A village Parish Council saw one of its biggest annual meeting turnouts with more than 100 people in attendance to discuss the future of a Nottinghamshire lake. On Wednesday, 4 May, Balderton Parish Council held its meeting at the Village Centre in Balderton, and due to the turn out more chairs were being added into the hall up until the meeting began at 6:30pm.
This was the first meeting where the possibility of a Friends of Balderton Lake Group and the council’s agreement with the YMCA to undertake kayaking and canoeing at the lake were placed on the agenda. Over the last few months, the Saving Wildlife and Nature (SWAN) group have been campaigning and protesting to keep boats of Balderton Lake, after plans to do so by the YMCA were approved by the Parish Council.
At the start of the meeting Parish Council Chairman, Ronnie White, stated: “I appreciate that a lot of you are here because you all have questions for the YMCA. I expect this meeting to be conducted in a cordial manner, I appreciate that people have different views, but we are not here to scream and shout at each other and I’m not going to tolerate rudeness.”
