page_title: Sanatorium Park
section_title: Controversy
hierarchical_section_title: Sanatorium Park / Controversy
caption_attribution_description: English: Protest Sign, Jubilee Park, at the junction between Leckwith Road and Broad Street, Cardiff
context_page_description: Sanatorium Park is a public park in the Leckwith district of western Cardiff, Wales. It includes open green space, wildflower hedgerows, two play areas, and a football goal with a half basketball court.
context_section_description: In April 2020 Cardiff City Council started construction of a football pitch in the east of the park, near to the children's play area; the pitch was to be enclosed in a 3-metre (10 ft) high fence. There was opposition from local residents who had been unaware of the plans, and in May 2020 work was suspended pending further consultation.
  In early June 2020 residents were informed that work was about to be resume. The pitch was now to be in a different area of the park, and the work would have restricted access to areas of the park which was then being  extensively used due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions then in force. The resumption of work was strongly opposed by local residents some of whom obstructed the construction workers. The renewed protests resulted in the council suspending work for a second time.
caption: Protest sign, June 2020
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