Stop the Sale of Playing Fields at Epsom & Ewell High School

Do not let it go on the sale of the playing fields no one what's it to go on stop it

Come on West Ewell and Ruxley residents we need you to sign this petition - we need 500 signatures before we present it....Get your friends and family to sign for us...!
We are doing everything we can and putting pressure on as many people as possible to help/support us...this is a very short sighted proposal as there are not enough school places in the borough at the moment, we all know the traffic and congestion around here is unbearable - this will get a lot worse if all of their plans go ahead, 150 houses probably means 200 plus cars coming out onto Scotts Farm Road and Ruxley Lane every day!!!
Thank you for your support so far...we will be holding another meeting shortly to update you all on what has been done so far.
Lets show the authorities we mean business...!

Whilst I understand the desire to use this piece of land, albeit that it is used as a sports field and that for which it is designated, housing is the last use it should be put to for a whole host of reasons.
Those reasons include problems with:
• surface water run-off,
• foul sewer capacities,
• months of local services disruption,
• removal of open land and outlook,
• considerable additional congestion to already considerable congestion which is also going to be exacerbated by increasing the places at the two local schools; there is insufficient parking and the school run here has become a nightmare already!
• the local doctors and dental practices are overrun with appointments being as long as 3/4 weeks to get,
• previous development carried out locally has been excessive to the point that quality of life for existing residents is adversely affected,
• will contribute further pollution of the area not least air and of the local brook, litter, etc,
• removal of open space and necessary sports fields, the school appears to have intentionally resisted using the playing field in order to facilitate this sale.
Quite frankly the housing development option is ridiculous.

There are many positive and beneficial uses the land could be put to instead of more housing which seems to stem from greed. How about:
Set the land to allotments which raises some income, benefits local people and the land and is a “green statement”,
Give it over to a youth club,
Give it over to a sports club preferably for local people but even a private members club of some sort,
Lay it out as a local park and gardens for local people to get some air, relax, walk, socialise that will feel part of our community,
How about a public house as those we did have have been flattened for housing! there are no such in our parish/area?
Etc, there are many positive uses the space can be put to if not a playing field but there is nothing positive in putting more houses in this corner of Ewell other than for financial gain!

We strongly object to these plans - as per comments above, there is enough traffic and associated pollution, added to already by no less than 4 new developments on Ruxley Lane alone in the last few months!! We live on Ruxley Lane - we didn't want the new Tesco or the new Co-Op, or indeed the new Aldi which is soon to open just at the end of Ruxley on the bypass. Local residents deserve more than a few grocery facilities and a whole load of new neighbours!! What will this mean for our children, whom we already struggle to find school places for? If they want to sell some of the land in order to raise funds to improve the sports facilities for E&E High School students then fine - but not for a housing development of 100 dwellings! It is outrageous. How about some leisure facilities for local people; local people who can WALK or CYCLE to said facilities - hence not just bringing more traffic, pollution and danger to children. There are many possibilities that could be investigated - a swimming pool/ gym complex, soft play, public house/ restaurant, social club, library, bowling alley/ tennis courts, a 'city farm', splash park/ giant sandpit for children. And no doubt many things we haven't thought of. If the ethos of the High School is to support it's students - who are after all residents of this borough and will likely be FUTURE residents of this borough, then do what is right by us all and don't sell this land off for housing.

#4: Unimpressed - Against

I totally agree with above...but we need at least 500 signatures on this petition so do what you can everybody to get people to sign it - we will be holding a residents meeting very soon...we are waiting to hear back from certain people!