Please let me know your thoughts? Should councils be able to sell off sports fields to build houses? If you do agree with the following statement please follow the link to number 10’s website and sign up http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/playingfields/
“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to prevent the selling of any land currently used for sports. We believe that sports fields should be classified in the same way as national parks”
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/playingfields/
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2007-02-01 03:12:21 · 6 answers · asked by www.4psmarketing.com 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes they should be protected. More and more fields are going the way of the dodo, and this is disheartening. More kids are finding less place to get together to play games. A simple thing of getting together to play football is proving more work just to find a place to kick a ball.It's also unethical to use a place designated as an open field in a residential area to be turned into a councilor's side project.
2007-02-01 03:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by SIVA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The links below will take you to the website of the National Playing Fields Association who specialise in protecting and forcing local councils to protect playing fields.
They are a charity organisation set up by King George the 5th. Have a look at the site and get involved :-).
My father used to work for them as a fundraiser and he successfully managed to force councils into maintaining playing fields by use of the courts on several occasions.
2007-02-01 03:28:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anchor Cranker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are facing same prolems here in Maharashtra. Either those open speces are sold to builders or encroached by "bhayyas" of UP and Bihar. Even these illegal people capture the footpaths also, they have done encroachment inNational Park also. So, all these things National Parks, empty speces, footpaths as well as railway-lines should be given protected status.( By the way, you people are lucky that you don't have "Bhayyas" to make your gities dirty.
2007-02-01 03:31:12 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate of the Bassein Creek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, going by the "obesity" trend being rammed down our throats they shouldnt be done away with but used more! funding should be secured from elsewhere
2007-02-01 03:16:21 · answer #4 · answered by markos480 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt.What a great question!
2007-02-01 03:21:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh?
2007-02-01 03:21:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