Si Denbigh

Hello Councillor,
I have been a resident of Woodhouse and Hyde Park for nearly 30 years.
I have noticed that recently Leeds City Council have been increasingly treating Woodhouse Moor and the adjacent land as though it is their private property and making important decisions that affect the local residents without bothering to consult them. Most of these decisions seem to be aimed at pleasing the transient student population with disregard to the wishes of the permanent tax-paying citizens, and (in my opinion) are somewhat short-sighted.
If you build permanent barbecue sites on the Moor you not only legitimise barbecues but actually encourage them. Rather like building bigger and more roads inevitably just attracts more vehicles, building a mere 40 sites will only encourage hundreds more into setting up destructive fire pits. The difference is; You’ve just invited them.
As I understand it, around Twenty thousand pounds has been allocated for this proposal.
Why not use that money towards employing a Park Keeper to oversee the Moor, liase with Police, and enforce the bylaws?
Woodhouse Moor is fine as it is, it doesn’t need irreversable changes which seem to me to be shortsighted attempts at making a political mark (however well meant) rather than properly considered and debated decisions.
Please Consider or Reconsider this proposal very carefully, and take into account the opinions of long-term local residents like myself who think this is a bad idea.
Yours Sincerely
Si Denbigh
Woodhouse & Hyde Park