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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

As I said I rarely go into the park these days, but if I remember rightly there was some new play equipment installed fairly recently and it was vandalised within a few days..... not sure if this area is lit.....or for that matter whether it was vandalised during the day. I suppose it depends on your point of view as well..... if there has been a 1% reduction in vandalism Cllr O'Kane will promote it and say it is due to the area being lit.

The reason for the questions are that HBC have just got planning permission to install an 8metre high lighting column in the play area in Rhyddings park. The youths use this area as a meeting / drinking place but on most nights they move off when it goes dark, to an area with some light. With the new light installed and switched on they will have no need to move away.
The planning permission is only for a period of 12 months, in their words "to see if it works" plus we have cllrs. that don't live within viewing distance of the play area saying "with the light there WE will be able to see them" This is where Cllr O'Kane came in with his comments about the effect of the lights in Mercer park