Save Ewell Village & The Playing Fields - The Campaign Continues

We need our children to have the opportunity to become the Olympians of the future.

Sporting facilities are essential for for children green facilities in this area are disappearing and it's wrong. There are many brownfield opportunities nearby. Leave our green space alone

HELLO PEOPLE - dont be led up the garden path!!!  This petition is based on a false premise set up by minority interest groups.  Before signing it please go to Nonsuchabbeyfield.org and see what two charities and a community sports organisation are ACTUALLY proposing as the best future for this land.  Their proposals REALLY sale the fields from developers.

The playing field is very important and every community needs such fascilities..... 

#6: -  The Epsom Sports Club is not profit making. A large number of local children benefit from the sports coaching it provides and even more could potentially benefit under this proposal.

#83: MP - BEWARE JUDGING BASED ON HALF THE TRUTH 

 Agree. The campaign has distorted the truth. The parties involved area LOCAL voluntary sports club and charity.

#81: -  

 There will still be sporting facilities for children. Protected for 125 years.

In Ewell Village these playing fields have been a very useful feature for generations. An asset for younger generations and for others a wholesome way to make a contribution to the local community by coaching and getting involve in arminstration of such facilities etc., volunterily. Behind Wocester Park railway station there is a playing field, and in Summers evenings to home-bound commuters from London it gives a welcoming effect seeing youngsters going through their paces in various activities. At a time when Obesity is becoming a big concern of the society in general, removing this facility at Old School Lane with bricks and motar is going to be  highly irresponsible piece of corporate greed! Ewell Village contains lot of historical significance and for the benefit of future generations, it should remain that way!Hence I have placed my signature to this petition. May the goodness in the Village prevail!

The fields can be saved in perpetuity and in their entirety.  Why not then put down an artificial pitch without the loss of the other area to buildings>  No need to sell off part of the fields.  Epsom Sports club and Old Salesians would both be happy.

#83: MP - BEWARE JUDGING BASED ON HALF THE TRUTH 

No false premise, and 'all that glitters is ...'!  Two local schools - one also a registerd charity, and two local sports clubs previously playing a broad range of sports can hardly be descibed as minority interest groups. The charity being established - Ewell Sports & Leisure, are proposing a REAL alternative that doesn't require any building on the Strategic Open Space, nor increase in vehicle traffic nor ...!  Why should we be threatened in such a way with apparent riches?  We don't need a 'shiny' new pavilion and all the roadways and hard standing taking up grass areas. There are other sites to develop a care facility and ES&L also plan an artificial pitch.  (ps. E&E HS are also establishing more artificial pitches for the community.)  Be strong and protect our village, our environment.