Category Archives: Growth and Infrastructure Bill

The Kinder legacy

Posted on 29/04/2013 by campaignerkate

New Mills was a good choice for the first Spirit of Kinder Day, to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the Kinder Scout mass trespass on 24 April 1932.  The town is close to the north-west edge of the Peak District … Continue reading →

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A spiteful act

Posted on 25/04/2013 by campaignerkate

The guillotine has dropped.  Today the government’s spiteful Growth and Infrastructure Act came into force, sweeping away the opportunity to register land as a village green in England when that land is earmarked for development. Not only does the act change the law which … Continue reading →

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A glaring mistake

Posted on 12/04/2013 by campaignerkate

Buried within the new GOV.UK website is the Defra policy, ‘Protecting and improving people’s enjoyment of the countryside’.  This contains actions on public paths, coastal access, common land, town and village greens, protecting and enhancing English landscapes and funding the Canal and … Continue reading →

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Six short years

Posted on 05/04/2013 by campaignerkate

The Easter weekend of 2007 was sunlit and full of promise. On Good Friday, 6 April, the new law for new greens in the Commons Act 2006 took effect.  The Open Spaces Society celebrated ‘the doors opening’ for village greens … Continue reading →

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Green spaces threatened? It’s already too late

Posted on 22/03/2013 by campaignerkate

This is my opinion article which was published in the Western Daily Press on 22 March 2013. Our right to enjoy green spaces and the right to light are both currently threatened, according to Kate Ashbrook, general secretary of the … Continue reading →

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Growth Bill: can it get worse? Yes it can

Posted on 17/03/2013 by campaignerkate

As if the Growth and Infrastructure Bill’s attack on village greens wasn’t bad enough, the government now, at the eleventh hour, intends to make it even worse. The bill has completed its passage through the House of Commons, and through committee … Continue reading →

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Where is your evidence?

Posted on 07/03/2013 by campaignerkate

We are running out of time to stop the evil effects of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill.  It has reached report stage in the House of Lords and the opportunities to change it are now few.  It looks like the … Continue reading →

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Ancient rights thrown out of the window

Posted on 19/02/2013 by campaignerkate

First the right to lawful sports and pastimes, next the right to light. Where will the abolition of our ancient rights end? Last Monday (18 February) the Law Commission, with ministers’ backing, began to consult about plans to axe people’s ancient … Continue reading →

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Open space to lose parliamentary protection

Posted on 28/01/2013 by campaignerkate

In the next week or so, the House of Lords will determine the fate of a multitude of open spaces, when it debates clause 22 of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill.  The clause removes parliament’s right to intervene when open space is … Continue reading →

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The attack on greens – call from Open Spaces Society

Posted on 02/12/2012 by campaignerkate

The attack on town and village greens, which we have expected for the last couple of years, is now upon us. Clause 13 of the government’s Growth and Infrastructure Bill, currently before the House of Commons, will stop local people from … Continue reading →

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