I live in Wantage, close to a small green which is right next to a piece of land which was generally used by all we asked as community land. Children played on it, grasshoppers jumped on it, bluebells grew. Really, it was nothing special, there must be (I hope) thousands of places like it across the UK.
We were assured that it would always remain like this - the houses it was next to had been built with a covenant that required this land not to be built on. Well, you live and learn - apparently that doesn't stop you building on it.
I'm sure this tale is repeated across the country and I fully understand the need for more houses. I just wanted to record the passing of a piece of land, and to maybe demonstrate that if the land did have to developed, the chosen option was, just maybe, a little "dense". If you want to see the planning applicaiton, it's on line at http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/java/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ApplicationDetails&REF=P11/V0093
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