Investing in our green spaces

I read with interest the comments of David Hide in last week's County Times. I must admit that I was surprised and disappointed at his perceptions of Horsham Park.

It is difficult to relate David’s statements of dissatisfaction with Horsham Park with the user feedback we received from the Park Survey that was carried out last October, when 96 per cent of users (out of 890) expressed that they were satisfied with the park. When we looked specifically at levels of dissatisfaction with maintenance, this amounted to only two per cent of responses.

This does not mean that we are complacent. The challenge that we have had with a rise in the rat population in the park after a long hot summer with an increase in picnicking, has been dealt with head-on by sealing off all the litter bins in the park and temporarily installing lidded bins to close off the available food supply.