The Runcorn Bridge connects two parts of the same town, Runcorn and Widnes, known collectively as Halton. The cost to local people who must use this bridge to go to work, to the hospital, to local shops, ice rink, cinema, cemetery, to Liverpool City and Airport, visit relations and many other reasons, the people of Halton will have to pay a local tax otherwise known as a toll. A voucher system has been offered giving locals a small discount but the bridge should be toll free for all.

***The developer is now applying for planning permission for a third time; his first two applications were unanimously rejected as inappropriate. However, for this application, the council have neglected to send out notification letters to nearby residents, and have scheduled the consultation to end on February 7th, leaving very little time to object. Please sign and share widely!*** This development has already had a serious impact on the local area and community. Two large and attractive houses have been demolished, and a huge number of trees uprooted during the clearance of the site, many of which were subject to tree preservation orders. The proposed development will fill the whole of a site surrounded on all sides by residential properties. Windows on three sides will overlook residents' gardens, removing any hope of privacy. Due to its entirely inappropriate height, the development will also cast these gardens into shadow for the majority of the day. Additionally, the development poses a real threat to the safety of road users in Penns Lane, situated, as it is, just metres from the junction of Penns Lane and Orphanage Road/Beech Hill Road – a known accident blackspot. Penns Lane is an extremely busy thoroughfare – statistics say 12000 cars use the road each week day. Parking provision is inadequate, and this will cause visitors and staff to use the narrow pavement to park vehicles, blocking a newly installed bicycle lane and dangerously narrowing the road for car drivers. Penns Lane has always been a pleasant residential area, with peaceful, private gardens. The proposed development is completely out of character for the neighbourhood, both in terms of architecture and function, and would destroy the quality of life currently enjoyed by residents. New Planning Application Number: 2015/10407/PA For more information, and to comment on the proposal visit: https://eplanning.birmingham.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/PLComments.aspx?pk=781541 and submit the number above. Consultation ends 7/2/15

This public open space has been used by the local community for many years; to play on, to walk dogs on and to sit and enjoy the spectacular view across the valley to Gateshead. Many people living close by do not have the luxury of back gardens and rely on this space to generally enjoy a grassy open area. The open space has long been shared with Atkinson Road primary school who use it as a sports field for the children. The school have been 'gifted' the land by the council after recent budget cut backs by the council have stopped the regular maintenance of the land and grass cutting in the summer months. The school has now applied for planning permission to erect a 2.4m fence with locked access gates which will stop local people from enjoying the space and will effectively obscure the view from the top of the hill across the valley. This means the land will only be used during school hours in term time -about 6 months of the year- leaving it unused for the rest of the time and inaccessable to the public all of the time.

Fact 1. Londoners without property must pay a large and ever increasing proportion of their hard earned income to their landlord as rent. Fact 2. The market value of rent in London is generally far higher than the long term cost of property maintenance. Property owners in London therefore often have a rental income which is well above the cost of maintenance. How can that be morally justified? The rate of extortion from tenants to landlords has been steadily increasing for decades, to the point now where even middle income Londoners are increasingly being forced to leave their home town. Property ownership removes the need to pay rent, but why should it also give anyone the right to an unearned income? Limiting the maximum property rental in London to the average cost of maintenance would be a long term solution to the problem of accommodation costs in London. The incentive to buy would remain as the prospect of paying a large chunk of your salary every month into your own pocket rather than someone else's. The squealing which this would induce in rich win-win property investors would of course be deafening! FAQs for this campaign are listed here: https://sites.google.com/site/limitlondonrents/home/faqs

Ambleside has plenty of accommodation providers to suit all visitors to the area. The tourist industry is built around the individuality of Ambleside. There will be a serious and significant financial impact on our existing B&B's, Guest Houses and hotels. The area is within the Conservation area which is thought to be the site of the original Viking settlement in Ambleside and contains all of the very oldest buildings.The proposed Premier Inn will mean the demolition of the original Victorian building known as Hill Top to enable a new 65 bedroom build and will be both detrimental and invasive to the privacy of local dwellings. The priority use for Hill Top should have been for more social housing, but capital gain came into play. The road and access is unsuitable for the proposed volume of additional vehicles and service vehicles associated with a Premier Inn. Your signature counts. Please help protect Ambleside and the Lake District.

• Anglers generally fish for a day so parking and access is required for at least 8 hours at a time. • Angling is a sport recognised by the government and funded by sport England http://www.sportengland.org/funding/ngb_investment/whole_sport_plans_2013-17.aspx in Exeter alone there are 1,700 club members. • Many other local authorities work with their local Angling Clubs to encourage Angling for its widely known health benefits (http://resources.anglingresearch.org.uk/sites/resources.anglingresearch.org.uk/files/Making_the_most_of_community_waters.pdf) and economic benefits for the local area (http://resources.anglingresearch.org.uk/project_reports/final_report_2012) • Over the years the Council has eroded our ability to fish the River Exe throughout the town through the introduction of residents and short stay parking. • As members of the Exeter and District Angling Association we pay Exeter Council for fishing rights to the River Exe in various areas and the Exeter Canal. The club also owns the fishery rights at Weirfields with the sole access and parking facility available being the Clapperbrook car park. Without access to suitable parking we are unable to exercise these rights.

