Keep It Green 2014   Consolidation of Comments Made at Public Meeting on 21 March 2014   1         Transport/infrastructure   1.1    Impact on eastern end of Hermit Lane and Church Street of new bypass. 1.2    Concern about increased traffic through/round the whole area, noting there are already grid-lock situations at times. 1.3 […]

On 18 and 19 February 2014, two of our Keep it Green members submitted requests to BMBC for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI), regarding activities taking place on Green Belt Land in the Pogmoor/Gawber/Redbrook/Barugh Green/Higham area. These requests for information were only put forward to BMBC after numerous emails and phone […]

The public meeting at Gawber on Friday March 21st was a great success with nearly 140 people attending We are very grateful for the support that was shown and once the notes have been coordinated we will publish a  account of the maters raised. We will also keep you all updated on the money collected and […]

Government gets tough on local plans and Green Belt revisions   Planning Minister Nick Boles has signalled that Communities Secretary Eric Pickles will consider intervening and preventing the adoption of a local plan where a planning inspector has http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/general/news/stories/2014/march14/130314/130314_1recommended a Green Belt review that is not supported by the local planning authority. This was signalled in […]

This is the map of proposed development of our area:

We are in the Barnsley Chronicle today Friday 7 March on page 10. We feel it is fair comment although we question the council spokesmans last 4 paragraphs, we feel the plans are a lot further on. Following the article we have heard of planning proposals for the Wilthorpe area on  land that has been […]