Natural England refuses request for information about Walshaw Estate peat...
Earlier this year, Natural England dropped a legal action which attempted to ban the owner of Walshaw Moor from burning peat bogs. I found this a bit odd and put in an Environmental Information...
View ArticleAuthorities must disclose environmental information that journalists request
The Information Commissioner recently published guidelines on the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004 that make it clear that the “default” position for public authorities and private...
View ArticleWalshaw Moor Estate Environmental Stewardship Agreement requires extensive...
Here’s an outline of the key points in the Walshaw Moor Estate (WME) Environmental Stewardship Agreement and the related March 2012 Natural England/WME Notice of Proposal and Consent to Carry Out...
View ArticleWhy burn blanket bog? Environmental Information Regulation request gets dusty...
In a post titled £2.5m uplands agreement seems to sidestep Burning Code, I asked why Natural England has given Walshaw Moor Estate an explicit exemption from the Heather and Grass Burning Code. I’ve...
View ArticleEnvironmental Information Regulations request to Natural England 28 Sept 2012
Here is Natural England’s reply -1710 to the Environmental Information Regulations request that I made on 28 Sept 2012, as follows: 1. What form and process does Natural England’s “appropriate...
View ArticleConservation watchdog’s approval of grouse shooting estate operations on...
Information I have obtained through Environmental Information Regulations requests shows that Natural England’s 2012 environmental impact assessment of Walshaw Moor Estate’s grouse shooting operations...
View ArticleBurning the midnight oil – Environmental Information Regulations requests...
In case anyone is interested in the details of information arising from the Environmental Information Regulations requests I have made to Natural England & the Department of the Environment, Food...
View ArticleBan the Burn takes blanket bog campaign to Brussels
The European Commission is to investigate the legality of Environmental Stewardship payments to Walshaw Moor Estate. Hebden Bridge campaigners who want a ban on burning and draining blanket bog – a...
View ArticleHow many European-protected sites have Natural England’s Consent to burn...
I have sent Natural England an Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) request, (RFI 1870) to find out about Natural England’s Appropriate Assessments, Consents and Environmental Stewardship...
View ArticleNatural England Report shows conservation laws fail to protect blanket bog...
The 2012 Report Burning on Deep Peat and Bog habitat in England: Reconciliation and re-examination of results from English Nature Research Reports 667, 698 and unpublished data, which we are making...
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