DO YOU WANT A NOISY FLOODLIT SPORTS VENUE OUTSIDE YOUR HOME?
SAY NO TO THE NOISE
Forest Hill School want to build commercial football pitches in the heart of our neighbourhood.
This means loud noise from 8am – 10pm
7 days a week, all year round!!!
3G PITCHES ARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE
We are all for the school improving facilities for pupils…
But 3G pitches are made from ground-up tyres, and are full of chemicals. Do you really want your kids exposed to that?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?
Shouting, whistles, engine noise,
footballs smashing into fences.
Floodlight glare in your windows.
8am – 10pm. Every single day.
STOP FOREST HILL SCHOOL FROM TURNING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD INTO A NOISY NIGHTMARE!
NOISE AND FLOODLIGHTS
Forest Hill School have submitted a planning application to develop their outdoor games area into a commerical floodlit five-a-side football facility which they want to run from 8am to 10pm, every day, all year round – weekends and Bank Holidays included – with NO NOISE MITIGATION MEASURES.
TRAFFIC
As well as noise and light pollution, there will be an adverse affect on the community through increased traffic and an already-stretched parking situation will become untenable. A large number of cars could be driving around and manoeuvering for parking around our neighbourhood during busy periods.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
The proposed surface, a 3G astroturf, has been flagged in studies as a potentially hazardous material for the environment due to the microplastics used in the process, and is in fact being phased out in Europe for this reason. Literally tonnes of this awful stuff gets lost from the pitch every year and needs to be topped up. Where does it go? Into our ecosystem, and littering our streets.
Report calls for ban on artificial 3G sports pitches in Scotland
A new report has called for artificial 3G sports pitches to be banned in Scotland due to potentially cancerous chemicals contained within them.
The study by Stirling University stated that crumb rubber infill on pitches across the country should be replaced with alternative material…
…The rubber used in 3G pitches is often from used car tyres, which can contain chemicals such as lead and mercury that are possibly carcinogenic.
Lewis Maguire cancer death prompts 3G pitch review call
The family of a promising young goalkeeper have renewed calls for a ban on artificial sports pitches following an inquest into his death.
Lewis Maguire, 20, from Darlington, had Hodgkin lymphoma and died in March.
His father Nigel claimed his son could have contracted the disease after being exposed to “crumb rubber” found on so-called 3G pitches.