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Pay to Play sparks Outrage

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Pay to Play Petition

Pay to Play Petition

Wandsworth council’s plans to start charging users of the Battersea Park Adventure playground have sparked outrage amongst local people. The scheme, due to start in October, would see weekend users paying £2.50 per child to enter the play area.

Opposition has come from local groups like Women of Wandsworth who have started a campaign – read more here, and an online petition is now available that runs until 4th June 2011. Other groups include Battersea Labour.

A council spokesman said: “”The difficult economic situation we face means we have to consider every aspect of the work we do and the services we provide. This fully staffed adventure play centre is a very popular but also very expensive facility to run”

York Gardens Library Saved

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Councillors are expected to endorse a series of “Big Society” proposals to save Battersea’s York Gardens library from closure.

An innovative rescue package has been devised that will see the threatened library continue to provide a children’s library service, alongside some adult provision, a homework club, public-access IT and internet facilities and a community space.

The key to the rescue plan is a Big Society solution involving local staff, the greater use of volunteers and utilising offers of help and support from a local private school foundation that wants to contribute more to its surrounding neighbourhoods.

Here’s the link to the Full Document on the WBC website.

Wandsworth Council approves Battersea Power Station plans

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Wandsworth Council’s approval of the planning application, the largest ever in Central London, is a major step towards realising the vision for Battersea Power Station, and follows one of the most comprehensive consultation programmes for a property development ever undertaken in the UK, consisting of over 300 meetings with local groups and stakeholders, 3 public exhibitions and over 16,000 visitors to Battersea Power Station.

Developer Treasury Holdings UK pledged to “protect” the disused 1933 riverside landmark, which will be restored to generate green energy in the future.

Battersea Power Station

But the chimneys will be demolished and rebuilt, as they are “beyond repair”

The next stage of the process will see the application referred to the Mayor of London and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for their consideration.

The development will also include a new tube station on the proposed extension of the Northern Line from Kennington to Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station. This will be the first ever privately funded extension to the tube network in Central London.

Construction on Phase 1 of the development is scheduled to commence in early 2012 with completion in 2016. The remaining phases, including the new underground station will follow, with the entire development scheduled for completion in 2024. More at BBC News