Thursday, 24 February 2022

Banner Sends Message That Fight for Trees at Bradwell Hospital Goes On.

 


Campaigners fighting to protect trees on land adjacent to Bradwell Hospital have put up a banner to tell developers they haven’t given up their struggle.

 

The trees have been under threat since early last year due to plans by developers Seddon to build 85 homes on the site. Residents fearing the loss of a green space valued by the community have joined with Save Newcastle’s Green Sites to oppose the plans.

 

The Banner, which is twenty feet long and reads ‘Save Our Trees- All Life Matters was put up overnight and is clearly visible to passing traffic.

 

Bradwell is only one of several sites including the former Keele Golf Course that have come under threat of development as part of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s plans to meet increased need for housing in the area.

 

Campaigners fear that in doing so habitats that are vital to wildlife will be lost, this will have a detrimental impact on already declining biodiversity. They are also concerned at the harm losing a green space they use for recreation will do to the wellbeing of people living nearby.

 

A spokesperson for Save Newcastle’s Green Sites said, ‘we recognize the need for more housing in the borough, but the council are going about delivering it in the wrong way’.

 

Adding that ‘the first options should be to build on brownfield sites and repurpose existing buildings that are standing empty’.

 

The group has repeatedly challenged the council on the way it has conducted the consultation into its ‘strategic options’ for building housing in the borough, particularly in relation to how difficult they have made it for people to raise objections.

 

Speaking about the banner the spokesperson said it was a ‘demonstration of our determination to work with communities to protect the green spaces they value from thoughtless development’.

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