A Canadian gold-mining company Dalradian has been granted exploratory mining rights in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gortin, Northern Ireland. This has been granted by Mark H Durkan, Environment Minister. It allows the company to completely set up their mining operations across the Sperrins, which will have devastating consequences for the local community, the environment and the local economy which relies on small-scale agriculture and tourism. If the Minister allows mining operations like Dalradian's to occur without a Environment Impact Assessment as required by law, then that sets a precedent for other types of major environmental developments, like an Australian company's proposed gas borehole recently in the news at Belcoo, Co Fermanagh. Update 19 Sept 2014: Dalradian's PR company is very upset at our petition. Below are a list of links to illustrate the background to this issue: http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news-doe-041213-durkan-announces-gold http://ulsterherald.com/2013/12/05/gortins-golden-opportunity-for-job-seekers http://ulsterherald.com/2013/12/05/gortins-golden-opportunity-for-job-seekers/#sthash.S5QeER4x.dpuf http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-28848826 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25575879

It is wrong that the Government endorse such misery for commercial gain of a privately owned airport and traffic control body. Whilst destroying families quality of life who have never had to suffer flight paths before. Consultations were not used for new flight path trial over conservation parish and neighbouring parishes. National flight path consultation used by Gatwick Airport showed no flight path route maps and discriminated against the elderly and poor that do not have internet access - no voice for them. Please sign and put a stop to aviation free-for-all of our skies and stop the damage they cause to our environment, quality of life for their personal gain. Whilst runways lay empty to the north of the M25, make airlines use these before bringing misery to more hardworking taxpayers of the south east. Thank you Communities Against Gatwick Noise and Emissions

Bournemouth is gradually losing all the beautiful historic buildings and features that made the town so special. The Winter Gardens, Pier Approach Baths, Westover Road Ice Rink, and other great things such as road access through Kings Park, to name just a few. Apart from the Pavilion and the town hall, there are not many remaining (and there were recent discussions about demolishing the pavilion too) If there is money to convert the Pier theatre to a play area, why can't that money go instead to funding a re-furbishment, investing in great shows, acts, and bands. I believe investing in a targeted impactful marketing and advertising campaign, including online and social media, will greatly improve awareness, and could really turn this theatre into an iconic entertainment venue to be proud of, such as the Regency and the Tivoli. The only advertising I have ever seen for the pier theatre is a few posters on the pier itself. Who will visit Bournemouth to come to an indoor play area?

Heath road where the site is proposed is an established boundary helping to maintain the vital balance between urban and rural areas. Dumping thousands of tons of tarmac over 17 acres of prime farmland near the Greensands Ridge breaches that boundary and threatens our rural heritage. And worse still, for no proven benefit.

The magnificent Brighton Hippodrome needs your help to save it from being wrecked. It is a unique theatre building, listed Grade II* by English Heritage because of its historical and architectural significance. It was converted into a variety theatre in 1901/02 by Frank Matcham, the leading theatre architect of the time. It is one of only three theatres of its type in the country. It is of national importance. After closing as a variety theatre in 1965, it was a bingo hall until 2007. The stunning interior, however, is still in remarkable condition, with very little deterioration. Nonetheless, the Hippodrome is top of the Theatres Trust list of Theatre Buildings at Risk. Suddenly, in mid 2013, a proposal to convert the building into an eight-screen cinema emerged. The plans involve demolishing the stage, the fly-tower, all the back-stage facilities, the stalls and the orchestra pit. Without these it ceases to be a theatre. Please sign the petition to help to keep it intact. English Heritage has a statutory responsibility to protect listed buildings. It says any changes should be reversible. The proposed changes will make this impossible. No one so far has tried to produce a scheme for restoration for its real purpose: live performance. It would be a national scandal if the opportunity to save the Hippodrome were squandered because of misinformation and short-term gain. Please sign this petition to allow the Our Brighton Hippodrome campaign to produce that missing theatre proposal, for presentation to the Council, to English Heritage and the developers. We have the knowledge, we have the experience and we have the contacts. All we need is time. Read about the campaign, see the full details of our objection and see pictures of the Hippodrome Website: www.ourhippodrome.org.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/ourbrightonhippodromepage Twitter: https://twitter.com/ourhippodrome The developer’s plan for conversion (not restoration!) to a multi-screen cinema: www.brightonhippodrome.co.uk/

We need to protect our Flood Plains and Green Belt surrounding Bristol before it disappears forever. 7,000 or 8,000 new houses is a massive development that is inappropriate for this already highly congested area. This is a major route in and out of Bristol. This is just the beginning of an overall core strategy for the development of 28,355 houses that South Gloucestershire are proposing for North Bristol. This may result in an extra 60,000 cars on the roads of North Bristol. This will change the face of North Bristol forever, clogging up our major routes in and out of Bristol and potentially opening up Bristol to higher flood risks. All the green spaces will be lost and our natural Flood Plains will disappear. The whole of North Bristol will be full of congestion, traffic pollution and all our adjoining countryside will be transformed into a concrete jungle. We believe Building on North Bristol Flood Plains at Cribbs Causeway is a risky move by South Gloucestershire Council given the recent catastrophic flooding we have witnessed in Somerset. This is your opportunity to appeal to South Gloucestershire Council and Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, before our flood plains and green belt are lost forever. Why are South Gloucestershire Council only proposing to develop in North Bristol on the City flood plains in heavily congested areas? They have no plans whatsoever to develop anywhere else in South Gloucestershire. Why can't the public choose where they want houses. The developers have total control over the process, they think only of maximising their profits and not the congestion, flood risks or impact it will cause. We need to develop and invest in our towns for a brighter and sustainable future for the next generations. Build around towns not cities. Respect the green belt it's there for a reason. Please support this petition and email weblink to friends.