Green space at Pepperslade

The Thriplow Parish Council meeting last Monday was a lively affair: very good progress being made on using the Section 106 money to sort out the drains at Heathfield, and also on the proposed path between Heathfield and Thriplow village itself. A number of residents attended to raise concerns about the proposal to add some play equipment to the green field behind Pepperslade.

There is a younger children's play area in Heathfield, and this is now going to be properly equipped - after a fair amount of prevarication from the develop who was supposed to stump up the cash - see previous blogs from last year. But earlier in the year the question came up: what about older children, currently left playing ball games in the street? The Parish Council asked me if I could get some advice and I asked the District Council play area advisor - very knowledgeable and sensible lady. She passed on some guidance to the chair of the parish council which made some people happy but not others.

Basically, it isn't advisable to have smaller children and bigger ones using the same equipment, and the proposal now being discussed is to put something on the green space at Pepperslade. A lively discussion ensued!