PLANS for new skateboarding facilities in Petersfield were thrown into confusion this week following mixed messages from town councillors. At a full meeting of the council on Monday, members disbanded the Love Lane vandalism working party, which had been looking at replacing the skate ramp, which has been closed for several months. Grounds committee chairman Chris Jenner warned fellow councillors that members of the working party and young skateboarders were becoming "quite agitated". He said information they were promised last October about new facilities had failed to materialised. But councillors ignored his warning, and he was told that the working party was no longer in existence. But it has since emerged that a new working party met on Thursday to discuss the provision of facilities in Love Lane. The skate park working party consists of contracts manager Peter Jones, deputy town clerk Sue McMorran and councillors Hilary Ayer, Chris Jenner and Hugh Sandeman, together with five representatives from the skateboard users, aged between 11 and 20. Mrs McMorran told The Herald the working party would be reporting its discussions to the next meeting of the grounds committee on March 16. She said the working party had come up with a rough outline of its requirements, and together with the users, had identified the kind of equipment they wanted. Town council officers would be measuring the site, said Mrs McMorran, and would be asking the grounds committee to examine the possibility of extending the site for the new facilities. Several specialist companies are to be asked to come up with a plan and costings. So far Petersfield town councillors have earmarked £20,000 from developers' contributions for the project. It is understood that the Festival for Young People group is also keen to help raise funds through grant applications. The next meeting of the working party is due to be held on April 6. In the meantime the former Love Lane vandalism working party has been turned into the Petersfield anti-social behaviour working party. It consists of three councillors: Hilary Ayer, Vaughan Clarke and Paul Molloy, together with county council youth workers and the anti- social behaviour co-ordinator from East Hampshire District Council. After a proposal from Mrs Ayer, it was agreed this week that the working party should turn itself into a problem-solving group when dealing with a particular area. It should then call in expert help from the local area when dealing with specific problems.