[Diggers350] Open Spaces Society 'government undermine own environmental planning promises'
Tony Gosling
tony at cultureshop.org.uk
Sat Jun 12 13:03:14 BST 2021
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>OPEN SPACES SOCIETY
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>NEWS RELEASE
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>OPEN SPACES SOCIETYS DISMAY THAT GOVERNMENT UNDERMINES ENVIRONMENTAL PROMISES
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>Until government departments stop undermining
>Defras promises, there is little hope of
>achieving them. So declares Kate Ashbrook, the
>general secretary of the Open Spaces Society(1),
>in Opinion (page 1) of the societys magazine
>Open Space, published today (11 June).
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>Kate writes of the optimistic announcements from
>the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and
>Rural Affairs, George Eustice, on 18 May, to
>halt the decline of nature with a
>legally-binding target for species abundance
>(to be defined) by 2030, restoration of 35,000
>hectares of peatland by 2025, and woodlands
>expanded to cover 2 per cent of England by mid-century.
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>These are fine words, says Kate, but there
>was precious little said about people.
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>It appears that little of the new woodland will
>be around towns and cities where it is needed
>most, and that any new access there will be permissive rather than by right.
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>But the societys principal concern is that,
>while Defra makes promises, other government
>departments undermine themwith HS2, the
>£27-billion road programme, and the wrecking of
>the planning system. When he was asked about
>this, George Eustice gave an inadequate reply:
>we sometimes have to balance difficult judgements.
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>Says Kate: Government must be fully behind
>Defras promises, otherwise they cannot be
>achieved. Government needs to listen to the
>voices of young people tooit is their hopes
>which will be dashed unless government stops the wreckage.
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>Also in this issue of Open Space:
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> * Eleven-year-old Patricia Wittbom from
> Cheshire hikes 21 kilometres to raise money for
> the Open Spaces Society (front cover and page 4).
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> * The societys historic lantern-slide collection revealed (page 2).
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> * The societys campaign to encourage local
> councils voluntarily to dedicate land as a town
> or village green(2), to protect it from
> development and give local people rights of recreation there (page 7).
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> * Success in winning a public inquiry for
> the pernicious exchange of land at Woodcock
> Hill village green, Borehamwood in
> Hertfordshire, and victory in stopping
> intrusive fencing on Rhos Gelli Gron Common in Ceredigion (page 8).
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>Attached: Open Space, summer 2021
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>ENDS
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>Notes for editors
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>1. The Open Spaces Society was founded
>in 1865 and is Britains oldest national
>conservation body. It campaigns to protect
>common land, village greens, open spaces and
>public paths, and peoples right to enjoy them.
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>2 Town and village green can be any
>land which has been enjoyed by local people for
>20 years, without being stopped or asking
>permission. However, if a landowner wishes
>voluntarily to register land as a green, he or
>she may do so merely by providing proof of
>ownership and the consent of any leaseholder or
>chargeholder. Once registered the land is
>protected by section 12 of the Inclosure Act
>1857 and section 29 of the Commons Act 1876, and
>local people have rights of recreation there.
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>CONTACT: Kate Ashbrook:
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><mailto:kateashbrook at oss.org.uk>kateashbrook at oss.org.uk
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