SEFTON Council has appointed Urban Splash as the firm to redevelop the former Pleasureland site. But there has been intense secrecy behind the decision, with the authority refusing to reveal what the options were ahead of their decision, refusing to hold the deciding meeting in open session, and refusing to reveal afterwards who the other interested parties had been.
Today, the Visiter can reveal that Urban Splash will redevelop not just the former fairground site – it is also due to build over Princes Park as well.
Surely, if Southport is to lose one of its major parks – whatever the benefits of what will come in its place – local taxpayers should first be asked for their views, rather than people relying on the Southport Visiter to find out what has happened in the aftermath of a decision taken behind closed doors?
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