In February I met with Curo and have finally established who is responsible for which areas of communal land in Freeview Road.

We had previously received costings for replacing areas of grass with parking spaces which ranged from £6,000 to £65,000, dependant on which areas were implemented.  These costs vary considerably due to services that are below the pavements/grassed area needing to be lowered or moved to ensure vehicles can park without putting pressure on the underground services eg Gas, drains, water etc.

This has meant that Councillor Tim Ball has now been able to obtain correct cost codes from BANES Council and submitted a bid for funding to expand current parking facilities to remove some of the grassed areas and replace this with parking.

We are awaiting to hear the outcome of the bid requests and will update you further when this is known.