‘Tree-bilee’ campaign highlights the importance of trees and greenspace
People across the UK are being urged to plant trees to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022. The Queen’s Green Canopy (CGC) initiative launched by the Prince of Wales today will make three million free saplings available for schools and community groups1. The Prince has warned of an “alarmingly…
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Build on brownfield, and not our greenspace
Covid has accelerated home shopping and home working trends, and yesterday the BBC reported that almost all the 50 biggest UK employers they questioned have said they do not plan to bring staff back to the office full-time1. Even before the pandemic hit, CPRE’s ‘State of the brownfield 2019’ report…
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There’s no protection for the trees on Maidenhead Golf Course
We estimate there are thousands of trees on the council owned land, currently leased by Maidenhead Golf Club, providing important wildlife habitats and locking up around 16,000 tonnes of carbon. The trees range from ancient oaks and ash trees, to mature fir, willow, maple and many smaller oak trees. Aerial…
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Air pollution kills
Maidenhead golf course provides a green lung for our town, with thousands of trees converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, and absorbing some of the fine particulate pollutants in our atmosphere. Our local roads, motorways and Heathrow airport deliver lots of polluting emissions into our air, and the geography of the…
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Biodiversity on Maidenhead Golf Course
The 132 acres of green belt land currently leased by Maidenhead Golf Club is home to thousands of trees, hedges, wild flowers and funghi, all supporting a rich array of wildlife. There are roe and muntjac deer, foxes, green woodpeckers, greater and lesser spotted woodpeckers, many types of woodland birds…
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The golf course remains in the Borough Local Plan
Following the publication of the planning inspector’s ‘post-hearings advice letter’ last week, which leaves the golf course land in the Borough Local Plan, the Maidenhead Great Park campaign group pledges to continue to fight to save this greenspace. Lead petitioner, Tina Quadrino, says: “Although the council still has some work…
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