Green space on Bowes Road opposite Millfields School
We are contacting Wivenhoe Society members to draw your attention to a worrying local development.
Elmstead Parish Council is considering selling off to developers the area of green space on Bowes Road opposite Millfields School. The land was gifted to the people of Dene Park by Wimpey Homes when the estate was built in the Seventies. The land belongs to Elmstead Parish Council since Dene Park was in Elmstead parish when it was created. Although the estate has since been transferred to Wivenhoe, that parcel of land still belongs to Elmstead.
The status of the land is currently protected by a legal covenant, but Elmstead are seeking to have that put aside. Wivenhoe Town Council are seeking to prevent this from happening and not surprisingly there is also a great deal of local opposition. Millfields School have arranged a Public Meeting which will be held at the school on Wednesday June 16, at 7.30pm, and has invited Elmstead Parish Council to send a representative.