Getting the Hump at Kimpton

The 26 July Development Contorl Committee has the planning application for some landscaping on the old allotments north of the Kimpton Park site.

The proposal does seem sensible as it creates a built-up land buffer between the nearest Ridge Road residents and the Reuse and Recycling Centre. I would have thought it was best to put trees along the residents boundary fence top prtoiect residents privacy and then have the new raised area bare except for grassing it over as this is likely to reduce the use of the raised ground for anti-social behaviour as anyone will be visible from the Kimpton Road site.

The application also provides the opportunity for Councillors to ask the applicant (ie the Council):

1. Will they be fencing their adjoining sites they intend to sell off? It would make sense to do this to reduce flytipping and to ensure that residents understand what areas will be part of the local public realm once the whole site is developed.

2. Will the landscaping the whole area and not just the allotments? It makes sense to all of this at once.

I have covered a number of other aspects of this site in two earlier postings, so I will not reprise the points here.