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POUNDS HOUSE: the current lease ends this year and we have a new rumour - that 'something nice is being planned for it'.



SELLING OFF THE FAMILY SILVER - Western Morning News - Neil Young - 9 Febrary 2008
Poor Plymouth - The family silver is being sold off, piece by piece.It's a calamity that is taking place nationwide, except that here it is pronounced. Plymouth looks and feels like a city in the throes of a political experiment. And the beneficiaries will be? Not the many, but a select few. Most of all they will be the developers who are somersaulting each other for a share of the loot.

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FoCP are members of:
Open Spaces Society: http://www.oss.org.uk/
Plymouth Community Partnership http://www.pcp.org.uk/

About Friends of Central Park:
Constitution of Friends of Central Park


Next FCP meeting - and AGM: Tuesday 14th July 7.30pm
Hyde Park Pub, (upstairs), Mutley

Planned events : A Big Lunch 'Picnic in the Park' behind Pounds House, Sunday 19th July

Minutes June 2009 meeting

Minutes May 2009 meeting

Minutes April 2009 meeting

The Central Park Area Action Plan (CPAAP), was approved in September 2008 by the Government's Planning Inspector after a consultation process. It sets the planning framework for the next 15 years. It allows for a sports centre, expansion of Home Park, and building development at Pennycomequick and Peverell/Outland Road corner - losing parts of the park included allotments tended for years. Friends of Central Park say yes to swimming pool and leisure facilities within the footprint of the current buildings and car parking. But no to expanding the area run by Argyle, or any hotels, conference centres, or offices that mean building on the park's greenspace with traffic and parking problems increased.

Friends of Central Park, Plymouth, support plans which maximise opportunities for all communities and ages to use the open space freely, to increase biodiversity and link in with other health, environmental and community initiatives in Plymouth. The group is investigating support for legislation to protect urban green space.


See the Plan and Inspectors Report at the main Public Library or at:
 http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/environmentandplanning/planning/planningpolicy/ldf/aaps/ldfcentralparkaap.htm

and www.plymouth.gov.uk/centraparkpreferredoptions

Comments made during the consultation can be seen if you register and login at: http://plymouth.consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/ldf/cpaap

Friends of Central Park submitted their comments on the plan (pdf) in February, and a Supplementary statement (pdf) in April followed by supporting evidence (htm index). For the comments to be valid they had to be based on the '' Tests of Soundness".


The Friends of Central Park (FCP) association was set up by and for people who want to protect the precious green lung in the heart of Plymouth. Friends of Central Park aim to

  • Protect the Park against any loss of open space
  • Increase use of the Park by all ages and communities in Plymouth

Future FCP meetings:
Friends of Central Park Plymouth meet on the second Tuesday of every month at the Hyde Park, Mutley Plain (upstairs) at 7.30pm. email: info@centralparkfriends.info for more information.

Minutes of previous meetings

Minutes March 2009 meeting
Minutes February 2009 meeting
Minutes January 2009 meeting
Minutes December 2008 meeting
Minutes November 2008 meeting
Minutes October 2008 meeting

Minutes September 2008 meeting
Minutes August 2008 meeting
Minutes July 2008 meeting
Minutes of June meeting
Minutes of April meeting
Minutes of March meeting
Minutes of February meeting
8 January 2008
11 December - attended by Steve Ricketts
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
July 2007
June 2007
April 2007
March 2007 - attended by Karen Gillard (Lib Dem), David Slater (Con), John Mahony (Con), Vivien Pengelly (Con), Martin Leaves (Con), Steve Ricketts (Con) (6)
February 2007
January 2007