I'm devastated - this is such an important piece of open space - one example being kids playing football every weekend - I would imagine that the Council will need planning permission to change the use of the land even though they own it. This would be the time to crank up the opposition given the loss of playing fields.

Nothing seems to have been submitted at the moment, although an application for "Change of use of part of recreation ground to burial ground as extension to existing cemetery" was submitted and withdrawn in 2000 before being determined. This is the type of application where local oppostion could make a difference.

PaperBagBadger - have you had any response from Sport England etc?