Just like Chorley.
There is a large car park opposite my parliamentary
office, so I have to declare an interest in this
petition, but nothing I say refers to my view of the
situation. That large car park is free, and it is
proposed that houses be built on it. Many of my
constituents are upset about that, 5,000 of them have
signed a petition, and we had public meeting in the Pork
Pie church.
The petition is presented by Councillor Jonathan Ekins,
Claire Ette and Rev. Martha McInnes, and states:
The Humble Petition of residents of Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire and the surrounding area,
Sheweth,
That the Petitioners believe that the proposed sale of
the Jackson Car Park, should be refused on the grounds of
the loss of public parking in the area which will have an
enormous effect on local businesses, doctors surgery, the
chemists, the Salvation Army, the Afro Caribbean
Association, the Daylight Centre, the Society of Friends,
the Job Centre and the United Reformed Church.
Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your Honourable
House urges the Ministry for Housing, Communities and
Local Government and the Borough Council in
Wellingborough to take in account the concerns of the
petitioners and refuse to grant the sale of the Jackson
Lane Car Park to a private developer.
And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray,
&c.
