A petition has been started to save designated Metropolitan Open Space and a Nature Conservation Area at Harrow Hill Golf Course from plans by Harrow School to turn it into a coach park and astroturf pitches.
The petition can be found HERE
This is the message to Harrow's Dorector of Planning attached to the petition:
Harrow Hill Golf Course is designated Metropolitan Open Space, an area of Special Character and a Nature Conservation area. There is a proposal by Harrow School to turn it into a coach park and astroturf pitches.
The golf course and cafe serve a wide range of disadvantaged groups and individuals within the local community, has unrestricted and affordable access for these groups and for beginners and children, unlike other courses in the area.
It has a unique and unprecedented range of biodiversity and wildlife and is amongst the few environmentally friendly golf courses in the UK, thanks to its natural horticultural methods. Its biodiversity ranges from bumblebees, butterflies, bats, hedgehogs, and a huge variety of birdlife including owls, woodpeckers, sparrow hawks and migrating birds.
We urge you not to allow this valuable asset to our community, a beautiful oasis of open space for all to enjoy, to become covered in coach parking and all-weather sports pitches.
Emma Wallace, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Harrow East said today:
Harrow Green party is dismayed by Harrow Schools proposal to build a coach park and astro turf on this wonderful recereational green space, which provides much needed calm away from a very busy road.
We call on Harrow council to oppose this development and stand up for the unique and diverse open spaces in Harrow, which are increasingly being encroached upon. The parks, fields and green belt in Harrow have all too easily been seen as places for school expansions, luxury flats and car parks by the council.
These developments cut people off from accessing public land and completely ignore the fact that they contain a unique and unprecedented range of wildlife and biodoversity, a space for people to exercise and meet, helping communities improve health and well being.
Harrow Labour council must start protecting Harrow's green spaces for everyone