Campaigner vindicated. Electorate calls for no development on Town Park

Veteran campaigner John Evans decision to call for a poll of the electorate within the Hollinswood and Randlay Parish Council was vindicated when the electorate called for no development on Telford's 'Jewel in the Crown' Town Park.

Telford and Wrekin Council has announced the outcome of the parish poll that was held at the request of electors in Hollinswood and Randlay Parish Council.

The poll asked people to vote as to whether they agreed with the following statement: "We agree that Telford Town park's boundaries should be restored and kept as they were when the Commission for the New Towns handed the park to Wrekin District Council in 1991 as free open space for public use, and that there is no development upon it."

A total of 222 voters took part in yesterday's poll, with 214 voting yes and 7 voting no. One ballot was void. The turnout for the poll was 5.19%.

It is claimed that the low turnout was as a result of there being no promotion of the poll by the parish and because of the limited amount of time available for the actual voting to take place.