An Update Wheeled Sports Facility/ Skatepark
This week we recieved an update on the wheeled sports facility/ skatepark for Looe. The team at Looe Development trust shared the following announcement.
‘For the past 4 years, Looe Development Trust has been leading a project in partnership with Looe Town Council and The Boundless Trust to provide a wheeled sports facility (WSF) / skatepark in Looe. The aspiration for this facility goes back many years and it is supported in the Neighbourhood Development Plan for Looe.
The Application site is at the far end of the Millpool car park and will be leased to Looe Town Council. The Working Group has consulted extensively over a long period of time with key organisations in the town. We thank them for their input.
The Working Group is pleased to announce that the Planning application for this much needed youth facility has now been registered with Cornwall Council as PA25/04810.
We will be holding a number of open sessions for residents and the public to have the opportunity to see the plans, the independent noise survey and to ask any questions that they may have about the WSF/Skatepark.
This is first and foremost a youth facility, designed by the Youth of the town in conjunction with Maverick skateparks who have worked tirelessly to bring us to this point. In addition, the application was made by Andrew Wilks of ADW Design Group free of charge. We would like to thank both Andrew and Maverick for their invaluable support. We hope that as many people as possible will come along to the open sessions and make their views known. The details of the dates and times will be published shortly, and we will ensure a mix of day, evening and weekend sessions.
We need your support now to make this long-held dream for the town a reality. So, we ask that if you are willing and able that you make your comments on the Planning Portal to show to Cornwall council how important this development is for Looe. The greatest champion of this project over many years was Edwina Hannaford. She worked behind the scenes to help secure the proposed site, moved things forward when they looked like they had stalled and gave a huge amount of encouragement to all involved. In recognition of her work, and the regard in which the town holds her memory, the Working Group have agreed that the WSF be called The Edwina Hannaford Skatepark. Thank you to Simon for allowing us to do this in her memory’.
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Consultation meetings will be taking place at The Millpool Centre on the dates below:
Saturday 30th August downstairs 10 – 12Monday 1st September 10 – 12 and 6pm – 8pmThursday 4th September 6pm – 8pmWe look forward to hearing from you!
