Poyll Dooey demonstration

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Eighty people took part in a demonstration march on Poyll Dooey fields in Ramsey to protest against plans for a large housing development. The proposed £40m Sulby Riverside scheme was rejected by the planning committee in February but developers Blythe Church Investments Holdings have appealed. Video by Ramsey commissioner Lamara Craine.

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00:00 So we're all here protesting about the future development of Bill Dooley and the question

00:09 I've asked is where's Alf Cameron?

00:11 Why isn't he representing two and a half thousand people who signed a petition to stop this

00:16 development?

00:17 Can you tell me why you came along today?

00:20 I just think this is a duel in the middle of Ramsey.

00:24 I think it's beautiful, it's so biodiverse and once it's lost there's been nothing to

00:29 replace it.

00:30 It's just the absolute travesty of anything that's built in this area.

00:34 There's just so much here, trees, mosaic in the fields of all the species.

00:40 I think it's wonderful.

00:42 They should be very proud to have this duel in Ramsey.

00:45 You know the fields are just getting quiet in there, it's like not really even affordable

00:50 for most people.

00:51 I don't think and you know they're just getting rented out for high rents and yeah it's just

00:56 not good.

00:57 I feel really passionate about the place.

00:59 When I first came here in 1988, I came down here and there was nothing behind.

01:04 It was just this brilliant place with just recreation, the dog walking just to chill

01:09 out and relax after a hard day's work.

01:12 It was just a special place and I just don't want to see it lost.

01:17 And it's a floodplain, well, a floodplain over there.

01:20 See all the special species that are around here.

01:24 No, we don't need it.

01:25 Because I feel so strongly that this needs to remain as it is.

01:30 And that we shouldn't be destroying what green open spaces we've got.

01:35 Because I feel very strongly about this sort of thing.

01:37 When it's gone, it's gone.

01:39 And the habitat, I mean if we can't cut hedges now between marshes etc, when were they supposed

01:45 to do this?

01:46 You know with the nesting birds and stuff.

01:48 What about the sewage?

01:49 I've got clients that live on the other side of the river that are worried about the water

01:54 that's channelled from this.

01:55 Is it going the other side?

01:57 Are they going to be flooded?

01:58 This isn't flooded.

01:59 There's lots and lots of crustals, lots of habitats, hedges, plants, flowers.

02:08 It's wrong.

02:09 It's happened in England so much.

02:11 And apathy will rule the day.

02:14 Kill it.

02:15 And money.

02:16 And money.

02:17 Guys, that's enough chanting!

02:19 Hey! Ho! Ho!

02:21 Keep your hands up and let it go!

02:23 [GIGGLES]

02:25 I must admit, I think it's ludicrous.

02:27 This is a floodplain.

02:29 I've lived here for 15 years

02:31 and I've walked on this area

02:33 frequently through all weathers

02:35 and the flooding around here can be

02:37 quite substantial

02:39 and the fact they want to build all over it more concrete

02:41 I mean, the water can't go

02:43 it can't soak in anywhere

02:45 it can just flow to the river

02:47 they don't dredge it, they've never dredged anywhere

02:49 in the rivers or put things in

02:51 so where's the water going to go?

02:53 We are on ground zero here

02:55 so the water is just going to keep building up

02:57 and flood straight on into all the estates

02:59 and way on into town, which has already happened

03:01 more than once

03:03 in my lifetime here

03:05 and to do this is just going to expatiate the problem

03:07 so I think it's a very, very bad idea.

03:09 Fat population here

03:11 and if they're going to be putting any trees down

03:13 we walk here late at night sometimes

03:15 and we see bats all over the place

03:17 we've noticed there's new bat boxes

03:19 surely they are protected in this area

03:21 I think it's a rubbish idea

03:23 because all of the pubs in Ramsey

03:25 are not in great use

03:27 and we don't have as many people

03:29 in the Isle of Man

03:31 so we don't need so many houses

03:33 Paltway's an amazing resource

03:35 there's nowhere else on the Isle of Man

03:37 that's not a place

03:39 that's got a lot of people

03:41 it's a great resource, there's nowhere else on the Isle of Man

03:43 not a town that has somewhere like this

03:45 Douglas, not much

03:47 look at this, so close to the town

03:49 you want to dig it up?

03:51 really? I mean, the biodiversity here

03:53 amazing

03:55 so close to town, close walking distance

03:57 why rip it up? It's crazy

03:59 we think we know why it might get ripped up

04:01 money talks

04:03 hey ho, save Paltway

04:05 save it for everybody, bring it on

04:07 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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