Protect Puttenham Primary School and
Village!
<STOP
PRESS...The situation on the Hogs Back has had recent
coverage in national and international radio and newspaper
media including BBC Radio 2 and the New York Times,
all supportive of the aims of the campaign (see
below)><STOP
PRESS...Surrey County Council ignore recommendations of Safer and
Stronger Select Committee and the wishes of over 600
signatories of this petiton and vote against closure of the
layby! (see here ) Please
help us work to overturn this decision!>
On the Hog's Back above the
village of Puttenham and close to its Church of England Primary
School is a site which is designated by the Police as a Public Sex
Environment. This means that it is a known public
area where people go for sex. The fields above our Village and
Primary School are used for all sorts of sexual activity and this
goes on day and night. Mothers collecting their children from
school have witnessed men indecently exposing themselves or
masturbating in front of them and their children. The area is
littered with used condoms, tissues and
lubricants.
The area is accessed by a
lay-by on the A31 and this lay-by is owned by Surrey County
Council. The Cafe that operates on the site is owned by Surrey
County Council and is leased to a tenant. The tenant's lease
is due to be renewed in September 2010 this
creates an opportunity to close the lay-by and cafe,
effectively closing this Public Sex Environment.
In support of our
campaign:
-
 Anne Milton, MP: "You have
to see it to believe it. If any councillors have doubts about how
bad the situation is up here, I would ask them to see for
themselves." -
The Chief Constable of Surrey Police has told
Anne Milton MP he has no objection to the lay-by being
closed
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Councillor Tony Rooth sees closure as the
only
solution
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The Highways
Department do not object to the lay-by being
closed
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Puttenham Parish Council fully support
closure of the
lay-by The Village
and Parish Council have been discussing this issue regularly and in
detail with Surrey County Council since November of 2009.
Despite visits from David McNulty the CEO of Surrey County Council
and calls from Anne Milton MP to close the lay-by, Surrey County
Council seem unable to take decisive action.
We already have over 300 names
to our petition. Please add your support to this by signing our
on-line petition to show the extent of feeling to Surrey County
Council and urge them to close the lay-by. Please ask all of
your friends and family in Surrey to do so as
well.
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