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BBC’s Marty Jopson supports our manifesto
The Woodland Trust has dedicated the last 10 years to fighting against the loss of Ancient Woodland. There is no exaggeration in the statement that it is the UK’s equivalent of the rainforest and yet our planning systems have allowed … Continue reading
We know what happens to woodland in the middle of the road. It gets run over!
As well trying to defend the lovely Broughton Woods we have also been trying to stop the Highways Agency from destroying ancient woodland by widening the A23 between Handcross and Warninglid in Sussex. Sadly for us it did not go quite as planned … Continue reading
Coal causes controversy
This week the Woods under Threat team have been working on an open cast coal proposal - ’exciting’ I hear you say, with a touch of sarcasm! And you would be right, parts of the application are immensely complex, the ‘geotechnical … Continue reading
It’s a bit like LA Law this week
*Update* This week the Woods under Threat team have been battling it out against Q Hotels and their application to build a golf course within ancient woodland near Scunthorpe. The application was originally refused by North Lincolnshire Council back in 2008 … Continue reading
Safe and sound or just green-wash?
As far as I was aware designating locally important habitats (by important I mean to both people and wildlife) was a method of giving some protection to vulnerable habitats that might otherwise be drowned by concrete in the relentless development of … Continue reading
Fields with trees – what’s that then?
Things have been pretty quiet in Wales for us recently – well on the roads front at least. That is until we ‘accidentally’ found out about some improvements to the A470 between Cwm-Bach and Newbridge that are being planned by … Continue reading
