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Originally Posted by garinda

There'll always be some stick in the muds, who'll oppose change for whatever reason. Probably the same person/people who thought the new children's play area was an eyesore from their front rooms on Park Lane, and who tried to say that it would, wrongly, attract more vandalism.
Good luck.

Without wishing to cover old ground again, the Planning Officer in her report to the planning committee in connection with the planning application for the light in the play area, refered to the childrens play area as "the unfortunate siting of the play area". Which indicated that even she was not happy with the location of the play area. A project that was pushed through by an HBC Parks Officer and a local Councillor (permitted development)
The planning application for the lighting column was required because the height of the lighting column proposed was 8M.
The height of the lighting column actually installed was only 4M, HBC could have saved the expense of the planning application, since a 4M column did not need planning permission.