The council are looking at the possibility of installing a sports cage in Church Lane car park.

We ran a poll on the subject and the results were as follows:

• Yes, five-a-side and basketball please. 29% (7 votes)
• Yes, as long as alternative parking is provided. 17% (4 votes)
• No, we don’t have enough parking spaces in Leytonstone. 17% (4 votes)
• No, it will be too noisy. 0% (0 votes)
• No, kids hanging around the car park could cause problems. 38% (9 votes)

I passed these results on to the Leytonstone Ward councillors. Marie Pye responded:

Thank you very much, that is really interesting. On our website we’ve not had anybody raise concerns about young people hanging around in the car park and if residents are concerned about that we need to build safeguards into any scheme, for example making sure that the entrance is not near the car park entrance so that people don’t feel threatened (even when they aren’t).

Thanks to everyone who responded!

Leytonstone Councillors are proposing that a sports cage be built in Church Lane car park in reponse to young people telling them there’s nothing to do in the town. Good idea or bad idea? Respond to the poll in our sidebar or you can submit your comments to the council on their website.