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Category: THE STATUTORY AGENCIES: NE, EA, FE etc
Calder Valley hunger strike update
Statement from Treesponsibility, yesterday evening: Natural England will be conducting a site visit to the moor in the week commencing 24th February and will be analysing the evidence in the week commencing second of March. Treesponsibility will be meeting with Natural England the following week.
Natural England – this must tell you something
I wrote last August about the outrageous cheek of Natural England crowdfunding for a variety of projects, some of which look very much like its statutory duties to me, and others look like a complete waste of time (see here, here). In the ‘complete waste of time’ category is Natural England’s plan to reintroduce Hen…
NE roll out new gull cull regime
Today Natural England has announced a new licensing system for the culling of Herring Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls – and it’s pretty good. These two species were removed from the general licences last year, and rightly so given that they are both declining in numbers. Natural England reveal that their analysis suggests that the…
Interesting figures on SSSI status
This was in my local(-ish) paper but it seems to be the Northants tip of a national iceberg. In the olden days it would have been an NGO that did this anlysis but not now – I wonder why not? The basic story is that Natural England isn’t doing its job properly in acting as…
Uptown girl…
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Two Cambridge colleges, at either end of The Backs, have recently announced their new ‘Masters’. At the up-town end of the waterway, and said to be the richest per student capita college of all, St John’s, the new Master will be Heather Hancock. Mrs Hancock has featured in this blog now and again over the…
NE and the planning system
Back in December 2017 I asked Natural England about their involvement, as a statutory consultee, in the planning system and received this information; I recently asked for an update and have been sent this: Now, there are many ways in which one could read these figures and really one would need an expert opinion and…
Come on Tony – must do better
Tony Juniper has been at the helm of Natural England for nearly nine months and in July Natural England will report on their progress during his first year. Hopes were high that we would all see a positive change with a change of both Chief Exec and Chair but probably the best that can be…
General licence consultation (England) closes on Thursday
The DEFRA consultation over the general licences closes on Thursday at the interesting time of 23:45. It appears to be a serious consultation about the way forward and it asks for evidence to back up your views. If you are thinking of responding online then you will need to allow at least half an hour…
Wild Justice asks for apology from Natural England Board
Open letter to Natural England Chair, Board and staff.