Friends of Marple Memorial Park

[admin]

The Friends of Marple Memorial Park web site has been updated with the minutes of the meeting held on 9 March 2015:

http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/monthly-meetings.html

[amazon]

That's not correct @amazon. The application is in the consultation period at present.

http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData/AcolNetCGI.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=123769

Ok sorry about that .its the red wine ..

[admin]

Think you've been granted full planning permission. I receive planning applications each week from SMBC.

That's not correct @amazon. The application is in the consultation period at present.

http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData/AcolNetCGI.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=123769

[amazon]

An application for planning permission was submitted on Friday 6 March 2015. This should soon appear on the Planning Portal and I'll add a link when it does.
http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/projects/skate-park-improvements.html

Think you've been granted full planning permission. I receive planning applications each week from SMBC.

[admin]

Here's the final version of Marple College Students' video shot during Marple Carnival 2013 that was included with our Skatepark Grant Application:



The video was filmed and edited by Media Studies students attending Marple Sixth Form College. Unfortunately, due to technical problems with their equipment, the sound recording proved to be unusable but we think they’ve made a great job of producing a video that captures the day despite this set-back.

[admin]

The Marple Memorial Park Skatepark Development Project page on the Friends of the Park web site has been updated to reflect the following recent developments:

Notification that Marple and District WI raised £600 towards the project match-funding during last year's Christmas Cracker, bringing our community funding to £22,928.

An application for planning permission was submitted on Friday 6 March 2015. This should soon appear on the Planning Portal and I'll add a link when it does.

A grant application was submitted yesterday to the Lafarge- Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund administered by the Derbyshire Environmental Trust and receipt was informally acknowledged today. The application asks for £62,000, which is the balance of funds that we need to complete the Marple Skatepark Development Project.

http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/projects/skate-park-improvements.html

[admin]

Images showing the first tweaks and changes to our skatepark design following the meeting with users in February are now available:

[admin]

The Friends of Marple Memorial Park web site has been updated with the minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 2015 and the Skatepark meetings of 19 January and 5 February 2015:

http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/monthly-meetings.html

[Howard]

The poppy is such a nice touch. Just emphasising that this is "Memorial" Park.

[admin]

That looks a lot bigger than the current skate park. Is it?

It is all contained within the existing footprint of the site (the existing hard surface area) but yes, more of the existing space it is being used for the new skatepark.

This plan of the existing facility helps to make it clearer:

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[Harry]

That looks a lot bigger than the current skate park. Is it?

[admin]

The Marple Memorial Park Skatepark Development Project page on the Friends of the Park web site has been updated with details of recent fund-raising successes. These include an extra £50 donated by High Lane Garage, £5 donated by @Barbara in the park, £223 raised by family and friends of Diane Jackson on her recent milestone birthday and £793 from our joint collection at the Co-Op before Christmas with Marple and Goyt Valley Rotary Club.

These fantastic contributions bring our Community Funding total to £22,154 to date, which means that we have now surpassed our target to match the council's contribution of £22,000 from commuted sums by the end of 2014.

We plan to continue raising funds for the project until we are ready to submit our large grant application because if we can reduce the proportion of money that we need to ask for it should give us a better chance of success.

http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/projects/skate-park-improvements.html

Here are some images of the successful design that will be discussed with Skatepark Users soon:

[admin]

The Friends of Marple Memorial Park web site has been updated with the minutes of the meeting held on 12 January 2015 and the Skatepark meeting of 17 July 2014, which was only released on limited distribution at the time pending completion of the skatepark tender selection process:

http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/monthly-meetings.html

[admin]

The Marple Memorial Park Skatepark Development Project page on the Friends of the Park web site has been updated to announce that yesterday, after a frustrating wait since July this year, we were at last told that the council's process for approving the skatepark contractor chosen by the Project Team and User Group is virtually complete and we could let people know.

So I'm pleased to advise that in the New Year Canvas Spaces Ltd will be helping us to develop a final design, obtain planning permission and will support our large grant application. In the event that this is successful they will also build the new skatepark but there is still a lot to do before we reach that stage.   

For more details and some provisional shots of the chosen design visit the project page:

http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/projects/skate-park-improvements.html

Merry Christmas everyone!

[admin]

The Friends of Marple Memorial Park web site has been updated with the minutes of the meeting held on 10 November 2014:

http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/monthly-meetings.html