Dear Supporters, In case some of you had difficulty in accessing Barnsley West Consortium latest Masterplan in our last Newsletter for our Green Belt area known as MU1 here is another link to the document. 2. Spawforths Masterplan Document September 2017

Follow link below to see our latest Newsletter, No. 69. KIG Newsletter 69, 05 September 2017

Click on the link below to view Spawforths latest stab at how they together with BMBC want to carve up our Green Belt. Note they propose to shut Hermit Lane and pedestrianise it thereby cutting the direct kink we have between Higham and Gawber. Have you been asked if you want Hermit Lane closed? Note […]

Dear Supporters, In April we posted a link to Keep it Green 2014’s submission to the Consultation on the Local Plan. Unfortunately, unbeknown to us the link didn’t work due to the file size being too large. So here now for you to look at, with a link that works, is Keep it Green 2014’s […]

Dear Supporters, Today’s the day the Examination of Barnsley Local Plan commences. By the end of this process, that is now scheduled not to be completed until October 2017 after Stage 2 Hearings are complete, will we know the outcome of our endeavours.   The Inspector, Sarah Housden, will hopefully agree with our points made […]

Dear Supporters, IT STARTS TOMORROW !!! Keep it Green 2014 needs YOUR help! The Examination in Public of the Local Plan commences tomorrow, Tuesday, 16 May at 10am. Stage 1 of the Examination runs for 6 days in total as shown below. Tuesday 16 May, Wednesday 17 May, Thursday 18 May, The weekend off then […]

Dear Supporters, Keep it Green 2014 needs YOUR help! The Examination in Public of the Local Plan commences next Tuesday, 16 May at 10am. And Stage 1 of the Examination runs for 6 days in total as shown below. Tuesday 16 May, Wednesday 17 May, Thursday 18 May, The weekend off then Tuesday 23 May, […]

Dear Supporters, We are nearing the end of our fight to preserve the Green Belt area between Pogmoor, Higham, Barugh Green, Redbrook and Gawber known as MU1 within the Local Plan. We at Keep it Green 2014 have worked hard since 2013 after it became apparent that something was afoot in our Green Belt that […]

Dear Supporters, As part of the process of Examination of Barnsley’s Local Plan, Keep it Green 2014 has submitted further documents to the Inspector, Sarah Housden, for her consideration in determination of whether to 1. Approve the Plan, 2. Reject the Plan or 3. Approve the plan with changes. As can be seen in the […]

Correspondence from one of our knowledgable supporters.   Thank you KIG for preparing your submission to the Local Plan Consultation, an excellent document. For those who haven’t followed the story in detail, the council’s about to embark on the public examination of the Local Plan, which involves, among other things, removal of vast tracts of […]