Thousands of trees will be felled on Maidenhead golf course if Cala Homes’ planning application is approved. The the woodland areas marked in black on the above map are set to be destroyed if plans to build 1,500 homes are given the go-ahead. Long sections of hedgerow will also be… Continue reading Thousands of trees will be felled
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Come to our demo 16 April
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
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
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
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