Bollard plan to protect park from nuisance drivers

Barriers and bollards could be installed at green spaces in Leeds after plans were lodged to protect areas from nuisance drivers.

Leeds City Council has proposed measures to prevent damage to parts of Roundhay Park from anti-social behaviour.

The authority said Soldiers Field and Connaught Field at the Grade II listed park were at risk from vehicle damage, fly-tipping and illegal encampments.

According to a council report, measures to prevent this could include sandstone boulders, bollards, earth mounds and vehicle access barriers.

It said: "As a large, unfenced and highly visited public landscape, Roundhay Park faces modern pressures including unauthorised vehicle access onto playing fields and parkland."

The Local Democracy Reporting Service said boulders would be locally sourced and chosen to blend in with their surroundings.

The report added: "The boulders will be positioned along the site boundary, near to existing mature trees, to create an informal physical barrier."

The earth mounds would be seeded with grass and wildflowers.

"Earth mounds will form a natural, low-impact barrier that restrict vehicle access while appearing as part of the landscape," the council said.

The council has lodged a full planning application for the proposals which is out for consultation until 23 June.

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