You will have seen major progress on the large area of open space by Wentworth Road over the past few months with the removal of the spoil, landscaping underway, play area almost complete and heras fencing recently removed.
Whilst we are still waiting for an update regarding seeding of the area we have installed a strip of turf along the edges to soften the visual impact of the area.
Work on the play area is continuing towards completion and Owen Groundworks (formerly known as Trinity Groundworks) are finalising the surfacing base before handing over to Miracle (the play area installers) beginning of December for them to finalise the play area - the plan below shows the play equipment that is being installed. Once the play area is completed we have to obtain RoSPA sign off (health and safety) before we can open to the public and we will update you when we have a date for this. It is our intention to open the play area asap even if the surrounding open space still requires seeding.
By way of an update to the timetable for anticipated handover of the open space and play area, we are targeting handover of this space late September 2024. We will try and remove the heras fencing prior to then once the seeding has taken place and replace with a less intrusive and lower temporary fencing/cordon to keep people off the open space whilst the grass grows.
Below is the wider landscaping plan for the whole of Kingsland Gate.
Illustrative landscaping plan (View larger PDF)