Save Orleans Riverside from Development

This proposal has been received negatively by a huge percentage of the local residents. I live within 5 minutes of the site and am a mum to a toddler - the potential loss of a play park and increased traffic to the area would indeed be inconvenient. However, play parks can be relocated and traffic can be managed but there is absolutely no argument to cut down ancient trees in the last unspoilt area of nature on the banks of the tidal thames. Treasuring and conserving the rare areas of natural environment in our urban lifestyles is a responsibility that our council needs to take seriously. This proposal is ludicrous - a giant shed to house a replica boat that will only live there for only a few months of the year, I'd find the plans easier to stomach if they were to build 26 affordable flats that would benefit local families. Invest the £1m in regenerating other parts of the river where human intervention has caused dilapidation and put Gloriana into one of the hundreds of boat houses that already exist up and down the thames. DONT SPOIL THIS HISTORIC CONSERVATION AREA .