Clutch your pearls. Newcastle council and the state government want to build on park land as part of their colossal redevelopment strategy for Broadmeadow and flanking areas.
But they would build on only a little land that we'd recognise as park - some that's underused and really should be accommodating a lot of homes. In fact, the plan may be missing a chance to reassign a bit more open land near Broadmeadow station for housing.
