 The community has come together and created an action group that opposes the plans for the park and asks Thames Water to build on a brownfield site instead.In response to the campaign, many councillors and Cabinet Members have spoken against this project and Mayor Lutfur Rahman himself is a supporter of the SaveKEMP campaign.On 2 February 2011 a motion to oppose Thames Water's plans and protect King Edward VII Memorial Park and its foreshore was passed with unanimous vote by the full Chamber of LBTH  effectively overturning the position taken in December.