Green spaces are valuable heritage

In the council leader’s Comment last week, Andrew Mobbs made a case for relocating the new HQ. There were many debatable reasons presented to convince the public that to remain at Riverside House was not the best policy.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Jun 2014, 07:27 BST

This may be so, but it is not some reorganisation that is the main issue; it is the chosen site at the Spa Centre that is causing major dissatisfaction from the residents of Leamington.

Nearly all the benefits that are accrued to this move can equally be achieved on other sites without desecration of one of the town’s most attractive public open spaces. It is not necessary or inevitable that we have to lose a wonderful green amenity for the sake of 25,000 sq feet of office space.

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Cllr Mobbs’ optimism about enhancing the Spa Centre site is very strange when you consider that the site is already enhanced by nature without the running costs that some modern block would incur.

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As an architect who really appreciates good design, I could not envisage improving on the beauty, space, colour, views and fresh air that currently exists by imposing concrete and steel in any shape or form.

These green spaces are the town’s most valuable heritage, they enhance the environment all around them and such public green spaces are not incorporated into new urban developments any more. In the absence of guidance from central government, members and officers of the council are duty bound to show correct responsibility and not destroy the town’s inheritance.

Vincent Ford, The Dale, Wootton Wawen

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