Friends of Library Wood

Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Library Wood is a name given to the wooded green space, lying between Thorpe Road, Rosary Road, Chalk Hill Road and Aspland Road, Thorpe Hamlet. It is an important place to local people, both for general walking and relaxation, and as a pleasant alternative to busy streets for getting between Rosary and Thorpe Roads.

Norwich City Council has granted planning consent for 23 houses to be built here, with the loss of 31 trees (including beech, birch, elm, hawthorn, holly, laburnam, lime, sycamore, yew, several mature and well-loved by local people). A small portion of the site is to be given over to the City as designated public open space.

The Friends has been formed to:

• act as a channel for communication between, on the one hand, the local community and, on the other, Norwich City Council, the landowner, the developer and other pertinent interests;
• seek the implementation of the community's wishes on this land, and in particular the part formally designated as public open space.
• monitor the state of the land, its wildlife and accessibility;
• engage in appropriate management activities, in consultation with the landowner/manager (including a feasibility study for a wildlife garden).

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