New Proposals for Elm Park and Chelsea Gardens Playgrounds

A local authority has said they are going to have local playgrounds in Parkside, Houghton Regis, refurbished. And there are new proposals for playgrounds at Chelsea Gardens and Elm Park Close. The admission comes in a Freedom of Information request by HRND editor, Alan Winter. Children's playgrounds at Elm Park Close and Chelsea Gardens were once again put in the spotlight by ward CBC Parkside councillor Toni Ryan last week who said, “ I received a number of complaints from parents regarding two parks in Parkside that have been locked up for months, with children being unable to play in them.” Playgrounds at Chelsea Gardens /Bromley Gardens and at Elm Park Close / Brentwood Close were in disrepair, seemingly uncared for and unwanted by the local authority. The legacy playgrounds were once operated by South Beds District Council; Central Bedfordshire inherited them. Two other playgrounds in Trident Drive are managed and maintained by CBC and the remainder in Houghton