During the public engagement which took place in February-March 2023, we heard people’s concerns about anti-social behaviour. The project team have been working hard to try to address these concerns in the short term whilst the masterplan is being developed for longer term benefits.

One of these short term, quick wins, has been the removal of the boards from around the base of the tennis courts. These wooden boards were in place to be rebound walls if the courts were ever used for football. This meant they blocked views into the tennis courts, across the park and visually cut off the path to the north from the rest of the park. This caused people to feel unsafe.

The boards were removed in early May to help make the park feel lighter and more welcoming, to improve sight lines and enable passive surveillance. This has been done with the support of Sussex Police.

Landscape Architects are continuing to develop the plans. What this space to find out when we will be publishing them.

Sussex Police’s local Police Community Support Officer met with a member of the masterplan project team on Monday 17^th April to talk about how the masterplan improvements can help to reduce anti-social behaviour within the park. She has a particular interest in solving the problem of ASB that has been occurring at Mount Noddy.

MSDC will continue to work closely with the Police as the plans develop.

Our contractors will be carrying out essential tree maintenance work at Mount Noddy recreation ground on Tuesday 14 – Friday 17 March and Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 March inclusive. To ensure the safety of the public and our contractors, access along adjacent pathways will be restricted during these works which are expected to take a maximum of four days over each visit for completion.

This work is part of the regular routine maintenance of the recreation ground and is not part of the masterplan improvement scheme. Any queries should be directed to parksopenspaces@midsussex.gov.uk

The survey that was seeking views on how you want us to improve the play area and what youth facilities we should provide in Mount Noddy closed at midnight on 8^th March. We had a total of 71 responses, thank you to those people who shared their experiences of, and ideas for the park.

All the responses have been sent to our Landscape Architects to consider whilst developing the designs for the play area and youth zone.

The developed plans will be presented back to the public with a further opportunity to comment in a few months’ time. Make sure you subscribe and follow the project to be notified when the plans are ready.

MSDC Officers were in Mount Noddy Recreation Ground on Wednesday 22^nd February to publicise the launch of the consultation for play and youth facilities. Officers spoke to visitors about how they can share their views and ideas for the play area improvements and what should be included in the youth zone, by filling in the online survey. The survey is open until March 8^th.

All the feedback collected will be used to help develop the designs for the park to create somewhere that local families really want to visit. The plans will be presented back with a further opportunity to comment in a few months’ time.

MSDC Officers also spoke to residents about their concerns about the wider park particularly regarding anti-social behaviour and access to the tennis courts. These concerns are being followed up with the relevant teams.

Surveyors have been out this week to map the park. This will give our Landscape Architects an accurate base to work from when developing the future plans.

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