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New Stour & Avon, November 5, 2021
Your letters
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Time to demolish old police station
Edition 15 of the New Stour & Avon magazine contained a letter by Mrs Shepherd of West Moors who commented on Wimborne’s old police station and its potential use as a site for housing, which I thought was most valid. In addition, your article on page 49 regarding the eyesore known as Pippins was excellent. I thought it appropriate to write to the council on the matter and their reply and my original email to them are shown below. I suspect many readers would appreciate the points raised and the authority’s response. Here is my letter: Two articles have appeared in the New Stour & Avon magazine, covering the above referenced properties. Pippins is due for demolition which quite correctly is referred to as an eyesore. Good. The old police station is also referred to in the Letters section, asking why it hasn’t been used for housing and adding it’s been empty for quite a long time and it’s a crying shame that it’s standing empty knowing that there is an ongoing housing crisis. Whatever its occupancy has been, this building falls into
the same definition as Pippins, ie is a complete eyesore, has become enveloped in a mass of unkept bushes and weeds, hasn’t been painted in years and is generally in a right state. It was a cheap low cost building from day one, of absolutely no architectural merit whatsoever – not the sort of building suitable for a town like Wimborne. Eye Sore is the operative phrase. This building is long overdue for demolition and is a great potential site for appropriate housing/flats. Maybe you can reflect on this, as I’d be interested to hear your formal response. Reply: Thank you for your recent email regarding Pippins and the Police Station. We have today received the Application for the Demolition of Pippins. As of yet, we have not received any application relating to the Police Station, therefore we are unable to comment on this. Kind regards, EasternTeam BusinessSupportforPlace DorsetCouncil David Bourne Wimborne
OFF THE WALL...
Cartoon by Lyndon Wall justsocaricatures.co.uk
Another hedgerow gone Cycling past the house building on the fields near Parley Cross, I noticed the entire length of mature hedgerow had been ripped out and destroyed. This has been here at least 40 years and supported a rich diversity of birds, insects and small mammals. Also several cherry blossom trees have been removed, these are covered in bees in the summer.
I cannot understand why these huge building companies seem to have very little regard for the environment. Their carbon footprint is increased everytime they destroy another tree. I am sure the people buying those houses would prefer to see a wonderful hedgerow rather than a very busy polluting road. Susan Williams Ferndown
What a beauty, beauty, beauty! It’s great to see theatres and entertainment venues reopen. We like to support local places, but there’s only so much beauty one can take in. Three local theatrical groups are putting on the same panto.
That’s without the expensive professional theatres. Come on get organised... I know we have missed you but one beauty in the area is surely enough! Brian Cox Verwood
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