Puy du Fou wants to build a theme park in the tiny village of Bucknell near Bicester, Oxfordshire. The proposed park would occupy an area of productive farmland bigger than Hyde Park, destroying green space, natural wildlife habitats and ancient rights of way. Puy du Fou UK aims to attract 1.47mln visitors per year. Because of where the park would be situated, we know the British public will drive en masse instead of using public transport. The park would be served by a single B-road, the B4100, an accident-prone road that is notoriously congested every day. This congestion causes backlogs for miles around including on the M40, A43 and A34. Such an increase in traffic will spell daily misery for anyone travelling in the wider area, not just the locals. Shortages in the electricity grid currently cause serious local problems including outages and even school closures, while Thames Water does not have sufficient capacity to serve much-needed new homes at present.  Tell Cherwell District Council to say No Puy du Fou UK, sign the petition! https://www.no2pdfouuk.com/

This isn't just about one gambling shop, it's about protecting our community.  Gambling shops may seem harmless, but they often lead to real harm and put people are risk every single day. The shop is located where children walk to school, where families shop and where people trying to recover from addition are just trying to live their lives. Within just a one-mile radius, we already have four bookmakers (two Betfred branches, a William Hill, and a Ladbrokes) as well as a gambling arcade (Be Lucky). This is already a lot more than what is healthy or necessary for a local area. We all know someone who has struggled with money, addiction or mental health. Opening a gambling venue right in the centre of our community will only make that worse. Once it's there, it's hard to undo the damage. By signing this petition, you are saying: - We care about each other  - We don't want to see our neighbours fall into harm  - We want to keep our high street safe You are standing up for: - The mental and financial wellbeing of your neighbours - The safety and character of your local high street - A community that values support, opportunity and care over exploiting vulnerable people You have the voice to stop this, please don't wait until it's too late

Fixing bikes in a garage shouldn’t be treated like a crime — especially when we’re helping people travel sustainably, affordably, and safely. Our small local project, Spokey Dokey, is facing a planning enforcement warning from the council for doing just that: repairing bikes in a residential garage. It’s being labelled a “change of use” — as if we’re running a factory, not helping neighbours keep their bikes on the road. This doesn’t just affect us. It sets a worrying precedent for anyone trying to do good in their community — whether that’s fixing bikes, running a tool library, or creating local solutions where the system is falling short. By signing this petition, you're saying: • Communities shouldn’t be punished for stepping up. • Councils must support, not stifle, active travel and repair culture. • Common sense should guide planning — not bureaucracy that blocks climate and wellbeing goals. If we stay silent, this kind of enforcement could quietly kill off the very projects our towns and cities need. 🛠️ Help us push back. Sign and share.

Back in 2017 the Council selected developer Guildmore to restore and redevelop ‘The Playtower’, to provide housing and a local cinema.  Seven years on, however, the building continues to deteriorate with the Guildmore scheme apparently stalled. It’s the Council’s duty to lead decisively on this project and to put local people at the heart of the process, but it has failed to do this. Local people have a right to expect better and want to see some progress over the next year! A community petition has been launched which can be signed by anyone who lives, works or studies in the Borough of Lewisham. Local people deserve better.

We strongly object to plans for an office block up to 18 storeys tall which threatens to stamp on Whitechapel High Street.   It would cast the Canon Barnett School into shadow and tower over the playground, harming pupils’ health and wellbeing and invading the school’s privacy.  It would cause a drastic loss of light for nearby residents.  A building of this scale, outside a Tall Building Zone, would tear through the Whitechapel High Street Conservation Area and the valuable character of the historic East End. Only the facades of these characterful Victorian and Edwardian buildings would survive demolition, reducing them to the wallpaper of an overscaled office block.  There has been strong local and national opposition to the plans, with 300 objections including from parents, residents, the Whitechapel Gallery, Toynbee Hall, the East End Preservation Society and national heritage groups. Despite this, Tower Hamlets Strategic Development Committee voted that they are minded to grant permission for the scheme on 15 January 2025.   We call on the Mayor of London to do the right thing and use your statutory powers to direct refusal of this application by the Local Planning Authority, or to take over the application and refuse it yourself, in line with Tower Hamlets’ planning officer’s recommendation.  It’s time to listen to the community, refuse this scheme and find a better way forward for Whitechapel and its conservation area. 

