Hands Off Hartlebury Common

Steve McCarron

/ #1218 Ian Liddel Grainger talking in the house of commons

2011-07-27 00:08

From: Steve McCarron
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 9:55 PM
To: peter.luff.mp@parliament.uk
Cc: Richard Vernalls ; Ben Godfrey ; Joanne Hyrons ; Facebook stephen yandall ; Daisy Wood ; Stuart Royston ; Naomi Bishop ; Mark Fisher ; wendy blackmore ; sneetch e-mail ; Ian Cooke ; Steve Brown ; Tony Barnett
Subject: Hartlebury Common


Dear Peter

Hartlebury common is a much loved and much used amenity by people of all sorts. Up until 2006 it enjoyed protected status under Hartlebury Enclosure act of 1815. This meant that no one group or persons could influence for personal gain, profit or any other means of influence that were counter to the opinion of the wider population and common people and any other person.
How times have changed.

Worcester Commons Association have gathered 1300 supporters in just 4 weeks and the number is rising daily opposing the so called conservation of our historic open spaces.

Natural England is instrumental in the destruction of our natural places, your fellow MP, Ian Liddell Grainger has plenty to say on this subject. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101026/halltext/101026h0002.htm

Can you explain how the following, below was allowed to happen?

The County Council (Worcestershire) applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for consent under section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 to carry out restricted works on Hartlebury Common (52) and then gave legal notice that any objections should be made to the Planning Inspectorate by 9 January 2009. The Open Space Society is not happy. By statute they are notified of all applications for works on common land submitted to the Secretary of State for Environment, and they have certainly objected to this one. Their local representative, Edgar Powell, doesn't think the council can lawfully erect fencing there in any case (54):
“We cannot understand why Worcestershire County Council proposes to fence the common when it must know that, under the Hartlebury Enclosure Act of 1815 (the associated award being sealed in 1821), it is illegal ‘to divide or enclose’ the common, and that it needs an Act of Parliament to revoke this clause”

Below is the link to our web page which clarifies our standpoint.

http://www.petitions24.com/hands_off_hartlebury_common


Best wishes, I look forward to your reply

Steve McCarron, Worcestershire Commons Association