A park for the people

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This petition aims to make the councillors of the City of Bradford change their thinking about the Westfield Development in the city centre. As the development has been delayed until at least next year we feel this is the perfect time to suggest that the space be changed into a park space.

The suggestion is that the plot be covered over so that the space is flat and the car park beneath can be used. The flat space above, we believe should then be landscaped and made into suitable parkland by Bradford Parks and Gardens department. This means that the investment be left behind but it also means that the money designated for the City park near centenary sq be put to better use for a space that needs it more.

A park space in this city centre would cut down dramatically on the need for investment in a new development as there would be little need for new land works and the funds needed to encourage business into the city centre would be greatly reduced as there are already many vacant buildings to be moved into. it would also reduce investment into the current proposed city park because there would be no need to knock down any buildings or tear up any already functioning land. This means a lose to some investors but we suggest that this fact should be ignored and the wishes of the citizens be honoured instead.

208 Signatures

  • Ella Watkins
  • tess connor
  • Daniel Dawson
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  • Rosa Nolan-Warren
  • Holly Francis
  • Luke Owens
    • Comments
    • Why destroy centenary square, when there's a big gravel pit that could become the greatest urban oasis
  • Anita Sherlock
  • Bill Francis
  • Simon Cantrill
    • Comments
    • Centenary sq functions fine, make the rubble pit into a park
  • Ruth Webber
    • Comments
    • YES YES YES PARK PARK PARK! I'd LOVE to have somewhere other than centenery square to chill out in in the summer, and it could be GORGEOUS and I'm bored of high street shops cluttering up the place
  • Ben Holmes
    • Comments
    • This eyesore has been here too long, give something back to the community in the form of community green space
  • Merle Collett
  • Nasreen A
    • Comments
    • Lets keep some Green on the scene!
  • Joel White
  • Sarah Lawson
    • Comments
    • I LOVE GREEN SPACES
  • Helen Bowcock
  • Manaza
    • Comments
    • we need more parks . yeahhhh
  • Rebecca Treece
  • Catriona Simons
  • John Clarke
  • David Coverdale
  • Lizzy Ambler
  • Matthew Scott
    • Comments
    • for the community! bradford lacks togetherness COMPLETELY
  • Judy Connor
  • G Smith
  • Ralph Berry
    • Comments
    • Lets have a festival or gig on this grren space.
  • Saffron Cooper
    • Comments
    • We are awash with expensively built office spaces that remain empty. Bring on green spaces and air to breathe.
  • Ellie Clement
  • J Robinson
  • edwina greenwell
    • Comments
    • how about bandstand,car boot,community events,grass and flowers,its big enough
  • A Walker
    • Comments
    • Westfield has been an eysore for long enough
  • Samantha Yates
  • Maria Crimmins
  • Peter Clark
  • helen bradshaw
    • Comments
    • At last, a sensible option to the eye sore of a mess that is Bradford City Centre now!!!
  • Cathy Fowler
    • Comments
    • The space and views created by knocking down the buildings are an asset that can be enhanced by developing a new park here. We don't need more shops in Bradford, we need more green space.
  • rosie scott
  • Martin Neish
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    • Look, I know it's hard for people to own up to the redundancy of their long held ideas, but that space has been a predictable disaster since it was built on the last time. Think differently for once, and listen. People don't need new places to spend money they don't have on things they don't need. That's not prosperity, it's a con trick. Public spaces for the public. No more vanity-project dead-horse flogging.
  • Bruce Barnes
    • Comments
    • Yes what a great idea
  • Jane Howson
  • Catheine Henwood
    • Comments
    • great idea
  • Sarah George
  • Colin Green
  • Cathy Knamiller
    • Comments
    • And, what about a beautiful indoor garden like the winter gardens in Sheffield city centre? So plants from around the world can be grown to reflect Bradford's populations, can be used all year round, and an attached cafe/gallery/plant shop if there is the need for some cmmercial gain? Look at what Sheffield have done - it's fantastic
  • David Robison
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    • Really is a no-brainer - we want a park not a shopping centre - additionally, this will get more shoppers into Bradford than another Boots, another Matalan and another Greggs. Why compete with Leeds on being a centre of disposable rubbish for sale?
  • Mark Goodliff
  • Donna irving
  • Ruth Grundy
  • Jonathan Pollard
  • Ros Coulton
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    • Great idea, we have enough spaces for shops, now let's make a very needed green space for people!