Posts Tagged ‘greenspaces’
Next Prime Minister must Act for Access
Friends of the DPA, the Open Spaces Society, have publicly called for the next Prime Minister to act for public access as a matter of urgency. ‘Nearly every other Labour Prime Minister has overseen important new laws which improved public access. We have had the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (Clement…
Read MoreNew Planning Policy threatens Access to Nature
‘The government’s proposed planning policy will strike a fatal blow to the creation of new village greens and does nothing to safeguard and improve people’s vital access to nature.’ So declares Helen Monger, case officer for DPA allies the Open Spaces Society. The society, which is Britain’s oldest national conservation body, has responded to the…
Read MoreGreen Spaces Rescued from Damaging Law Change
Our friends at The Open Spaces Society have announced that a damaging amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, proposed by Lord Banner and others, was dropped. The amendment aimed to remove long-standing public rights on green spaces when the land is sold by a local authority. It was debated in the House of Lords…
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