Fencing Around Part of Looe Road Park

Following on from a previous post relating to the football pitch.

This pitch is not full-size and had become effectively little more than a dog's toilet and was also used for the annual November 5th bonfire.

The single most significant improvement to Looe Road Park has been the erection of metal fencing around the main section of the grassed area that includes the football pitch, funded by Exeter City Council. This has resulted in a virtually dog-mess free zone that provides a healthier recreational environment for our community and for this we are grateful. A community survey revealed that provision of this fencing was judged to be a high priority by the residents.

I have been informed by two governors of St.David's Primary School that the only reason that this fencing was installed was to enable use by the school because their own playing field could not be used due to ongoing building work that made use of their own football pitch impossible. I have also been informed that considerable pressure was applied to Exeter City Council to provide this fencing for the school's benefit. Clearly, the school children couldn't use the park whilst it presented a potential health risk due to contamination by dog faeces.

As a community we have absolutely no problem with the local primary school using Looe Road Park but, please, CF/SDNP/SL/EPW, do not inform our community or anyone else that the fencing was installed only because we wanted it, because this is clearly untrue. The fencing was installed first and foremost for the benefit of St.David's Primary School pupils, and not for our community, as you prefer to publicise.


It would appear that, despite the additional fencing, the primary school have visited Looe Road Park on only one occasion, and then only very briefly. Could this have been because of the lack of suitable toilet facilities in Looe Road Park for the schoolchilden? St.David's Primary School have had to transport their pupils to an alternative park elsewhere in Exeter that, presumably, had adequate facilities for the youngsters.