History

The Association's Achievements

Other battles fought by the Association during these years include the battle to have Cannizaro Gardens locked at night and opened in the morning. Again a compromise was negotiated. The Council's workmen would lock the gates at night and a roster of residents would unlock them in the morning. Out of this dispute came the valuable spin-off from the Association - the Friends of Cannizaro Park.

Successful campaigns have included obtaining a separate cycle track across to the Village and the gaining of visits by the Mobile Library. When these were cut by the Council after three years, the facility was greatly missed by older residents in particular. There were more contentious disputes, like the negotiations to get the Commons Conservators to restrict commercial dog-walkers to no more than four dogs at a time.

There were Planning fights, like the objections to the number of houses proposed for the development of the Oak Tree House, White Chesters and IPD sites in Camp Road. In all these cases the Association was successful in reducing the housing density to limit the amount of traffic on the already overloaded Camp Road. Traffic has been the focus of much of the Association's work in defence of the area. It fought off an ill-conceived scheme to put a mini-roundabout at the intersection of West Side West Place, Camp Road and The Causeway. It also successfully defeated the Council's intention to put parking meters in the roadway of The Causeway and the plan to make the whole area a Controlled Parking Zone. And most recently access to the Association's activities has been opened up to all with this web-site.

All this could not have been achieved without a sizeable active membership of the Association. If you read this and live in our delightful area and are not a member, please contact us to join.