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Support for Crosby Ravensworth Parish Tree Group

An award of £5,000 from the ‘Love Your Landscape’ grant scheme has been awarded to the Crosby Ravensworth Parish Tree Group in support of selfless work by the community to ensure that trees throughout the parish are sustained for future generations.
Proposed Amenity and Woodland Space, Threlkeld

Commons

30th April 2020: A roundup of our policy work featuring commons. Including Birkbeck, Kendal, Crosby Ravensworth, Armboth Fells and the Common Cause Project.
Water Resources West : Initial Resource Position
Woodland proposals, Coniston Fells

We have been consulted on a significant tree planting scheme on the Coniston, Dunnerdale and Seathwaite Commons as part of a Countryside Stewardship Scheme.
Whinlatter Forest Plan consultation

Friends of the Lake District welcome the opportunity to comment on this third Whinlatter Forest Plan. We are particularly appreciative of a meeting held with Forestry Commission on 8th November.
NWCC Pylons project across Cumbria dropped by National Grid
NWCC Cumbria Pylons project dropped by National Grid
National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure

10th December 2018: We have today submitted our response to the Consultation on the draft National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure.
Agriculture Bill Parliamentary Briefing

We welcome the Agriculture Bill which will make payments for the delivery of public goods, and cease area support payments simply for owning land.
MOD Warcop Common Inquiry

We are shocked and saddened for the precedent that this recommendation sets for the future of all of our common land.
Biodiversity Net Gain Consultation

Read our response to the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, which promises that any development taking place would provide an environmental net gain in order to try and address the loss of wildlife in England.