CITY COUNCIL LEADER APPLAUDS JOHN CLARE COUNTRYSIDE PROGRAMME
"I was honoured to be a guest speaker at the John Clare Countryside conference last week which highlighted exciting plans for this much-loved area.
The prospect of creating large new areas of nature rich habitat and restoring the landscape to its former glories, will not only be good for nature, but will also be good for people who can access nature, improving their health and well-being. It will also be beneficial for farmers and the local economy, as more people will want to visit and enjoy the landscape.
The project has the potential to be an internationally significant example of how we can combine nature, arts and heritage under the banner of Britain’s greatest nature poet, to deliver better health, community cohesion and overall quality of life." - Dennis Jones - City Council Leader
John Clare nature recovery programme unveiled https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/vision-unveiled-for-nature-recovery-in-poet-john-clare-countryside-between-peterborough-and-stamford-4710104
PETERBOROUGH: WHY WE MUST RETHINK 'GROWTH AT ANY COST'
A PRP opinion piece by Martin Chillcott (Chair of PRP) about how Peterborough should grow with a vision which benefits the residents of Peterborough.
Click <<here>> to view the article as published in Cambs News.
To view the detail on this report please click <<here>>.
'TAKE ACTION'
Peterborough City Council started consultation on a NEW local Plan in 2023.
It is important to respond, as the responses shape the draft Local Plan, issued June /July 2024 for further consultation, which by then will include site recommendations for housing and employment development.
The timescale for the planning process is shown below
The prospect of creating large new areas of nature rich habitat and restoring the landscape to its former glories, will not only be good for nature, but will also be good for people who can access nature, improving their health and well-being. It will also be beneficial for farmers and the local economy, as more people will want to visit and enjoy the landscape.
The project has the potential to be an internationally significant example of how we can combine nature, arts and heritage under the banner of Britain’s greatest nature poet, to deliver better health, community cohesion and overall quality of life." - Dennis Jones - City Council Leader
John Clare nature recovery programme unveiled https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/vision-unveiled-for-nature-recovery-in-poet-john-clare-countryside-between-peterborough-and-stamford-4710104
PETERBOROUGH: WHY WE MUST RETHINK 'GROWTH AT ANY COST'
A PRP opinion piece by Martin Chillcott (Chair of PRP) about how Peterborough should grow with a vision which benefits the residents of Peterborough.
Click <<here>> to view the article as published in Cambs News.
To view the detail on this report please click <<here>>.
'TAKE ACTION'
Peterborough City Council started consultation on a NEW local Plan in 2023.
It is important to respond, as the responses shape the draft Local Plan, issued June /July 2024 for further consultation, which by then will include site recommendations for housing and employment development.
The timescale for the planning process is shown below
Postponed Peterborough City Council
Speaking
on behalf of PRP, Martin asked the Planning Committee to ask 3 important
questions (2017)
1. Why are Officers recommending inclusion of ‘Great Kyne’ in the Local Plan when it directly contradicts 7 (Seven) of its own policies, related to development in the Countryside?
2. Why have Officers chosen the site, which by their own definition, has the highest risk of environmental and serious social harm?
3. Why is Peterborough even thinking about losing ‘best landscape’ forever ………just to keep Cambridgeshire County Council happy? (with the 2013 deal to take 2,500 of County Council's housing allocation)
Superb informed, passionate presentation by @ProtectRuralPB at today's planning meeting #GreatKyne #naturalcapital
Cllr Richard Ferris (Lab) tweet, who was in the audience