Thanks to Gem O’Reilly and Amy Clarke and BBC News Online for the Headline.
Gorne Wood is listed as protected Metropolitan Open Land containing 500 year old trees and endangered species.
AA Homes who currently own the land and have no planning permission to build houses on it thus the value of the land is not the £3million that they are asking but probably closer to the £60 ,000 that the local people have offered to take it off their hands and regain the space for them to enjoy which they have been unable to do for the last 25 years as various owners have sealed it off and let it go to waste.( probably helping the endangered species thrive).
I hope common sense prevails, London needs it’s green spaces whether or not Big Government tries to classify them as grey spaces, giving unscrupulous developers the opportunity to sell off the land with the promise of Housebuilding Profits.
It’s London today and the rest of the Country tomorrow, unscrupulous developers are everywhere, we are just not looking at our existing housing stock, it’s just build, build build and once it’s gone it’s gone. The infrastructure, the pollution and the decimation of nature is a long lasting legacy .
Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏
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