Barleythorpe Field, Oakham Town Council, Rutland County Council, Bellway Homes, Tresham College

Barleythorpe Field,  Oakham Town Council, Rutland County Council,
Bellway Homes, Tresham College



Oakham Town Council will proudly tell you that they have saved
this tiny piece of open green field for the resident of Oakham.

That is total rubbish, they have had the tiny portion of the field
dumped on them courtesy of Rutland County Council and
Tresham College because Rutland County Council don't want to
maintain it. Oakham Town Council is leasing it from Tresham and
will be responsible for its up keep.

When I was last on Oakham Town Council I supported local
residents who wanted to keep the last open green field here
in Oakham. I asked Oakham Town Council to support a bid
to obtain a grant to buy the entire field. They all voted to refuse
the application.

I then learnt the reason why, Rutland County Council wanted to
sell the Old Parks School site and Bellway Homes would only
buy it if they could also obtain the field owned by Tresham College
purchased some year ago from the public for peanuts.