Dear Blogger
Message from Ruyton XI Towns Community Action Group
THE FIELD IN TRUST AT BRIDGE INN FIELD
A Field in Trust Plaque has now been erected at Bridge Inn Field, adjacent to Platt Bridge. See photographs below.
Most of Bridge Inn Field, owned by Shropshire Council, was declared a Field in Trust at a ceremony on the site in 2012 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The Deed of Declaration made by Shropshire Council and the National Playing Fields Association (operating as Fields in Trust) required Shropshire Council to immediately erect a Plaque on the site but this was not done and this and the proper status of the Field were subsequently overlooked for many years.
Now after a persistent campaign by the RXIT Community Action Group supported by many local residents the Plaque has at last been erected.
The Plaque is a statement and reminder that the Field in Trust is to be available in perpetuity as “a public playing field and recreation ground for the benefit of the inhabitants of Ruyton XI Towns and thereabouts” and Shropshire Council has a duty to ensure that it is not used for any other purpose. It is protected from any development or change of status.
The Deed of Declaration requires that the Field in Trust is “titled the
Queen Elizabeth II Field Bridge Inn Fields.”
