Chesham Green Belt
The Green Belt that surrounds Lye Green is still under threat over Council plans to extend the town. These rolling, arable and pasture fields to the North-East of Chesham could soon be replaced by many hundreds of homes, a large store and 15 gypsy pitches.
The Council after nearly 18 months of delay are about to publish the final Draft Local Plan which still proposes taking the whole 60 hectare site out of the Green Belt. There will then be just 6 weeks in which the public can comment yet vital evidence is still missing!
URGENT: The Council are meeting on Wednesday May 15th. Please write to them, both letters and emails, before this date, in time for the meeting.
Click here for instructions & sample letter.
The BNG Team will be at this meeting, everyone welcome and urged to attend. The bigger BNG presence, the better. Details of meeting here.
Click here for today's BBC Three Counties Radio interview
Recently BNG have made an application under S.88 of The Localism Act 2011 to have the land registered as an Asset of Community Value. Please click here to find out more on this and how you can help and register your support for this application. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PROVIDED OVER 50 LETTERS OR STATEMENTS OF TRUTH ALREADY!
We have also established that many people may have Prescriptive Rights over the land either by having gates from their homes onto the fields that have been in use for more than 20 years OR that other tracks on the land may be eligible to be adopted as Public Rights of Way.
Click here if you have a gate that borders onto the fields or woodlands at Lye Green
Click here if you have used the fields and woodlands of Lye Green for recreational use for a period
in excess of 20 years.
This campaign is now in its 4th year and is getting expensive! We may need to raise more money as we have retained expert consultants to comment on our behalf on issues of Landscape Quality, Green Belt, Sustainability, Traffic & Air Quality. In addition, we have retained a barrister from Landmark Chambers to advise and represent us at the future Planning Inquiry Examination in Public.
Please pledge or give money to fund specialist legal advice to fight this. We aim to stop this harm on the edge of Chesham that will include extra traffic, increased air pollution and further strain on the town’s overburdened infrastructure, environment, health & education facilities.
Read about our Planning Barrister from Landmark Chambers here
CLICK HERE TO PLEDGE MONEY FOR THE LEGAL FUND
This proposal will affect everyone in and around Chesham.
You can catch up on the full background on this threat to the Greenbelt by watching the Chairman's presentation:
CLICK HERE: VIDEO OF OCTOBER 2017 PUBLIC MEETING
The Council after nearly 18 months of delay are about to publish the final Draft Local Plan which still proposes taking the whole 60 hectare site out of the Green Belt. There will then be just 6 weeks in which the public can comment yet vital evidence is still missing!
URGENT: The Council are meeting on Wednesday May 15th. Please write to them, both letters and emails, before this date, in time for the meeting.
Click here for instructions & sample letter.
The BNG Team will be at this meeting, everyone welcome and urged to attend. The bigger BNG presence, the better. Details of meeting here.
Click here for today's BBC Three Counties Radio interview
Recently BNG have made an application under S.88 of The Localism Act 2011 to have the land registered as an Asset of Community Value. Please click here to find out more on this and how you can help and register your support for this application. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PROVIDED OVER 50 LETTERS OR STATEMENTS OF TRUTH ALREADY!
We have also established that many people may have Prescriptive Rights over the land either by having gates from their homes onto the fields that have been in use for more than 20 years OR that other tracks on the land may be eligible to be adopted as Public Rights of Way.
Click here if you have a gate that borders onto the fields or woodlands at Lye Green
Click here if you have used the fields and woodlands of Lye Green for recreational use for a period
in excess of 20 years.
This campaign is now in its 4th year and is getting expensive! We may need to raise more money as we have retained expert consultants to comment on our behalf on issues of Landscape Quality, Green Belt, Sustainability, Traffic & Air Quality. In addition, we have retained a barrister from Landmark Chambers to advise and represent us at the future Planning Inquiry Examination in Public.
Please pledge or give money to fund specialist legal advice to fight this. We aim to stop this harm on the edge of Chesham that will include extra traffic, increased air pollution and further strain on the town’s overburdened infrastructure, environment, health & education facilities.
Read about our Planning Barrister from Landmark Chambers here
CLICK HERE TO PLEDGE MONEY FOR THE LEGAL FUND
This proposal will affect everyone in and around Chesham.
You can catch up on the full background on this threat to the Greenbelt by watching the Chairman's presentation:
CLICK HERE: VIDEO OF OCTOBER 2017 PUBLIC MEETING
Brown Not Green supports:
Building Houses on Brown Field Sites
Ensuring Sufficient Infrastructure Development
Working To An Overall Development Plan for Greater Chesham
Brown Not Green does not support:
Building Houses on Green Belt
Building Houses on Brown Field Sites
Ensuring Sufficient Infrastructure Development
Working To An Overall Development Plan for Greater Chesham
Brown Not Green does not support:
Building Houses on Green Belt
CLICK HERE for an update and to find out how you can help.
You can still contact your Councillor or sign our Petition
