Letter: Protect green spaces to secure our beautiful West Wight for generations to come
Independent candidate Chris Jarman shares his views on protecting green spaces to “ensure our continued well-being and to secure our beautiful West Wight for generations to come”
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Chris Jarman, Independent Candidate for IOW Councillor – Totland and Colwell, shares this open letter. Ed
Defending our forests Tropical rainforest. An aerial view of the Cardamom Mountains rain forests, from the Cambodian parts. (Image by Andyb3947 - Stung Proat Cardamom Mountains.jpg / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Are Rights of Nature the answer to our ecological crises?
In 2020, felling of ancient woodlands had begun along the planned route of the UK’s new HS2 high-speed rail line. At Jones’ Hill Wood in Buckinghamshire – the literary inspiration for Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book Fantastic Mr Fox – felling was about to start.
That was until, in the face of sustained protest, legal challenges, and the discovery of a rare bat species, HS2 Ltd was legally obliged to put works on hold to conduct surveys and apply for bat licences.
A computer-generated image of the proposed MSG Sphere.
- Credit: MSG
A group against a proposed entertainment hub in Stratford has slammed the planning process as biased .
Stop MSG Sphere criticised the level of support shown by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) to an applicant which wants to build a 21,500-capacity venue on land west of Angel Lane.
The criticism centres on a letter from April 2020, which was released following a Freedom of Information request.
The letter is from LLDC s director of planning policy and decisions to DP9 Ltd, which acts for the applicant, The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG).
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