A decades-long row over school playing fields in Bristol will come to a head next week with a final decision about a controversial fence. An inner city school uses the playing fields at Stoke Lodge, north-west Bristol, but locals say the land should be kept open for the public.
Pupils at Cotham School have used the Stoke Lodge playing fields since 2011 and a fence around the site was put up in 2019. But Bristol City Council could decide on Wednesday, June 28, to register the playing fields as a “town green”, legally keeping it open to the public.
Small signs put up at the playing fields by Avon County Council in the 1980s are expected to play a major role in the decision. Councillors on the public rights of way and greens committee must follow arcane law and read heaps of legal documents from both sides.
