Greenfields Community Group was formed in 2017 and is the volunteer organisation committed to bringing the community together, working tirelessly to save the park from housebuilding when Shrewsbury Town Council unlawfully sold part of the parkland to a local developer.
The Redfern Report (2022) outlines the unlawful sale of parkland held in trust by Shrewsbury Town Council. The Council sold this land for housebuilding and the complete report is on the link below.
After many years of volunteer efforts to restore this land to the community, local people were delighted when The Supreme Court judged the sale to be unlawful and after six years of community efforts to save the local park, the fences were finally taken down just a few days before Christmas 2023.
However, over the past two years, community working to make enhancements and locally funded improvements to the park have proved to be impossible due to the lack of co-operation by Shrewsbury Town Council.
Permissions and applications have been either refused or ignored and in spite of many appeals to Shrewsbury Town Council and Shropshire Council over the years, progress has not been possible and the Committee of Greenfields Community Group now have to organise defrayal of funds-in-hand on works that mostly do not require Council engagement but will still be of benefit to local people.
The works will be delivered over the next 6 weeks and Final Accounts produced which will enable the formal closure of the organisation by 30th September 2025.
The link to the full Redfern Report regarding the Town Council's unlawful sale of parkland for housebuilding is on this link: The Redfern Report 2022
