The Ross Gazette reports that Frack Off Our Forest, a local pressure group, is urging Herefordshire residents to write to their local MP, Jesse Norman, if they believe that fracking should not be allowed in the Wye Valley or the Forest of Dean. It was revealed last year that areas of the Wye Valley and the […]
Save our council farms
Herefordshire Green Party councillors have criticised the way in which Herefordshire Council is handling the sell-off of the County estate, which was agreed in December, and have called for notices to quit to a group of tenants to be withdrawn. The Greens say a clear plan of action should have been drawn up, and a […]
Serious flaws in Herefordshire Council’s Local Transport Plan consultation
Herefordshire Council is currently consulting residents on its ‘Local Transport Plan 4’ which will have effect from 2016 to 2031. Local authorities are required by the Local Transport Act of 2008 to have a local transport plan. Hereford Green Party believes that this consultation has been made so complicated and difficult to use that very […]
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Southern Link Road to Nowhere
Dubbed the Road to Nowhere, Hereford’s Southern Link Road is appropriately making slow progress. The planning application – with around 500 written objections – was to be decided at a meeting of Council planning committee on 23 November. Now it’s delayed to sometime in 2016, as planning officers fathom out what to do about the objections raised by Historic […]
Fracking licenses approved for parts of Herefordshire
AREAS in south Herefordshire are now licensed for fracking following a government vote, reports the Hereford Times. The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean were part of the 159 Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences awarded for fracking across England voted through in the House of Commons on December 16. But before a licensee can start […]
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Fracking in Herefordshire must be prevented
Areas in the south of Herefordshire are now licensed for fracking. On 17 December, government announced that 159 Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs) had been awarded for fracking across England under the 14th landward licensing round. Areas to the south of our county, including inside the Forest of Dean and in the vicinity of Symonds Yat (known […]
Council sell off of small farms a tragedy
A Cabinet meeting of HCC decided on December 3rd 2015 to sell off all 45 of the Council owned small farms, totalling 4800 acres. This decision was made by the 7 Councillors who comprise the Cabinet despite an earlier recommendation of the Council’s General Overview and Scrutiny Committee (GOSC) to retain the estate and secure its viability through a structured […]
New Green Group in Bromyard
The Bromyward Green group launched in 2015, and now have a core of five pro-active people, who usually attend meetings, which happen on the first Wednesday of the month at The Falcon Hotel, at 7.30. We firstly decided to tackle traffic calming in the High Street and Broad Street, as the speed of some traffic was […]
Hereford Southern Link Road
HEREFORDSHIRE Council plans a road linking the A49 from the Rotherwas link roundabout to the A465 for which it has now applied for planning permission. We believe the council’s entire transport strategy is very damaging to our economy, environment and health. They have ignored the requirement to attempt sustainable transport alternatives first – which we […]
PPC Report on 2015
At a very positive and productive AGM on September 8th a large group of us reviewed the year, discussed priorities and elected a new committee. We are successfully maintaining our profile locally, and building on our excellent general election result. As well as preparing for local, national and European elections we are actively challenging the anti-nature, anti-public […]
