1003 signatures and 259 objection letters, opposing planning application and building on Mankley field

1003 signatures and 259 objection letters, opposing planning application and building on Mankley field

"Stop the developers having it all their own way"

"Stop the developers having it all their own way" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.

This campaign means a lot to me and to my village and to other places in England fighting the same battle and the more support we can get behind it, the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition here:

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-developers-having-it-all-thei-own-way

Thank you!

P.S. Can you also take a moment to share the petition with others? It's really easy – all you need to do is forward this email or share this link on Facebook or Twitter:

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-developers-having-it-all-thei-own-way

Planning application now submitted

Gladman have now submitted the planning application for what is known as "Land South Of Leonard Stanley Primary School Bath Road, Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire"


Currently there in no due date for objections to be received by, this will be updated once we get the relevant dates.

There will be a pamphlet being delivered to those who live in either Leonard Stanley, King's Stanley and the surrounding areas. This will detail some finner points of the application and give you ideas on relevant things to object to.

This info is also avaliable on the website www.savemankleyfield.co.uk/ where a you can objext to Stroud council a number of ways

The links are:

Object via E-mail - Here 

Object via letter - Here

Object via the Stroud planning website - Here 

When objecting, please remember to reference the planning application: 2013/0868/EIAS

Prehistoric or Roman settlement found at Baxter's Field

A search of fields in the Slad Valley where developers want to build 140 new homes has revealed ‘two small enclosures which might represent areas of later prehistoric or Roman settlement’, Gloucestershire County Council has said. Archaeologists have been excavating Baxter’s Field on behalf of developer Gladman after Stroud District Council turned down its application to build on the site. One of the refusal reasons was the firm’s failure to conduct a thorough archaeological assessment. 

 It has been suggested that the discovery of the enclosures could scupper the development but campaigners are being careful not to get their hopes up, with Gladman having already launched an appeal. Phil Coysh, of Slad Valley Action Group, said campaigners were taking a ‘keen interest’ in the search but were continuing to prepare their defence for the appeal on the basis of landscape heritage and sustainability issues.

Access concerns?

Highways are required to submit a report when there is a proposed housing development.

They are obliged to consider all concerns notified to them.
If you feel there is a problem with traffic/highways locally please email

southern@gloucestershire.gov.uk

or write to:

Mr Neil Troughton, Gloucestershire Highways,
Stroudwater Interchange
Whitminster.
GL2 7NJ

Overhead view of Mankley field

A recent satellite image of Leonard Stanley with overlay of proposed development site.

A clear 100% increase in the size of the village.   

Homes plan appeal rejected by Cardiff Council

Llanishen reservoir: Homes plan appeal rejected by Cardiff Council

Plans for hundreds of homes on the site of a reservoir in Cardiff have been rejected by the Welsh government.

Western Power Distribution (WPD) has been battling for more than a decade to build 324 houses at Llanishen reservoir.

But Housing and Regeneration Minister Carl Sargeant has now rejected a planning appeal.

Campaigners and local politicians welcomed the decision but WPD refused to comment.

The reservoir has not been used since the 1970s but campaigners say it has become a nature habitat and is also important for its engineering heritage.

Cardiff North AM Julie Morgan welcomed the refusal and called for the reservoir to be refilled.

WPD has been engaged in a long-running planning battle with Cardiff council over its plans to develop Llanishen reservoir, which includes proposals for homes and areas of conservation.

Campaigner Andrew Hill from the Reservoir Action Group said it was "brilliant news".

He said: "It's the most definitive result we could have asked for."

Mrs Morgan welcomed the refusal and called for the reservoir to be refilled.

She said: "I fully support the decision to refuse the planning appeal at Llanishen reservoir, which is in line with long standing local and national planning policies.

"It is the right decision and I hope that, after 11 years, this saga can finally be brought to an end."

Mrs Morgan called on PPL Corporation, which owns WPD, to join forces with Cardiff council to help secure the site's future.

Liberal Democrat AM Eluned Parrott said: "This is great news for the residents of Cardiff and in particular those who have been fighting this for well over a decade and it just goes to show that residents voices can and are heard by the corridors of power."

In February 2011, the High Court in London overturned Cardiff council's decision to designate the land for nature conservation.

The council had designated the land under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, which gave priority to nature conservation over public access and recreation.

But the Public Health Trust Act 1875 already imposed a statutory trust over the land, giving priority to public access and recreation.


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