Stop Westdown Quarry

Umbrella campaign of local groups & people. Join to stop the ecologically and socially disastrous proposed new mega quarry in the Mendips. #StopWestdownQuarry

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Got a friend in Yeovil? Ask them to talk to their local Councillors about Westdown Quarry. With the planning system changing just weeks before the decision we need all the help we can get in reaching those with the power to stop this disastrous proposal #stopwestdownquarry

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

@YeovilLibDems shout from Nunney Castle last week to turn down the disastrous plans for #Westdownquarry, it's bad for ecology, community and democracy. Please talk to your friends on the strategic planning committee about the need to refuse the application at Thursdays hearing

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Want to stop Somersets biggest wildlife and climate crime? We have just 12 days before the planning permission hearing of Westdown, the counties most controversial quarry. Get to the Demo Before the Decision. Nunney Castle, 11.30am, tomorrow Sat 25th. @SomersetLive @bbcsomerset

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Miffed that Heidelberg Materials are claiming they stepped back from dumping waste next to a SSSI out of the goodness of their hearts? If you claim not to know your license to work a site expired in 1998 lads, you're either incompetent or lying, and either way can't be trusted

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Westdown Quarry has a hearing date! 6th June, Shepton Mallet, 1.30pm. 163 acres of nationally important ecology and Somersets CO2 targets are under threat. This is the perfect opportunity for our representatives to show us what they and their parties really stand for

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

It's a lovely new year to stop the trashing of protected species & climate targets! Delighted to see the Planning Committee won't be hearing the #WestdownQuarry application this January. Let's make it a month that put's a spotlight on this disastrous bit of Somerset extractivism

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

This bit of former quarry next to Asham Wood, a SSSI outside of #Nunney and #Frome, isn't just a treasure box of biodiversity, it's a 40 year exercise in possibility. This is what the quarry company want to fill with waste. Don't let them bury hope https://t.co/RfPulEry0s

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Just 2 days to go before we know if the Westdown Quarry hearing is the 9th Jan. And it's not just 12% of the UK's entire greater horseshoe bat population who find their future hanging in the balance... help us win, donate to our crowdfunder: https://t.co/RfPulEs5Q0

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Want a good shower dodging activity that gets you out of the house? See how many life sized dormice and greater horseshoe bats you can spot lurking in the festive window displays of #Frome. Crafted by this lovely lot and others @SomersetWT

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

There are now life sized felt dormice and greater horseshoe bats hibernating in the festive window displays of Frome. Got some less enthusiastic shoppers in tow? sent them on an endangered species street art safari and send us shots of those you spot https://t.co/RfPulEry0s

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

📣We're excited to be launching our crowdfunder!
🌱We're winning on Westdown Quarry but urgently need to raise £2500 to cover legal costs.
https://t.co/RfPulEry0s
Let's stop an unprecedented threat to Somersets climate targets and endangered wildlife 🦇please share and donate

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Interested in a bit of dormouse creation? join us Fri 15th for a gentle evening of craftivism and chat. We’ll provide the materials and step by step instructions. Help us make a festive street art trail around Frome
https://t.co/y8OY8g24wm.

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Get the Lowdown on Westdown. We're winning, but we need help! This hour long online session if perfect for anyone interested in the proposed new megaquarry in Somerset, it's biodiversity impacts, and what's happening next.

6.30pm, Wed 13th December

https://t.co/4J7moAIJKX

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Last chance to object to #westdownquarry planning applications! Email your objections to applications SCC/3795/2021, SCC/3836/2021, SCC/3838/2021 and SCC/3837/2021 Abeyance to to [email protected] FAO Colin Arnold by 5.30 TODAY. @bbcsomerset

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Looking for a fun free activity over the Easter Holidays that helps kids get buzzing about Spring? We're excited to be joining Frome Families for the Future for an afternoon of bug hunting, exploring and crafts in ancient Asham Wood. https://t.co/QXkO5rr1PD

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

What the actual ? @plymouthcc what is the matter with you ? What do you not understand ? Despicable vandalism @Natures_Voice @DevonWildlife

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Protest Mounts Against Plans For Damaging Super Quarry

Over 70 people joined a protest wildlife walk on Saturday 11th March against Hanson’s plans for a highly damaging new super quarry.

https://t.co/uglXiYGUtf

#Somerset #Frome #wildlife

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Props to everyone who joined our 70 strong demo against Westdown Quarry this Saturday. There's nothing like watching ravens together to see why the Hanson plan to bury climate targets, water security and 40 years of wildlife rich regeneration is a disaster. We say NO!

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Good news! The planning officer hasn't managed to squeeze in the Westdown Quarry decision to their next meeting, so we get at least a few more weeks to bask in the quiet and beauty of Asham Wood. Come and take in the primroses at 11am with us tomorrow https://t.co/Ci0q4Cy786

[Stop Westdown Quarry @stop_hewq]

Thanks so much to @XRSouthWest
folks for the great samba solidarity! If you've not yet had a chance to see the incredible regenerating forest and ancient woodland Westdown Quarry is set to bury, join us for a demo and a spring stomp this coming Saturday https://t.co/Ci0q4Cy786