Our unique heritage assets that define the character of our villages, underpin our domestic economy and are loved by our growing visitor sector are frequently struck by inappropriate vehicles using the B1053 and B1057 - causing distress and inconvenience of long diversions on rural lanes when under local Taxpayer funded repair.   This can be stopped by Essex Highways adding appropriate traffic controls. The suspension of the Braintree Local Highways Panel within Essex County Council cannot be allowed to delay restricting inappropriate traffic and should be prioritized to prevent further damage to Finchingfield's GI listed Guildhall which is over 500 years old, Finchingfield's iconic 200 year old and internationally recognized bridge and Gt Bardfield's famous 200 year old GII listed long bridge beloved of artists including John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge and Sheila Robinson  

Cyfarthfa Castle is an integral part of Merthyr's heritage. 

The TA Building was built 1896-7 on Paisley High St to the design of Paisley's foremost architect of the time, TG Abercrombie. It is one of the best of the 38 listed buildings by him. Following a fire in 2020, the owners, the JR Group, supported the remaining front and side walls with scaffolding. But in early October 2024 it removed the scaffolding.  It applied on 18th October for permission to demolish the building, claiming it is 'urgently necessary in the interest of health and safety'. However, the structure appears to be stable; and even if masonry were to fall, it would not endanger the public because the walls stand well within its site boundaries. The TA building is a much-loved part of the town centre streetscape. It complements the A listed Museum and Coats Memorial Church between which it stands. Its loss would undermine the sense of confidence in Paisley's future which is returning with the major investments in its town hall, museum, arts centre and central library. The prospects for restoration of the TA building are supported by: • The reopening in 2025 of the restored, improved and enlarged Paisley Museum; • The large flat site behind the building on which 'enabling development' could be built (a proposal for conversion and redevelopment providing 26 flats was permitted in 2007); • The excellent open outlook of the property south to the university campus, west to the Coats Memorial Church, and east to the public open space of the museum; • The success of the Council's policy of encouraging town centre living, aided by a reduction in its requirements for on-site parking; • The growing attraction of Glasgow home seekers to Paisley due to relative house prices, the attractive environment, and the proximity to Paisley Gilmour St station, the third busiest station in Scotland.

Traffic is so busy at rush hours and so fast. There are lots of very young children crossing with parents every day and also older children on their own. It needs to be made safer before an accident happens.

Our infrastructure on Newlands and Clipstone are stretched to the limit.

Ning has been trading for over 2 years on the original advice from the council. After successfully starting business from scratch and creating 5 seasonal part time jobs we have been informed that because the mobile units are there all the time then we need planning permission. This was brought to the attention of the council by a biased query placed by certain Blisworth Parish Council members acting in their own interests only our business in the village was singled out!...mmmmmm. Ning has created something in the village of Blisworth that is unique and so obviously needed as she is fully booked most weekends in the summer, she has created 5 seasonal part time jobs which are mostly for young people in the village who are attending college or university. As a business we welcome anyone and is very family friendly with a great atmosphere Ning provides the only eating establishment in the village as the local village pub no longer does food. She has over 1500 followers on Facebook and thousands of hits on her google search as she is one of only 3 Thai restaurants in Northampton. There has never been any trouble and people who come here fell safe and are happy to bring children of all ages to play with each other on the trampoline and slide etc. Ning feels that that her business is now a real asset to the village of Blisworth and in Northampton as a whole as most people who come are from Blisworth and the surrounding villages, although people come from as a far away as Daventry and wellingborough. So we are asking for your support to show Blisworth Parish Council and Northampton Council that Ning should be allowed to carry on providing a well supported restaurant and be allowed to grow as a business hopefully providing more jobs and a better service as time goes on. Thank you Ning and Jay x

Many people from the village , and those that use the road, have expressed their concerns and fear of meeting an HGV travelling at speed ,often over the centre line , coming towards them. One of the three recent speed related accidents concerns a lady driving from Gillingham to Mere in her husband's large car. The lady was confronted by an articulated lorry that was in the process of 'jack knifing ' (when the trailer over takes the drivers cab.) The side of the trailer struck and crushed the front of the car. The lady suffered shock and bruising. Had she been driving her own sports car the result would , in all probability ,have had a different out come as her sports car would have gone under trailer.