Ruth@retired!

Mum to boys. Love art, film, reading, walking and nature, wild swimming, great food and wine.

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@GrahamH36921247 I am fighting a 63 housing development behind me. I live in a very busy, urban area - not nimbyism! A woodland is under threat and 2 oaks trees both over 130 years old, in mine and my neighbour’s garden in danger. I put in for emergency TPO’s in early May - no TPO yet!!

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The land is full of wildlife: Redpolls, Fieldfares, Owls, Tree Creepers, Black Caps, Red Kites, Song Thrushes, Nuthatches, Owls, Skylarks, Reed Buntings, Black Squirrels, Hedgehogs, Muntjacs, Red Kites, Sparrowhawks etc!

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The land below is up for planning permission. It is surrounded by houses. The land is the Co-op Sports and Social Club, Luton on planning portal as 26/00326/FUL. The northern section self seeded in 2003 - Google Earth images show this. The land is being called, 15 years old.

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The closing date for objections is this Wednesday. I am doing everything I can to save the woodland, that I believe is 23 years old not 15 as the developers are suggesting. I believe the area is larger than 0.56 hectares too - closer to 1.1 hectares. Please share or offer advice. There are currently 181 objections on the portal.

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@Briana432130275 @BrentwoodBirder The road near the front of the house at the gridlock hour!

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You are right; people need places to live. I already live in a very congested area. The front of my house is often gridlocked. I cannot make appointments to be anywhere without allowing for the gridlock. This can be an extra hour. We have a small area of peace behind us which is being built on. 250 trees going and all the wildlife.

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@birdshannah Anyone who wants to take a look: Luton Borough Council: Planning portal - 26/00326/FUL

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@birdshannah Well done, Hannah. You are amazing. I am attempting to save a woodland in Luton that hasn’t been recorded as a woodland. A developer has put in for 63 houses on the land. The woodland is an incredible biosphere for lots of birds and animals. I am doing my best!

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@bigsmoke345 @BlondeOfWar 😂

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@implausibleblog @jbecole …couldn’t we make the sentence 6 years?

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Feargal Sharkey, "Water companies... The fines don't work, it's time we actually started upholding the law, and sending some of these executives and directors to jail"

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "You think we should put them in jail?"

Feargal Sharkey, "If we put one water company boss in jail for six weeks the whole industry would transform itself"

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@PeterLapham @IrishmanAboard @Feargal_Sharkey Quite …..or put another way, have you done your bit IrishmanAbroad?

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@Feargal_Sharkey Oh no! I can’t bear it. Oh, Ted ❤️

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@em_Lazzy @dontbrexitfixit 😂

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@Feargal_Sharkey You are a warrior and our hero. Massive gratitude for fighting this relentless, exhausting fight. ❤️

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@ProjectLincoln 😂

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@ArloArlopeters @Feargal_Sharkey That’s brilliant; so paying for something but don’t ask questions! 🙄