When does a church car park become a community car park?

Answer: When the church wants to the Town Council to pay for it!

In an article in this weeks Hunts Post, Richard De Fraine, a church council member is quoted as saying:

"I think it is incredibly short-sighted of the council to revert this space to village green all for the sake of a relatively small sum of money, in the scheme of things, which would allow it to be maintained as a community facility." snrednek says: If it is such a small amount of money for 'their'* car park why doesn't the church pay for this?

 "I am concerned for the young families who use the church in the week having to find alternative safe locations to load and unload their children." snrednek says: If you have such 'concerns' why didn't the church bring forward a plan to provide and pay for a car park.

"It is a well-used community car park, used by visitors to the village, the Tesco store and the church." snrednek says: In a previous article I showed the Church considered this unofficial car park as their own church car park. Obviously when it comes to paying for this it is a church car park until it has to be paid for.

"The council just seems to making its decision on costs alone and not looking at the long-term benefit to the community." snrednek says: But what of the Church? Isn't the Church looking at the cost rather than providing a car park  which would of a long term benefit to the church and maybe the community!

* In an earlier post I showed the church viewed the car park as their car park. http://snrednek.blogspot.com/2009/12/another-subsidy-for-church.html