Remove the Railings in Byewaters - NOW! Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/remove-the-railings-in-byewaters-now.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:06 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Phil Sturdy [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9184983?utm_medium=rss This is pure nanny state.

Talking with the district council the following came to light:

1) The rather odd positioning, e.g. along the path away from the wharf and next to the post box is due to the path being adopted whilst the grassed area remains with the estate, hence no fence along the entire canal border.
2) The funds are coming from the old Marconi bridge pot, so it's not directly impacting council tax or Byewaters estate management payers. Even so, it's still a waste of money.

]]> Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:45:11 UTC 9184983 Miss Anna Walkington [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9177810?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:57:58 UTC 9177810 Mr Rob Ridley [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9137466?utm_medium=rss Waste of money, but how much would it cost to remove them. When TRDC built the skatepark in Baldwins Lane they put up a 3ft fence and spent £20k replacing it .

Go to the Croxley Green Parish Council website and read their precept and the front page of the PUMP, for possible waste!

]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:37:33 UTC 9137466 Miss Bev Hall [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9086919?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:51:02 UTC 9086919 Mr Bernard Kenealy [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9065913?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:07:52 UTC 9065913 Mr Anonymous [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8998686?utm_medium=rss A pointless waste of tax payers money for an eye sore. please remove it.

]]> Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:48:14 UTC 8998686 Mr Mike Ralphs [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8990180?utm_medium=rss the council has taken it upon itself "in the interests of public safety" to spoil a rather picturesque area, and commit themselves to years of maintenance keeping the railings in good condition..
Do the council not realise that children & adults sustain more injuries from railings than falling into water, it is a basic human instinct to keep clear of natural hazards ie canals and rivers, but railings are there to be climbed, to stick a head through and generally try to get around them.

]]> Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:17:47 UTC 8990180 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8989175?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:35:14 UTC 8989175 mrs Anonymous [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8984820?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:57:12 UTC 8984820 Mr Anonymous [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8983854?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:26:28 UTC 8983854 Mr Alan Culf [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8979846?utm_medium=rss Thank you for looking organising this petition. These railings are a health and saftey idea no doubt going mad !

]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:58:43 UTC 8979846 Mrs Julia Isham [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8977557?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:10:56 UTC 8977557 mrs Nimisha Mehan [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8975938?utm_medium=rss Get rid of the railings!!!

]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:28:17 UTC 8975938 Mr Dennis Treleaven [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8974241?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:00:16 UTC 8974241 Mr Justin Beattie [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8968700?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:20:39 UTC 8968700 Mr Luke Turner [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8968185?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:20:37 UTC 8968185 Mr Gavin Patterson [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8966961?utm_medium=rss Totally agree - the railings are ugly, utterly unnecessary and even worse disgustingly carried out without the consultation of the people that pay a lot of money for the privilege of living on this estate. Get rid of them now.

]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:54:28 UTC 8966961 Mr Mark delaForce Lammin [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8966944?utm_medium=rss A complete waste of resources. No consultation with the people who actually live nearby is a disgrace. These railings should be removed immediately as they serve no purpose other than to make the area look like a zoo enclosure.

]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:52:33 UTC 8966944 Mrs Tracy Hackston [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8966056?utm_medium=rss Utterly pointless and ugly!

]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:44:29 UTC 8966056 Mrs Sue Greatorex [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8965787?utm_medium=rss Complete eyesore and totaly unnecessary

]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:08:54 UTC 8965787 Ms Elizabeth Gautier [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8965740?utm_medium=rss Please remove the railings recently erected along the canal at Bywaters. These railings have ruined the beautiful approach to the development and I feel they are unsightly and unecessary. Prior to purchasing our property at Bywaters we were extremely taken with the beautiful and natural aspect as you approached the development. It now looks like a municiple park rather than an area in keeping with the working canal and the Croxley Moor area.

]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:03:56 UTC 8965740 Mr Colin Spratt [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8965600?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:42:13 UTC 8965600 mrs Paola Mariotti [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8962739?utm_medium=rss The railings are awful, the green area that was so beautifull at the entrance of the estate now looks like a cage of a zoo....it is a disgrace......whose idea was it?

]]> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:17:42 UTC 8962739 Ms Anonymous [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8960637?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:17:27 UTC 8960637 Mr Sean McLoughlin [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8960635?utm_medium=rss Please remove these unsightly railings - they take away from the look of the estate. The money could have been better spent elsewhere, especially when the residents' opinion wasn't even sought.

]]> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:17:17 UTC 8960635 Mr Nick Ferris [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8960393?utm_medium=rss These railings appear to be totally unnecessary and a waste of public money that would be better spent on health, education or services for the elderly!

