Defra’s consultation on their proposed Land Use Framework is now live online. It runs until April 25th. Defra intends that the Land Use Framework will incorporate 30 by 30, the UK government&…| Save And Restore Walshaw Moor
This will take about 6 minutes to read Calder Valley MP Josh Fenton Glynn has accepted 200 signed letters from constituents asking him to support a ban on windfarms on protected peatland. He also a…| Save And Restore Walshaw Moor
Yesterday Lucy Powell MP, Leader of the House of Commons, showed zero awareness of the damage to the government’s own green transition agenda that building wind farms on protected peatland wo…| Save And Restore Walshaw Moor
John Page. Photo: AuthorJohn Page was born in the West Riding, a proud Yorkshireman and was taught to play cricket left-handed “ ’cos it flummoxes t’ bowler, and buggers up t’ field.” He went to university in London and Leeds, and enjoyed (most of the time) attempting to teach young people that there’s a big wide world beyond the Colne and Worth Valleys. He also taught future captains of industry and government at the United World College of SE Asia in Singapore for four years. Ex...| Mark Avery
This is about a 9 minute read. Why does it matter? Wadsworth Parish Council has been told that Calderdale Windfarm’s revised Scoping Report is due in May 2025. To prepare for the pre-applicat…| Save And Restore Walshaw Moor
Big thanks to the handful of MPs who are so far the only ones bothered about the lack of protection for irreplaceable habitats in the face of the Government’s planning reforms that are now going th…| Save And Restore Walshaw Moor
Info about Hilltop parish council meetings this spring will be added as we find out about them. Oxenhope Village Council Oxenhope Village Council met on 12th March 2025 but there doesn’t seem…| Save And Restore Walshaw Moor
Here is the response from Stronger Together to Stop Calderdale Windfarm to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government public consultation on its Planning Reform Working Paper –…| Save And Restore Walshaw Moor
Jenny Shepherd. Photo: Jenny ShepherdBan the Burn rep to the Stronger Together to Stop Calderdale WIndfarm campaign group. On behalf of the group, named creator of the Parliamentary Petition, Ban WIndfarms on Protected Peatland in England – click here . Tend to carry a Grandmothers Against Bullshit placard – covers so much in so few words.| Mark Avery