Common sense prevails with Five Acre victory for residents

News came through this evening that the Liberal Democrat run Eastbourne Borough Council has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over their crazy plans to move the Circus from the established Princes Park events field due to a double booking with the big screen for the Olympic Games.

Residents and Sovereign Ward Councillors challenged the plans highlighting a complete lack of proper consultation, unacceptable parking pressures in neighbouring roads which could have prevented emergency service vehicles getting through to residents and staggering shortfalls in risk assessments amongst numerous really valid concerns.

A number of us suggested that both events should have been able to be accommodated within Princes Park and ward Councillors learned earlier today that this has now been investigated properly and is deemed perfectly possible without the need to disturb residents around Five Acre Field.

Following the fiasco that was the Licensing Hearing Committee meeting in which Lib-Dem members gave the green light for the event against the view of the Conservative Councillor at the meeting, residents had produced copies of Lib-Dem election literature that had pledged to protect Five Acre Field from development and ironically the circus and commented on how betrayed they felt.

Ward Councillors will now be looking at ways of repairing the surface of the field to once again enable sport to be enjoyed by the community and holding the discredited Lib-Dem administration to their pledge to improve defences which will reduce the risk of future incursions by travellers.

Power to the people!