Sale of Public Park Land

The Council is selling off public parkland.  Can you be sure that one near you won’t be next?  This action is sending out completely the wrong messages:

• The Council has said that it does not intend this sale to act as a precedent, but does that matter?  Surely a precedent is set whether intended to or not.
• The Council has said that they will ensure the House is renovated to an appropriate standard.  How?  They didn’t protect it when they owned it!
• The sale of both the park land and the house is in direct contravention to the will of Colonel Newton, the benefactor who gave them to Altrincham Council.