Andrew Stunell responds to a letter in The Times about playing fields
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Communities Minister Andrew Stunell responds to a letter in The Times about playing fields.
Sir,
Your reader is right to point out the importance of playing fields to communities all over the country (The Times, 22 August 2011), but the Coalition 바카라 사이트바카라 사이트™s policies are supporting their protection not undermining it.
The 바카라 사이트˜Community Right to Buy바카라 사이트™ set out in the Localism Bill will help save valued local assets such as village shops, libraries and playing fields by introducing a 바카라 사이트˜window of opportunity바카라 사이트™ to allow community groups a fixed period of time to put together a bid to buy a community asset - if it comes up for sale. These provisions will not force property owners to initiate any sale, dictate who they should sell to, or what sale price they choose at the end of the window of opportunity. It does a disservice to the thousands of landowners who already engage with their communities by providing playing fields to suggest that they would react to this provision by simply shutting up shop.
We are also introducing a new planning protection for valuable local green spaces - both in the countryside and urban areas. Together, these provisions will help safeguard the parks and playing fields at the heart of our communities.
Andrew Stunell
Communities Minister