RESIDENTS fighting to stop the sale of a Liverpool park claim they were given only two days to object.
Campaigners in St Michael's Hamlet, Aigburth have mounted an urgent effort to save Priory woods.
The woods are part of a package of land which will be transferred to property consortium Langtree McLean as part of a £5m development of the former Garden Festival site.
Residents were informed of the plan last Saturday after public notices, on city council paper, appeared around the area telling them that if they want to object, they must do so by 10am on Tuesday.
It later emerged the letters were not even genuine council notices, but had been put up by a disgruntled member of the public.
Judith Roberts, secretary of South-wood, Alpass and St Michael's Residents Association, said: "Priory wood is a beautiful, rare piece of parkland in this city and we should have a say on its future.
"We are not objecting just for the sake of it - but because of the lack of information on the future management of the land and the short period of notice regarding making objections.
"If it had not been for the posters most people would have been una-ware of what is going on." Two weeks ago, Langtree McLean held a series of public meetings informing people of their plans.
The joint venture company hopes to build luxury waterfront apartments, extensive gardens and wildlife walks on the disused Otterspool site. But it has pledged there will be no development at Priory wood during its leasehold.
It will also pay £2m into a trust fund to pay for for maintenance of the gardens.
A city council spokesman pledged that residents will get their say when a planning application is made later this year.
Project manager Dave Rolinson said: "Langtree McLean is looking to restore the Festival Gardens site to its former glory and create a new public space for the residents and Liverpool as a whole."
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