An oasis of greenery in Broad Green, Canterbury Road Recreation Ground has become an irreplaceable part of the local community.

It is one of the few places in the neighbourhood where residents can feel the grass beneath their feet and enjoy nature, and losing it would be awful, stripping vital green from Broad Green.

This is why it is a terrible misjudgement in Labour’s local plan that it has lost its protections from development.

Croydon Conservatives have pledged not to build on those of the 31 green spaces under Council control if elected, and your Broad Green Conservative team back this policy to the hilt.