Residents say a country park created as part of a 1,000-home development is a 'disgrace' plagued by sludgy paths and litter
People in Bingham say a country park created as part of a 1,000-home development there is a "disgrace" plagued by sludgy paths and litter. The first homes planned as part of the Romans' Quarter development were approved in 2018, with lead developer Barratt Homes promising that a new country park would be built alongside it.
"We've really been pressing the borough council and developers to improve what they have done. It was only through us really pushing for them that we managed to get more litter bins, because there was only one when this first opened at the entrance and so there was litter everywhere. It still just looks like a bombsite."
A spokesperson for Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Midlands said: "We are sorry for the current condition of the path around the lake and work to improve it had already been scheduled to take place when the weather is better, and all works have been implemented in line with the designs and specification previously approved by Rushcliffe Borough Council. Whilst the remedial works to the footpath are undertaken, we will endeavour to keep disruption of the area to a minimum.
The information from the council says there was an "oversight" which meant that there was an "excess of soil" needed for the creation of the originally planned lake. The council also said there was an issue with keeping "such a large body of water oxygenated and clean."
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