'Robot' machine similar to one on Clarkson's Farm starts clearing Shrewsbury site

Shropshire Star

A heavy-duty mulching 'robot' machine similar to one seen on Jeremy Clarkson's farm has set to get to work in Shrewsbury clearing up a site that was saved from redevelopment. The land at Greenfields Recreation Ground has been left overgrown for some time since Shrewsbury Town Council bought it back from a developer earlier this year following a planning row.

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00:00Yeah, Colin Harper. I'm treasurer of the Greenfields Community Group.

00:25You've been a member of it for a long time?

00:28I've been a member of the Greenfields Community Group from the conception, which is seven years ago.

00:33So you've seen what's been going on here?

00:35I have, from day one, yes.

00:39The noise that's going on in the background, that's a piece of machinery that's cleaning it off the site, isn't it?

00:45It is, and it's cleaned up the site, and this has all been organised by Shrewsbury Town Council

00:51after negotiations between the Greenfields Community Group and the Shrewsbury Town Council, yes, that's right.

00:58Are you pleased to see the land being cleared now?

01:01Very much so, yes. It's been a long and arduous journey, but it's a start now to getting it back to being accessible to the public.

01:12What are the plans for the future of the site?

01:15Well, we'd like to see it open to everybody, of course, some nature put in there, a sensory garden,

01:24a footpath that people can walk through from an entrance to an exit, either end of the park,

01:29and just generally that people can walk on it safely.

01:32So it's kind of a good journey for you to be on then?

01:35Absolutely, it certainly is, yes.

01:36Do you need more people to become members of the group?

01:39We'd love more people to become members of the group, and if they went on greenfieldscommunitygroup.org,

01:47they can sign up free of charge and become a member and follow us on our website.

01:52Brilliant, thanks very much for your time.

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