| Topic: | Re:Objection to Benches | |
| Posted by: | Alex Greenbank | |
| Date/Time: | 06/04/18 10:47:00 |
| > My point is simple, that 1871 Act does not allow commercial alienation of the commons And in my personal opinion I do not consider the bench arrangements to be 'commercial alienation of the commons' therefore the rest is moot. > If they can, then by taking that approach to its logical conclusions they have a legal obligation to consider all commercial activity on the same basis. Consider yes, approve/agree not necessarily, because not all commercial activity is equal. For example, in my opinion, allowing wedding marquees on the common would 'inclose' part of the common (albeit temporarily) as members of the public would be excluded from that area whilst in use - therefore they should not be allowed. For the case of the LFF nursery walking to and using the common during the day (and paying a fee to WPCC) I also see no problem. I see no alienation there. Anyway, I'm happy to agree to disagree on this matter as this debate is not moving forward at all and look forward to seeing how this plays out. |