]]> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:38:54 UTC 8960393 Mr Anonymous [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8960289?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:22:52 UTC 8960289 MR Stuart Swift [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8958209?utm_medium=rss Dear Mr Gauke,
'If it's not broken; don't fix it'.
The residents of Byewaters have managed for 12 years not to fall into the canal or river. There was no requirement nor request from the residents for railings to be installed. The railings have ruined a beautiful canalside walk, and disfigured the pavement by cutting and patching holes for the posts. We cannot now get to the water's edge with our children to feed the ducks or to play "pooh sticks". Money that we can ill afford has been wasted.

]]> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:51:34 UTC 8958209 mrs jean mcghie [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8958133?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:20:54 UTC 8958133 Miss Emma Hook [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8958086?utm_medium=rss This is just ridiculous there are no railing along any canal I've ever walked along people should just be sensible. There is no need for railing at this point it's nowhere near the water for a start beside the post box!

]]> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:56:51 UTC 8958086 Mr Owen Davies [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8958079?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:52:23 UTC 8958079 Mr Scott Farley [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8955876?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:43:04 UTC 8955876 mr Anonymous [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8955021?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:52:47 UTC 8955021 Mr Anonymous [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8954756?utm_medium=rss Why put railings up at all!!!!!

]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:04:00 UTC 8954756 Miss Sarah Freedman [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8954104?utm_medium=rss These railings are totally unnecessary! PLEASE remove them, they destroy the beautiful view!

]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:55:15 UTC 8954104 miss michelle kurutz [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8953296?utm_medium=rss Please spend our money more wisley, not on these unnecessary railings.

]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:07:18 UTC 8953296 Mrs Georgiana Palmes [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8952699?utm_medium=rss The canal looks horrible now with the railings on,we didn't need them,take them off!!

]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:03:32 UTC 8952699 mr mike coster [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8952528?utm_medium=rss I cannot believe that these railings have been instailled, they have ruined the look of a once beautiful tranquil area.

]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:29:34 UTC 8952528 Mrs Annabel Mcveigh [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8952512?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:26:49 UTC 8952512 mrs kim Gallagher [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8952497?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:21:56 UTC 8952497 Ms Caroline McCartney [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8952432?utm_medium=rss I support the removal of the railings, they are unnecessary, an eyesore and likely to cause more accidents than they prevent. Residents should have been consulted, particularly given the fees we pay for estate maintenance.

]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:06:52 UTC 8952432 ms liz pannaman [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8952366?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:48:31 UTC 8952366 Mr Andy Harkin [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8952364?utm_medium=rss I agree that the railings should be removed and am disappointed we were not consulted as residents who pay for the estate's upkeep. From experience of similar railings installed near waterways, they tend to encourage children to climb and swing from them, creating more of a safety hazard than was there before.

]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:48:10 UTC 8952364 Mr Glenn Cawston [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8952252?utm_medium=rss These unnecessary additions to the estate serve no purpose, other than to indemnify a Council against phantom litigation. In doing so, they have advrsely affected the openness and accessability of the estate. Furthermore, there are no comparative measures at any other water bodies in the region. The residents were never consulted and do not want these railings. Please have these eysores removed, without delay.

]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:20:04 UTC 8952252 mrs margaret colls [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8952206?utm_medium=rss What have the Estates Directors been doing? Nobody has been consulted on the estate as to whether or not we want these railings. They do alter the look of te state look more like a park than a residents estate.

]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:02:01 UTC 8952206 Mr Peter Ryan [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8950974?utm_medium=rss Completely OTT, unneeded installation , as are any crossing points or tactile kerbing. What cost the ongoing maintenance (repainting,vandalism) ??
Did the Estate Directors know of this? WHy were we not told?
Thank God 3 Rivers have no responsibility for Hampstead Heath Ponds (the City of London don't risk assess like this). What next? The GU Canal, the River Chess & The Gade? Chorleywood Common?
A God awful thing to see when entering Byewaters. Please take them down ASAP & get a new H&S team.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:05:27 UTC 8950974 Mr Anonymous [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8950384?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:21:53 UTC 8950384 mr Anonymous [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8950114?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:41:10 UTC 8950114 Miss Anonymous [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949664?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:40:56 UTC 8949664 Ms Beverley Williams [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949633?utm_medium=rss These railings are an eyesore. Residents were not even asked whether they agreed to have them installed. Take them down and restore the natural beauty of the waterside.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:37:07 UTC 8949633 Miss Emma Worthy [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949516?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:21:46 UTC 8949516 Mr. Vikas Verma [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949500?utm_medium=rss Its an epic waste of public money at the time when it mattered most, shame that local govt. chose to deface my lovely Byewaters ..absolutely not required and that comming from a father of two little kids.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:20:29 UTC 8949500 Mr Kevin Hewitt [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949494?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:19:51 UTC 8949494 Mr Darren O'Neill [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949487?utm_medium=rss Completely ruins the view from my house. These railings are not at all necessary.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:19:09 UTC 8949487 Mr Paul Randall [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949403?utm_medium=rss railings unecessary and unsightly. I have never known anybody to fall in the canal in the 8 years i have lived on the byewaters. The railings have ruined the area to the fron of the estate. We as the residents of the byewaters should have been consulted before they were erected more so as it was not a condition of the road adoption!

