The cancelled sale is the second piece of good news for campaigners this month after Eastbourne Borough Council pulled plans to sell off downland farms for 30 million.
Campaigner Dave Bangs said: “There has been a huge failure of vigilance. What we need is a sea change, we need democratic input into the estate.
“We need to take away control from the commercially minded council estate managers and their agents and put it into the hands of members of the public, dog walkers, horseriders, naturalists, hang gliders.
“If a national park is for the nation then it’s the nation that needs to be involved in its management.”
Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Phil Belden said warnings about a reduction in the management of sites were coming true with smaller sites sold by the council to private owners before public uproar ended the programme.
He said: “I’ve been past the Saddlescombe site and the ground has already been levelled and churned up and trees felled even though it’s on the ancient woodland inventory.
“The national park and planning are aware and sending in enforcement but this is exactly what we warned would happen.”
Green councillor Ollie Sykes said: “The Stanmer Park http://www.cheapjerseys11.com/ restoration is absolutely critical and we will have to find that additional funding from somewhere but in the context of the project it is not a large amount of money, it is only five per cent. ”
A council spokeswoman said: “These heavily protected sites were due to be sold for continued agricultural use, not development. After reviewing the situation, a cross party policy review panel has taken the view that the sites should not be sold at this time.”
The panel will meet two more times before reporting back with recommendations to May’s policy, resources and growth committee.
The city Council managed to find 30+ million to loan to a commercial business to put a donut on a stick that seems to be over sugared and a bit too sticky, but seems to run from crisis to crisis in managing its cultural assets. Stanmer Park has been ignored since the clearup of the big storm of 1987, the house village park should be as important to the city council as the Royal Pavillion, Brighton is unique place and has a legacy of Victorian Regency architecture, no one says it is easy or cheap to maintain the heritage or to balance costs of the old against that of the requirements for new. But that is what the council must do to the very best of its ability, but if this means that some dusty old relics from the old Town Hall or museum basements have to be sold then so beit, but a bit of ancient woodland where dog walkers can let their dogs dump with impunity or simply throw the doggy doo doo bags in the undergrowth, that is a public amenity that is sacred.
The city Council managed to find 30+ million to loan to a commercial business to put a donut on a stick that seems to be over sugared and a bit too sticky, but seems to run from crisis to crisis in managing its cultural assets. Stanmer Park has been ignored since the clearup of the big storm of 1987, the house village park should be as important to the city council as the Royal Pavillion, Brighton is unique place and has a legacy of Victorian Regency architecture, no one says it cheap jerseys is easy or cheap to maintain the heritage or to balance costs of the old against that of the requirements for new. But that is what the council must do to the very best of its ability, but if this means that some dusty old relics from the old Town Hall or museum basements have to be sold then so beit, but a bit of ancient woodland where dog walkers can let their dogs dump with impunity or simply throw the doggy doo doo bags in the undergrowth, that is a public amenity that is sacred.
John Steed
The city Council managed to find 30+ million to loan to a commercial business to put a donut on a stick that seems to be over sugared and a bit too sticky, but seems to run from crisis to crisis in managing its cultural assets. Stanmer Park has been ignored since the clearup of the big storm of 1987, the house village park should be as important to the city council as the Royal Pavillion, Brighton is unique place and has a legacy of Victorian Regency architecture, no one says it is easy or cheap to maintain the heritage or to balance costs of the old against that of the requirements for new. But that is what the council must do to the very best of its ability, but if this means that some dusty old relics from the old Town Hall or museum basements have to be sold then so beit, but a bit of ancient woodland where dog walkers can let their dogs dump with impunity or simply throw the doggy doo doo bags in the undergrowth, that is a public amenity that is sacred.
Of course our downland is sacred. It is the ‘jewel in our crown’. Once lost, it’s gone forever. People, wildlife and fauna, need green spaces and not pocket hankerchief sized spaces! It encourages people to exercise, gives essential habitat to our wildlife, is essential for overall wellbeing mentally and physically, for animals for people and fauna. It is the ‘jewel in our crown’. Once lost, it’s gone forever. People, wildlife and fauna, need green spaces and not pocket hankerchief sized spaces! It encourages people to exercise, gives essential habitat to our wildlife, is essential for overall wellbeing mentally and physically, for animals for people and fauna. Of course it must be protected for us and future generations.