Waste of Time and Mone Y ; City Council U-Turn On Some Proposed Parks Sell-Offs After Residents' Reaction to 'Flawed Consultation' Anger, Joy and Disappointment [Edition 2]

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A CONSULTATION exercise on a sell-off of more than 60 open green sites in Bristol has been condemned as a waste of time and money.

Campaigners told the Evening Post that people were not properly consulted and the sites were chosen based on flawed information.

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Waste of Time and Mone Y ; City Council U-Turn On Some Proposed Parks Sell-Offs After Residents' Reaction to 'Flawed Consultation' Anger, Joy and Disappointment [Edition 2]

The backlash came as the ruling Liberal Democrats revealed yesterday they were going to save the most contentious sites from the bulldozer.

They include Bushy Park in Windmill Hill, Craydon Road, Stockwood; Kingshead Park, Highridge; Okebourne Road, Brentry; St Anne's Park and Wellington Hill in Horfield.

Geoff Stock, one of the campaigners at Wellington Hill, said: "This is fantastic news for us but I feel sorry for the ones that have not been saved.

"What stood out for me was when I went to a drop-in session about the issue and discovered the council was saying that Wellington ...

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