Decided to use this thread as Green Spaces / Pocket Parks have been mentioned. Please split it if you think it should be. Someone replied to a post stating that the OP should re-nominate as a “Pocket Park” instead of the “Decorative Mining Cart Planter”. I only saw it as a bit of land left over wh…

Thank you! I’ll look into it and attempt another appeal here.

These spaces annoy me to some extent. The council has no idea what the green space will actually be used for. Ball games aren’t allowed at some (such as this one), very few people will sit there to have a picnic (the surroundings aren’t right), there’s very few places to sit (the only bench shown …

Every piece of public mown grass /allows/ this, just as every bench /allows/ you to be social (sit down and talk to people). Doesn’t make it a great place for it :confused:

I see it as one of those “Could be used for…” not “created to be used for…”. Will often see younger kids playing together but there is no infrastructure to facilitate this, it just happens to be a green where parents can keep an eye on them.

Agreed. UK councils could do so much better with them to make them more usable. But they generally don’t have the money to do more than mow the grass and throw a bench on it. That’s why they started the fund program to try and make pocket parks better. I look forward to that happening across the ent…

Mowing grass throughout the year is actually fairly expensive for councils! It would be cheaper to have wildflowers etc and mow it a few times a year, but this requires considered thought and coping with inevitable complaints from residents that the grass hasn’t been mown.

Thank you for the clarification. I was only told what I have stated in the opening post. So appreciate you taking the time to reply.

Exactly. Which is why it’s clearly meant for recreation as opposed to many other areas which have had the mowing stopped to curate nature habitats.

[image] salixsorbus: I’m a little speechless that this was accepted by appeal reviewers. Agree with you on this one, this is 2 small greens with a tree on each. Looking around the area there are several others. 200m along the road another set of 2, another 100m there is a larger area. On the …

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salixsorbus August 12, 2025, 1:43pm 32

I know this has been resolved, but I just looked here on Streetview and there’s cars parked on this “pocket park”. I’m a little speechless that this was accepted by appeal reviewers.

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