December 2018 Waverley Friends of the Earth is a local group of FoE campaigning in Farnham, Haslemere, Godalming, Cranleigh and the places in between. There has been a local Friends of the Earth group in this area since at least the 1980s and we have a long and distinguished record of campaigning on local and
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17 October 2014 Following our objection with supporting report prepared by Wallingford Hydro (see previous post) the Environment Agency changed its position and lodged an objection with the Council against the Berkeleys Strategic application for the site on the grounds that safe access could not be guaranteed and the EA also expressed concern about the
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30 August 2014 Friends of the Earth have been concerned over the application by Berkeley’s Strategic to build 425 homes on an area prone to flooding in the centre of Cranleigh. (WA/2014/0912) Our concern is so strong that we commissioned an independent flood consultant Wallingford Hydro Solutions to examine the developer’s own Flood Risk Assessment
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4 March 2014 According to the Government “Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is a mature, proven technology and is a reliable source of renewable energy with an important role to play in the UK energy generation” and the Government is aiming for an ambitious 20 gigawatts of solar energy by 2020. However the Government forgot to
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One of the biggest threats to our native wildlife is the presence of non-native species that have the potential to spread rapidly and out-compete native plants. Non-native Invasives such as Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed and Signal Crayfish also cost the UK an estimated £1.7 billion annually, through impacts such as damage to river banks and
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Kathy Smyth from GWWFoE was asked to discuss the planning implications of the recent Government Inspectors hearing and report into issues with Waverley Borough Council’s Core Strategy. A transcript of Kathy and Bryn Morgan’s (Waverley Borough Council Planning Portfolio holder) comments can be found here: BBC Radio Surrey transcript. You can listen to the interview below:
