Work on Parks in Bromley Town

Bromley Town's Lib Dem councillors have recently met with Bromley Council officers and idverde staff to discuss our parks and green spaces. We're pleased to report that as a result there have been some small but very welcome improvements to some of the problems we identified.

We are blessed with 5 parks in Bromley Town ward and Norman Park is just the other side of our ward boundary, in Hayes. Thanks to the residents who have already contacted us with comments about: Church House Gardens, Martins Hill Open Space, Bromley Palace Park at the Civic Centre, College Green and Queen's Gardens and as a result we have requested work to improve a number of benches in Martins Hill Open Space which had been graffitied or vandalised in other ways. This work is already underway and several have now been sanded off or replaced completely. Thanks to Council Officers and to our idverde partners for this prompt response after we raised this last month.

The old, open style of litter bins have also been flagged up to us as needing to be replaced by bins with covered lids. The Council has agreed to fund this and work will be completed by the end of July to replace these bins. Several have now been replaced though as you can see from this image.

Do continue to email us or contact us via social media with any issues relating to our parks and green spaces.

You can also still take part in the Council's annual survey of park users up until 31st July. Do share the link with friends, neighbours and other park users who live or work in Bromley borough.

Pond life

Bromley residents first contacted us about the poor state of the pond in Church House Gardens last summer during the heat wave when the pond all but dried up and had to be fenced off in places to protect children from falling in. We raised this with Council Officers, idverde and the Conservative Portfolio Holder for the Environment. We are very glad to report on the positive works was done to improve the pond.

Works taking around 2 weeks to complete were undertaken in August 2022 costing several thousand pounds. idverde created a new habitat island which was constructed by inserting wooden posts into the lake bed and lining these with a membrane. The pond was then machine dredged and the silt was pumped into the newly created island. This process will allow vegetation to grow on the island and it better manages the silt levels, improves health and safety as well as water quality for all park users especially the wildlife who live in the pond. Again we are grateful to all residents who raised this with us and grateful to the Council and to idverde for making these necessary improvements.