-tipping
and vermin. We should not have to put up with this.
As you are no doubt
aware, this land was sold by Wirral Council in early 2014. It was sold
to SIP Car Parks, a company that specialises in building and operating
car parking facilities. It must therefore have
been obvious to the council what the purchaser would want to do with
this land. As subsequent planning applications and appeals have shown,
this site is totally unsuitable for car parking. Why, therefore, did the
council sell to such a company?
Subsequently the land
has been dug up, all the surrounding trees cut down and the entire site
has been left in an appallling condition. This happened over 15 months
ago. Yet nothing has been done to force the
owner to make good their damage to this land and maintain it in an
appropriate conditiion.
We are appalled at how
Wirral Council has behaved. Such a prominent site should never have been
sold in the first place, should never have been sold to such an
unsuitable company and should never have been allowed
to deteriorate into such an appalling state.
As our ward councillor and leader of the council we hold you directly responsible.
We demand prompt and comprehensive answers to the following questions:
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What action is being taken now to improve the condition of this site?
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What action is being taken to secure its long term future and ensure the site is properly maintained or used for the wider benefit of the community?
We look forward to hearing from you.
There is a lot of history to this location and here's just some of the deceitful, hypocritical behaviour on the part of Frank Field and Phil Davies:
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