October Newsletter
Collapse of Green Spaces in UK
Exposed – the collapse of green space provision in England and Wales https://neweconomics.org/2022/05/exposed-the-collapse-of-green-space-provision-in-england-and-wales?_cldee=TXSntHDN2LvM1sDZSvLvLunSn136FtXlsVbmI-F3ig_jUa_HRDNoxBEcNtL6zL6Y&recipientid=contact-656abf68bd0feb11a81300224801badc-3815136f785142598d04083b8f0690c3&esid=a588d070-99e1-ec11-bb3d-000d3ad4d975
State of UK Public Parks 2021
Tweet: https://twitter.com/apsenews/status/1469321717109735424Report: https://www.apse.org.uk/apse/index.cfm/research/current-research-programme/state-of-uk-public-parks-2021/# A new and important report has been published this week by the Association for Public Service Excellence, based on their survey of Local Authorities throughout the UK. It finds […]
House of Lords Committee
HOUSE OF LORDS – COVID-19 COMMITTEE SECOND REPORT OF SESSION 2021-22 (Published 7th December 2021) https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5802/ldselect/ldcvd19/115/115.pdf TOWNS AND CITIES: LOCAL POWER IS THE PATH TO RECOVERY Paragraph 199. The UK Government should provide local authorities with additionalfunding to […]
2021 Calendar of Events
DRAFT Calendar of dates for parks to celebrate JANUARY: 16- 30 January Big Schools Garden Watch (RSPB) https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-teachers/schools-birdwatch/ 28 – 29 January RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch weekend : https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/ FEBRUARY: […]
The People and Nature Survey for England
The People and Nature Survey for England: Adult Data Y1Q1 (April – June 2020) (Experimental Statistics) Updated 30 September 2020 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-people-and-nature-survey-for-england-adult-data-y1q1-april-june-2020-experimental-statistics/the-people-and-nature-survey-for-england-adult-data-y1q1-april-june-2020-experimental-statistics#main-findings 1. Main findings The People and Nature Survey for England, […]
Housing Secretary Stops Mayor publishing London Plan
In a political move, the Government’s Housing Secretary has told Mayor Khan to rewrite his London Plan, removing all safeguards and aspirations to preserve green space in the capital. Neil Sinden of CPRE London wrote supporting increasing housing but warning that this would fuel threats to green space… London has less than 2/3s of the green open space it needs for the number of people
CPRE Space To Build Reports
It doesn’t have to be like this. So CPRE have produced their Space to Build reports to address, and publicise this problem. They identify the sites for housing that are brown sites, and they are
* not green space, * not green belt, * and do not comprise of town cramming for existing town centres.
If you live in Bromley, write here and ask them to adopt this report as their strategy.
If you live in another borough, ask and help CPRE compose one to stop your green space being built on!
Email to Save Heritage Green Space from Housing
Help stop Bromley Council from selling off part of the old bishops palace park for housing: Please email mark.bowen@bromley.gov.uk with the title “Proposed sale of land at Bromley Civic Centre” and include your name address and postcode otherwise it will not be accepted (it doesn’t matter if you don’t live in the Borough).
2019-06-08 Open Gardens Squares Weekend 8-9 June
8-9th June – Open Gardens Squares Weekend
2019-06-29 London National Park City Fair+Talks
29th June – National Park City – Talks and Fair
2019-06-17 Parks and People – Stronger Together
17th June – Parks And People: Stronger Together: Join us to explore topics such as Funding, Volunteering
