Monday, 29 March 2010

Criticism of garden 'car-parking' two days running in Daily Telegraph shocker

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A good letter on Urban Greenery in the 28th March edition from an Anthony Rodriguez in Staines, Middlesex. He lamented the loss of street tr...
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Thursday, 25 March 2010

Haringey Council asks residents not to pave gardens

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Haringey London Borough Council has recently published its Biodiversity Action Plan, which is ahead of some others I could mention in terms ...
Monday, 15 February 2010

Goodbye to green - collateral damage and 'verge-grabbing'

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I wrote to Bexley Council recently, inquiring about the status of verge protection legislation, and lamenting the damage I have seen locally...
Thursday, 7 January 2010

That told 'em - old verge protection notice spotted

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I came across this heart-warming old notice in the January snow. Sadly, this particular bit of law was repealed back in the 1970s, according...
Thursday, 31 December 2009

Letter: Sun Tel bemoans building on gardens, ignores huge losses to car parking

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The 20th December Sunday Telegraph carried a large front page story entitled 'Thousands of gardens 'stolen' by developers' h...
Thursday, 3 December 2009

Wet and weak Labour policy doesn't stop the run-off

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Labour's policy of requiring planning permission before being able to lay more than 5 sq m of 'impermeable surface' - including ...
Thursday, 12 November 2009

Goverment advisors call for greening the built environment

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The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment , the government's advisor on architecture, urban design and public space has ...