Views are requested on a proposal for the council to enter into a contract with Hutchison Vale Community Sports Club to grant the use of the Morgan Playing Fields pitches on Saturdays and Sundays for matches in both boys and girls leagues. The Morgan Playing Fields (see here for origin of name)
are situated off Peffermill Road east of King's Meadow and opposite
Nairn's oatcake factory, and were obtained by the city in the late
1990s. There was concern that the building of the King's Meadow estate encroached on open space available for recreation. Later, the new Cameron House Community Centre in Prestonfield Avenue was built on part of Prestonfield Park
on the understanding that the two pitches and open space at nearby
Morgan Playing fields would be available for local recreation purposes. Morgan Playing fields is currently used by Prestonfield
Primary School, by casual users, by clubs from the community centre,
and by a number of other organisations and is administered by Edinburgh
Leisure on behalf of the owner, Edinburgh Council. The playing fields
are currently significantly underused and the state of the two pitches
is relatively poor. Hutchie Vale have applied to the Council for use of the fields including:
It
is anticipated that the pitches, which currently suffer from rabbit
holes and uneven surfaces would be upgraded to league use standard. |
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