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:07:26 UTC 8949403 Ms Emma Isichei [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949359?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:02:14 UTC 8949359 Mr Anonymous [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949148?utm_medium=rss No good to install these unnecessary railings... totally waste of time and money..

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:32:33 UTC 8949148 Dr Katharine Thivessen [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949018?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:15:06 UTC 8949018 Miss Karen McCullagh [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948989?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:12:51 UTC 8948989 Mrs Pauline O'Toole [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948709?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:42:49 UTC 8948709 Mr David Diaz [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948679?utm_medium=rss If we tolerate this! what will be next?

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:40:04 UTC 8948679 Miss Zdenka Bacovska [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948663?utm_medium=rss Please remove the railing there is no need for them as I did not see any in Cassiobury park where there is a higher frequency of pedestrians walking aroud, or might that be becouse that would make the park hidious. Also we were not consulted and would not have supported it had we been asked. Apart from no ones has taken any account of the impact on the wildlife that live by the waters edge. Have the environement agency even been consulted on this I doubt it and they should have been!

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:38:53 UTC 8948663 Miss Laura Gray [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948622?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:35:30 UTC 8948622 Mr Richard Edwards [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948538?utm_medium=rss We recently purchased our property on the state based on the picturesque outlook. Now the view from my window is obscured by an ugly railing which I believe de-values my property. Are the council or the management company going to pay me the value lost on my property? I think not remove the railings now!

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:26:37 UTC 8948538 Mr Graham Foster [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948537?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:26:36 UTC 8948537 MR GARY MCSTRAVICK [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948500?utm_medium=rss Spoils a beautiful view from my house!!!!

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:22:41 UTC 8948500 Mr Tom Phillipps [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948446?utm_medium=rss Although H&S to the public has to be taken into account these railings have totally changed this environment for the worst! Did the council even ask the residence directly affected what their opinions were?

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:15:44 UTC 8948446 Miss Anonymous [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948277?utm_medium=rss Unbelievable, the council are happy to make financial cuts, but can some how find the money to erect ugly and pointless railings along the canal in Byewaters. Typical. I would be interested to know how much it costs to make an idilic canal location an eyesore.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:57:14 UTC 8948277 Mrs Suzie Ercole [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948254?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:54:48 UTC 8948254 Mrs Anabella Mynett [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948163?utm_medium=rss I do not like to have the fence in front of the house. The canal is such a wonderful place and the fence makes it look like a prison!!!! Please give me back my view!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:41:26 UTC 8948163 Dr John Mynett [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948124?utm_medium=rss This is vandalism endorsed by the council. They must be able justify what they do - if a safety issue then every waterway in the area needs to be fenced off from the public immediately.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:36:51 UTC 8948124 mrs mandeep harris [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8948102?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:33:16 UTC 8948102 Mrs Lisa Botwright [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8947636?utm_medium=rss Firstly thank you very much to Chris for setting this petition up. The railings are an eyesore and I have been very upset watching them go up, both on an aesthetic level, and by the way my grounds' management contribution has been wasted on such a ridiculous level. This is a natural beauty spot enjoyed by many people, from dog-walkers to local business people, not not just residents. Please remove these unnatural, ugly and unnecessary railings urgently.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:40:26 UTC 8947636 Miss Jane Webbley [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8947574?utm_medium=rss I fully support the petition to not have the railings along the canal, as I feel they are not necessary, serve no purpose and ruin the whole look of the development. I also feel it could affect the value of the property, which really should have been a consideration before this decision was taken, even more so in the current economic climate.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:34:02 UTC 8947574 ms maria moylan [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8947443?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:17:58 UTC 8947443 Mr Ciro Ercole [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8943886?utm_medium=rss I wish for the railings unnecessarily installed, next to the Gade river in Byewaters, to be removed with immediate effect.

They offer no good purpose and have ruined the once picturesque look of the estate.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:04:26 UTC 8943886 Mr Thomas Perotti [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8939919?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:05:53 UTC 8939919 Mr James Pickford [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8939124?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:55:19 UTC 8939124 Mr Rhys Jones [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8936813?utm_medium=rss I am in agreement that I wish for the railings recently installed to be removed with immediate effect.

]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:38:32 UTC 8936813 Mrs Lorraine Jones [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8936801?utm_medium=rss I am in agreement that I wish for the railings recently installed to be removed with immediate effect.

]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:37:21 UTC 8936801 Mrs Linda Garland [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8936611?utm_medium=rss Please just stop putting more railings up and wasting money and take the others down.

]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:21:22 UTC 8936611 Mr Richard Vandy [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8935508?utm_medium=rss An eyesore, unecessary and a total waste of money

]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:50:12 UTC 8935508 Mr Chris Moseley [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8934124?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:08:28 UTC 8934124