Category Archives: Bexley Council

Save Our Parks! Protect and invest in the UK’s public green spaces. Sign the petition!

Posted on 17/08/2015 by Chris Rose

National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces campaign update. Given that Bexley is pressing ahead with its sell-offs agenda, this will be of interest to local residents. August 2015. We are pleased to report that tens of thousands of people … Continue reading →

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Sidcup walled garden project off to successful start

Posted on 10/08/2015 by Chris Rose

The Sidcup Community Garden Project, a scheme to maintain the gardens at Sidcup Place following Bexley Council funding cuts, had a good turnout at its first hands-on event on Saturday 8th August. Sidcup Ward Councillor Rob Leitch sets out the next … Continue reading →

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Old Farm Park wildlife photos

Posted on 30/07/2015 by Chris Rose

John Adams from the group campaigning to stop Bexley Council selling of half of Old Farm Park in Sidcup for housing has provided us with these photographs of wildlife from the site, three of which remind us of the value … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Bexley Council, Butterflies, development threat, Land sales, Old Farm Park, Parks, Ring-necked Parakeet, Save Our Green Spaces Campaign | Leave a comment

Elusive White-letter Hairstreak photographed at Footscray Meadows

Posted on 27/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Novice Lepidopterist Mike Robinson continues to ‘tick off’ the butterflies of Bexley with his camera. On July 22nd he was lucky enough to spot this White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) feeding on a Creeping Thistle head. This is one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Barnehurst, Barnehurst Golf Course, Bexley, Bexley Council, Bexleyheath, Bursted Woods, Butterflies, Foots Cray Meadows, Lamorbey | Leave a comment

Environment Forum queries apparent discrepancies in Council’s reasons for SINC review delay

Posted on 20/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Concerns raised as replies to Bexley Natural Environment Forum and a Councillor appear to differ significantly in relation to both the stated process and the factors affecting the timescale for approval of the Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation review … Continue reading →

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Open spaces sell-off – is Council trying to wrong-foot campaigners and take advantage of ‘summer lull’?

Posted on 20/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Decisions in principle to sell some sites – including Old Farm Park – to be taken as early as this week, as process moves faster than expected for 5 of Bexley’s parks and green spaces. Campaigners urged to attend meeting. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, BNEF, Consultations, Demonstration, development threat, Environment, Housing targets, Land sales, London Wildlife Trust, Old Farm Park, Open spaces, Parks, Planning, Save Our Green Spaces Campaign, SINC | Leave a comment

Support Old Farm Park / anti sell-offs campaign at Weds 15th Council meeting

Posted on 14/07/2015 by Chris Rose

Petition to halt Old Farm Park sell-off plan goes to full Council meeting on July 15th. Please show your support!  The campaign to save open spaces from sell-off by the Council continues. Old Farm Park is ‘the big one’, in … Continue reading →

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Bexley Council has no management plan for 80% of SINCS it wholly or partly owns, reveals FOI request

Posted on 11/07/2015 by Chris Rose

80% of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation wholly or partly owned by Bexley Council have no management plan (i.e. only 1 in 5 does), and 3 of the 6 plans that do exist expired more than 7 years ago. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, Bexley Woods, Biodiversity Action Plan, BNEF, Braeburn Park, Bursted Woods, Chalk Wood, coppicing, Crayford Rough, Crossness, Danson Park, East Wickham Open Space, Environment, Erith Marshes, Hollyhill open space, Joydens Wood, Lesnes Abbey Woods, London Wildlife Trust, Martens Grove, Open spaces, Parish Wood Park, Parks, River Cray, River Shuttle, SINC, Thames Road Wetland, Woodlands Farm | 2 Comments

Real (slim) shady – ‘Tesco trees’ show value of urban greenery

Posted on 09/07/2015 by Chris Rose

The trees on the former Council Offices/Tesco site on the Broadway are improving an otherwise ugly area, and providing valuable shade on hot summer days. This row of London Planes along the Broadway was destined for the chop, but have … Continue reading →

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Bexley Council will still have your concerns at heart after you’re no longer with us ………

Posted on 26/06/2015 by Chris Rose

It’s good to know Bexley Council will continue to studiously pay attention to our interests once we’re no longer alive, as implied by this banner at Erith Cemetery, but ‘listening to you, working for you’ is, perhaps, somewhat beyond even … Continue reading →

Posted in Bexley Council, development threat, Environment, Erith Quarry, Housing targets, Land sales, Open spaces, Planning, SINC | 1 Comment