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Saltash Waterside Improvement Project - We need to hear from you!

Saltash Town Council have identified an opportunity to regenerate Saltash Waterside by providing new community facilities for all ages. Our exciting project ideas can only proceed if you tell us that you like them and if we can secure grant funding from Cornwall Council to make them happen!

Saltash Town Council are in the early stages of applying for £60k funding from Cornwall Council through the Community Infrastructure Levy funding pot.  The Town Council is committed to contributing towards funding bids to help further secure funding opportunities, for this project, the Town Council agreed to contribute £20k from Earmarked Reserves Saltash Recreation Areas and CIL Planning.

We have two ideas designed to benefit all ages and abilities.

1. Create a new play area on Jubilee Green for children aged 7 years old and under

The new play facilities will:

• Be located adjacent to the car park with level access
• Offer a range of play equipment for young children that is fun, innovative and stimulating including equipment for children with special needs
• Incorporate safety railings, benches and appropriate ground surfacing all to British and European safety standards
• Include some interactive opportunities for children to learn about the heritage of Saltash Waterside
• Replace the current play area near Ashtorre Rock Community Centre which is in a poor state of repair and situated in a flood zone

2. Create a new sensory garden near the Waterside Pontoon

The new community garden will:

• Create a quiet reflective space for people to enjoy offering a special sensory experience
• Create a community garden with a wide range of plants and edible herbs adding to the biodiversity of our Waterside
• Provide interpretation about the heritage of Saltash Waterside and the Royal Albert Bridge as well as information on the plants
• Provide contemporary seating and picnic tables somewhere to enjoy the gardens and the Waterside vistas
• Provide a canopy giving shelter from sun or rain for all users including people waiting to catch the summer ferry to Plymouth Royal William Yard
• Transform the Waterside Office through cladding it with a smart vinyl cover celebrating Brunel and other key historical figures

Please tell us what you think about both proposals by taking part in our short survey – https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SaltashWatersideProject/

Project Visuals to follow - Watch this space!

We welcome feedback from everyone including young people and their carers so please do share this survey with your family. The grant funding we are applying for is a competitive fund so if you like these ideas, we need to hear from you to support our application. If we are successful, these schemes will be delivered in 2025.

Closing date 5pm on Monday 26 August 2024

Pillmere Community Play Provision, Saltash

Saltash Town Council, working in partnership with Pillmere Community Association, has identified an opportunity to improve play provision on Pillmere housing estate for young people of all ages to enjoy.  Saltash Town Council applied for funding from Cornwall Council through the Community Infrastructure Levy funding pot and were successful in securing £75k funding.  The Town Council is committed to contributing towards funding bids to help further secure funding opportunities, for this project, the Town Council agreed to contribute £20k from Earmarked Reserves Saltash Recreation Areas.  Cornwall Council's funding and the Town Council's contribution allows two play areas to be regenerated, one at Honeysuckle Close and another at Grassmere Way.  Over 100 surveys were completed last summer from residents across Pillmere who supported the provision of new play equipment for our young people.

Honeysuckle Close will provide new play equipment for children up to aged 7 years old and Grassmere Way as the larger of the two sites, will provide play opportunities for children up to 12 years old.

Having been through a competitive procurement process, we are delighted to say we have appointed experienced play contractors, Creative Play who have an excellent track record in providing fun, innovative and safe play areas and whose work complies with all British and European standards.

The timetable for the respective works subject to the pre installation site meeting and weather conditions at the time, is as follows:

• Week Commencing 9th September - Grassmere Way
• Around 25th September - Honeysuckle Close

Both Play areas will be completed by the end of October 2024.

Creative Play are used to working within community settings and we are assured that the installation will be respectful with as minimum inconvenience as is possible.

Saltash Town Council are meeting with Creative Play towards the end of August for a pre installation visit to plan the work and address any on site issues.

The contractors will work within normal working hours of Monday to Friday 0830 to 1700.

To view the project visuals please click on the links below:

Click here to view the proposed Grassmere Way Play Park

Click here to view the proposed Honeysuckle Play Park

Should there be any issues during the works, please call Saltash Town Council on 01752 844846 Option 5 or email enquiries@saltash.gov.uk

We look forward to the opening of our two new play areas this autumn!