Plymouth Labour’s Moor View by-election candidate is calling on Persimmon developer to ‘play fair’ and commit to completing a play park at City development.
Will Noble is also urging Persimmon to rectify a number of issues at the company’s Palmerston Heights development in Derriford which he says is leaving people, especially women, feeling vulnerable.
Will has written to the company requesting a representative of the company – which has its headquarters in York – to come to a residents’ meeting he is arranging.
He has called on the developers to provide a completion date for the play park.
“Residents, some of whom have lived here for five years, are telling me how disappointed they are at the state of the play park. Work has been started but has now ground to a halt even though this amenity was a key selling feature,” said Will, who lives in nearby Glenholt.
He says there are worries about lighting of the road from the bus stop to Colborne Road and he was prompted to walk the route himself after numerous residents raised concerns when he was recently out knocking on doors on the estate.
“There is insufficient functioning lighting in some areas of the site leaving residents, especially women feeling vulnerable.
“At the moment it is pitch black by 5pm. Residents, especially women, should not have to endure the stress of feeling vulnerable. One swift solution is to install temporary string lights as used in the Forder Valley construction site.
“In addition there are potentially dangerous unfinished building works and obstructions such as bollards and temporary fencing blocking the pavement and parts of the pavement are uneven.
“Residents don’t feel Persimmon is listening to them so it’s time they played fair and fixed the problems.”
