Save Riverside Park!
Save Riverside Park!
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Latest: Feb. 26, 2025
£5,000 raised! Now the work begins...
Dear Supporters,
We have some wonderful news to share with you. We are celebrating an incredible milestone in our journey! Together, with your generous support, we have achieved our target of raising …
Read moreHello and welcome to our journey to Save Riverside Park.
In November 2024, Dundee City Council granted planning permission for a 10,000 square foot development on our city’s last remaining accessible green space by the River Tay.
The development comprises a training facility complete with offices, a sauna, a 76-bay car park, a plastic grass pitch, a steam room, a doctor's surgery, a gym suite, a lounge area, meeting rooms, and boardrooms.
Dundee City Council took a decision that breaches environmental regulations, our local development plan, our access rights, and our flood safety provisions — all of which are designed to place people at the heart of decision-making. By not following proper procedure, the community has been excluded. We have not been heard. And our site is at risk of irreparable damage.
This is undemocratic, unjust, and unethical.
This site has been selected because of its natural beauty. Stripping it from our community, and placing it into the hands of a minority, is shameful.
Alternative sites should have been properly considered. We are not challenging Dundee City Council because we don’t wish to see a training facility built. We are challenging them because we know that there are other, better, sites available.
Communities should have their voices heard in matters that take land away from them. We must take a stand against improper process. We must take a stand to protect our green space. We must take a stand and show that together, our voices can be heard.
We can prevent our green space from becoming a victim of improper process.With your backing, we have a real prospect of success.
We have received the generous support of a solicitor and advocate working pro-bono for our cause, but there remain legal costs to cover. All donations will go towards these. We have to raise £5,000 over the next few weeks to make this challenge possible.
So as community members, as custodians of the environment, and as stewards for the future, we seek your backing to make our voice heard in this legal challenge against Dundee City Council.
Your support will make all the difference; together, we can save our beloved Riverside Park!
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Feb. 26, 2025
£5,000 raised! Now the work begins...
Dear Supporters,
We have some wonderful news to share with you. We are celebrating an incredible milestone in our journey! Together, with your generous support, we have achieved our target of raising £5,000 in under 30 days.
This achievement demonstrates the power of our community when we stand together for what is right. The strength of our campaign lies in its vision for a better Dundee — one where development decisions are made transparently, with genuine community consultation, and where our precious green spaces are valued and respected.
Our legal petition for a judicial review to the Court of Session has been accepted, and we are awaiting a response from Dundee City Council due by the end of this week at the latest. Our CrowdJustice page will remain open, gathering funds for our case should unavoidable costs exceed their estimate.
As mentioned previously, all donations transfer directly to our solicitors, R & R Urquhart LLP. Donations cover the restricted fees charged by our court agents and any court fees we may incur. All remaining funds will go to the Environmental Rights Centre Scotland (ERCS) who provided us with excellent resources and invaluable advice in our campaign’s early stages.
Moving forward, we need your continued engagement and support to make our voice heard. Our change.org petition has already gathered over 800 signatures, and we were featured in The Courier over the weekend. So let's carry this momentum with us until we secure a positive outcome that serves all of Dundee. Here are some reminders of what we are advocating for:
- We are not opposing improved training facilities for the city. We’re advocating for proper planning processes, for the adherence to environmental regulations and basic flood protection measures, and for access rights to public land. We believe that a public park’s use should not be reserved for a minority: Riverside Park exists for the enjoyment of all Dundonians.
- We believe that training facilities should be located in areas that need them most. The West End of Dundee is relatively well-equipped, and has the lowest proportion of children aged 0-15 in the city. These facilities should be located where they can have a maximum positive impact on young people's development.
- The site’s poor public transport links limit access for those without cars, creating a barrier to community participation. The closest public transport stop, according to the planning application, is Dundee Airport. We struggle to imagine anyone travels to the park by plane! By choosing a more accessible location, we can ensure these facilities truly serve all of Dundee's residents.
- We're advocating for a win-win solution: developing facilities on one of Dundee's many brownfield sites while preserving our irreplaceable green spaces. This is about protecting Dundee’s front yard.
As updates inevitably arrive in the coming weeks and months, we will share them with you as soon as possible. As always, if you’d like more details, please contact [email protected]
Thank you for your continued support in this campaign. Together, we can and will Save Riverside Park!
With gratitude,
The Save Riverside Park Team
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