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On a mission

At the moment Ian Irvine is on a bit of a mission, and its good to see. Some people react to losing an election by withdrawing from everything, others just can’t let go and keep turning up at every official event1 but Ian has found himself inspired to activism. The beneficiary of this enthusiasm is Broadfield Park, which really needs a few friends at the moment. Earlier in the year the lower part of the park was flattened for anti-flood works, and more recently the grade II listed Broadfield House had a planning application to turn it into flats,2 with a bit more of the park going to make up their grounds. Now the plans are for digging a huge great hole for a sewer tank and trenches for a new main sewer. I don’t think that anybody is denying that the work has benefits. It is easy to forget that quite a few properties in the... [read full story]                    

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