At 6pm on Tuesday 16 April we’re planning a demonstration in Maidenhead town centre against Cala Homes’ plan to develop Maidenhead Golf Course. We understand the need for new homes, but these should be built on brownfield land, such as the empty office blocks at Reform Road. It is not… Continue reading Come to our demo 16 April
Photos from our woodland naming event
Over 100 people attended our woodland naming event on Maidenhead Golf Course yesterday (Easter Monday 1 April 2024), braving the elements as we experienced rain, hail and sunshine! Tina Quadrino, chair of the Maidenhead Great Park campaign group and Cllr Simon Werner, Leader of RBWM, officially unveiled our new sign… Continue reading Photos from our woodland naming event
Environmentally damaging planning application submitted to develop Maidenhead Golf Course
Sadly, on 8 January 2024, Cala Homes submitted its outline planning application to develop Maidenhead golf course with up to 1,500 new homes. Here’s a link to the planning application https://publicaccess.rbwm.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=S6ZPDMNI0PG00 Please do comment on and object to this environmentally damaging development plan. How to object You can comment via… Continue reading Environmentally damaging planning application submitted to develop Maidenhead Golf Course
Ecology reports show biodiversity importance of Maidenhead Golf Course woodlands
Drawing on the results of a series of ecology surveys, we have listed below the key habitats and species at risk from the RBWM’s plans to build over 2,000 flats and houses on Maidenhead Golf Course, and we are calling for the urgent protection and specialist management of the woodlands… Continue reading Ecology reports show biodiversity importance of Maidenhead Golf Course woodlands
Fundraising for the Maidenhead Great Park campaign
Please help us to defend nature in our town Maidenhead is fortunate to have 132 acres of woodland and greenspace in its town centre, that is owned by the people of Maidenhead and currently leased to Maidenhead Golf Club. This is a much-needed green lung for our community and provides… Continue reading Fundraising for the Maidenhead Great Park campaign
Come to our Woodland Naming event, Easter Monday
With the support of Maidenhead Golf Club, we’re organising a Woodland Naming event on Easter Monday 1 April, from 4.30pm. As well as an official wood naming ceremony, there will be ‘Woodland Nature’ talks by members of Wild Maidenhead and self-guided woodland walks to follow. Tina Quadrino, chair of the… Continue reading Come to our Woodland Naming event, Easter Monday
We’ve written to Legal & General
We recently wrote to Sir John Kingham KCB FRS, Chair of Legal & General to explain why building woodlands and greenspace is unstainable and goes against the company’s ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) committments. In our letter to Sir John Kingham we said: We are campaigning against the plans to… Continue reading We’ve written to Legal & General
We’ve launched a new petition
We’ve launched a new petition asking the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) to put a stop to development plans at Maidenhead Golf Course, and protect our public open space and biodiverse woodlands. We are determined to keep the pressure up to make sure our new Lib Dem council… Continue reading We’ve launched a new petition