You may remember that in a recent public consultation on the way forward, over 40% of respondents to the Peak District National Park future plans mentioned the impact of grouse shooting, heather burning and illegal persecution of birds of prey, on the ability of the National Park to meet its objectives. The Peak District has…
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Local issue – further comments
It’s becoming quite a battle to find one’s way onto the East Northants Council’s planning part of their website, and an increasing struggle to navigate through the comments to find what one might be looking for. But these are my latest comments on the planning proposal to build a large set of broiler houses 7…
Three last chances – all close at midnight
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Other people’s e-petitions – a selection
My attention was drawn to the first of these e-petitions by a fellow Northants resident but then I had a little mooch around the site and came across a few others which relate to more local (or in the penultimate case, national) issues rather than UK ones. It’s a fascinating insight into the minds of…
Dear @MichaelGove
I was surprised to notice the other day that the Secretary of State for the Environment (and some other stuff), Michael Gove, follows me on Twitter. I’m not foolish enough to think that Mr Gove is reading every word that I write, nor perhaps any of them, but just in case, I thought I’d pen…