Bollard plan to protect park approved

Plans to install barriers and bollards to deter nuisance drivers at a Leeds park have been approved.

Leeds City Council said the measures would protect Soldiers Field and Connaught Field at the Grade II listed Roundhay Park from vehicle damage.

The project is set to include 125 sandstone boulders, seven bollards and earth mounding.

Five vehicle barriers would also be installed to prevent access to the two fields.

Dozens of letters of support were received after people living near the park were consulted on the proposals, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

A council report states: "There have been 52 comments in support of the proposals, all broadly in agreement that something needs to be done to prevent unauthorised incursions onto the fields."

The report states the installations would be designed to blend in with their surroundings and the boulders would be locally-sourced and the earth mounds seeded with grass and wildflowers.

"Once the vegetation has established itself over the mounds the perception of them is likely to be negligible."

"Overall it is not considered that the proposals will be harmful to heritage assets."

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