Supporting documents - Renfrewshire Council

Knockhill Park Pre-Planning Application Consultation Report
directly inconvenienced by this development. As a working mother of two small children I am greatly
concerned that excess traffic, disruption of the quite residential area that I chose to buy a property
in and possibly even more incidents of anti social behaviour will occur because of this development. I
am dissapointed that all residents of the area backing or adjoining on to Knockhill Park have not
been consulted before this. We campaigned for improved lighting due to a large number of
secondary fires a few years ago and have campaigned over the road traffic that currently uses
our road as a shortcut to avoid the traffic lights at Wright St. As residents I feel that we should be
given a bigger say in what happens in our area. I will be contacting my local councillors of this issue
as well. Thank you for your time. I hope that perhaps by the all parties who have an
interest in this development working together that we can come to a mutually beneficial resolution.
7. Comments submitted by mail
On the 25 th May 2012 at 3.30pm a letter was hand delivered to Mr J. Waclawski, Renfrewshire
Council, Department of Environmental Services. Appendix 6. From 34 residents in the vicinity of
Knockhill Park. This main content of centres around issues raised at the meeting between
Renfrewshire Council and residents of the Stuart Ave, Marjory Rd and Birmingham Rd held at the
Glynhill Hotel at 7.30 till 9.15pm on Monday the 21 st May 2012. The main body of this letter states;
7.1 That residents closest to this development state that they are irate as found out about it by
default and that the proposal should not go ahead without consultation with those who would be
greatly affected. The residents who live in the vicinity.
7.2 The residents feel that they have been given so many conflicting reports including whether there
would be CCTV, gated and locked, dedicated wardens, extra lighting and increased policing.
7.3 The residents also felt that they have already experienced previous attempts to upgrade the park
and this has led to vandalism, which has spread on to the streets and they have then suffered from
this
7.4 The residents are requesting that the consultation is extended beyond the 26 th May 2012 to
allow further for further consultation
7.5 The residents state that the councillors where arranging another meeting with Environmental
Services another meeting to answer the questions that could not be answered at the meeting.
7.6 Further to this the letter contained a supplement signed by 34 residents, this supplement states;
Anti Social Behaviour
Over the previous 18 months, there has been very little anti social behaviour within or surrounding
the park, for which the residents are very grateful. The proposed plans for the park causes me to
have serious concerns, that the behaviour previously experienced may resume. I can see the benifits
of some of the proposals on the plan, but envisage the MUGA, Events Area and Youth Area as areas
which could cause problems due to youths congregating. In my experience, when young people
congregate in the park, alcohol is consumed, the noise becomes unacceptable and on exiting the
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