Arena to be saved

The Friends of Telford Town Park are proud to announce that the long term future of the Arena has been protected by the unanimous  approval of Telford & Wrekin Councils cabinet members. The decision has been taken to place the Arena in “Fields in Trust”, more specifically, it is to become The Queen Elizabeth 2 Telford Town Park Arena, to give it it’s full title. This will be to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee next year. Further details can be found at www.qe2fields.com

The status will be very similar to Village Green status, that is no buildings or structures to be erected on the space, nor can it be sold without the express approval of the Fields in Trust organisation and even if that permission was given, the owners would have to provide an alternative site nearby.  In the case of the Arena, this is unlikely, so the Friends feel that the Arena is at last now safe from any kind of development for the forseeable future other than to enhance it’s present use.

The Fields in Trust organisation has not lost one field since starting the scheme in 1936, which is an impressive track record and bodes well for the Arena.  More use will be made of the Arena and subject to a maximum of 9 chargeable events per annum, any profit ensuing is to be ploughed back into the Town Park. The Friends have worked very hard for the last 5 years to see this come to fruition at last and we hope many more people will use the enviable space that Telford Town Park offers it’s visitors. A big thank you to all who helped this come about, not just the Friends but people who signed forms for us and of course Telford & Wrekin Council for supporting it.