With the support of Maidenhead Golf Club, we’re organising a Woodland Naming event on Easter Monday 1 April, from 4.30pm. As well as an official wood naming ceremony, there will be ‘Woodland Nature’ talks by members of Wild Maidenhead and self-guided woodland walks to follow. Tina Quadrino, chair of the… Continue reading Come to our Woodland Naming event, Easter Monday
Environmentally damaging planning application submitted to develop Maidenhead Golf Course
Sadly, on 8 January 2024, Cala Homes submitted its outline planning application to develop Maidenhead golf course with up to 1,500 new homes. Here’s a link to the planning application https://publicaccess.rbwm.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=S6ZPDMNI0PG00 Please do comment on and object to this environmentally damaging development plan. How to object You can comment via… Continue reading Environmentally damaging planning application submitted to develop Maidenhead Golf Course
We’ve launched a new petition
We’ve launched a new petition asking the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) to put a stop to development plans at Maidenhead Golf Course, and protect our public open space and biodiverse woodlands. We are determined to keep the pressure up to make sure our new Lib Dem council… Continue reading We’ve launched a new petition
Ecology reports show biodiversity importance of Maidenhead Golf Course woodlands
Drawing on the results of a series of ecology surveys, we have listed below the key habitats and species at risk from the RBWM’s plans to build over 2,000 flats and houses on Maidenhead Golf Course, and we are calling for the urgent protection and specialist management of the woodlands… Continue reading Ecology reports show biodiversity importance of Maidenhead Golf Course woodlands
Fundraising for the Maidenhead Great Park campaign
Please help us to defend nature in our town Maidenhead is fortunate to have 132 acres of woodland and greenspace in its town centre, that is owned by the people of Maidenhead and currently leased to Maidenhead Golf Club. This is a much-needed green lung for our community and provides… Continue reading Fundraising for the Maidenhead Great Park campaign
We’ve written to Legal & General
We recently wrote to Sir John Kingham KCB FRS, Chair of Legal & General to explain why building woodlands and greenspace is unstainable and goes against the company’s ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) committments. In our letter to Sir John Kingham we said: We are campaigning against the plans to… Continue reading We’ve written to Legal & General
We’re hopeful there will be a positive change
Following the local elections on 4 May, our new Lib Dem council formally took control on 23 May. Reviewing golf course development plans is a key priority We recently met with our new council Leader Simon Werner, and we understand that reviewing development plans for the golf course, along with… Continue reading We’re hopeful there will be a positive change
We have a new council!
We welcome the election of a new council and congratulate all the candidates who have supported our campaign. This dramatic change is no doubt partly due to the concerns local people have about the environment, and we are grateful to all our supporters who have helped us to highlight the… Continue reading We have a new council!