Greenfields Community Group was formed in 2017 and has been the volunteer organisation committed to bringing the community together, working tirelessly to save the park from housebuilding when the local council sold part of the land to a local developer.
The Redfern Report (2022) outlines the mis-selling of parkland for housebuilding and the complete report is on the link below.
After many years of volunteer efforts to restore this land to the community, local people were delighted to finally see the fences taken down just a few days before Christmas 2023.
However, over the past two years, community working to make enhancements and locally funded improvements to the park with Shrewsbury Town Council has proved to be impossible. Permissions have been refused and communications ignored.
In spite of many appeals to Shrewsbury Town Council and Shropshire Council over the years, the Committee of Greenfields Community Group now have to organise defrayal of funds in hand on works that do not require Council engagement but will still be of benefit to local people.
The works will be delivered over the next 6 weeks and Final Accounts produced which will enable the formal closure of the organisation by 30th September 2025.
The link to the full Redfern Report regarding the Town Council's sale of parkland for housebuilding is on this link: The Redfern Report 2022
