FOGSW Are a group of residents that have come together to protect George Street Woods. We are campaigning to protect the land by appealing for the land to become a 'Community Green Space' so it can be used for local residents to enjoy.
Private Threats
Public Opportunities
A local resident is claiming possession of the Wood forpersonal use and financial gain.
Has already felled or damaged several trees and attempts to removemore trees and saplings.
Erected boards along George Street and around car park and fixed metal wire fencing panels to church fence.
Barbed wire and metal fencing strung between trees.
Repeatedly blocks entrances to prevent public access.
Children and adults are photographed using the Wood.
Sections of metal wire fencing left in the middle of the Wood and padlocked together.
Plans to build a tourist facility including holiday flats, shower block, reception area and hard standing for motorhomes and camper vans. That could lead to loss of public amenity, access and right to roam.
Habitat destruction affecting bird life and bats air, noise and light pollution, and traffic congestion loss of green space for quiet relaxation diminishing a natural corridor along Glossop Brook.
Has submitted planning applications for unspecified engineering works, change of use and boundary works.
Alleges criminal damage and provocation by children and adults using the Wood.
Accuses public officials of malpractice.
Harasses people planning activities in the Wood and attempts to disrupt community events.
Campaigning for a temporary Tree Preservation Order now made permanent.
Disrupting demands to remove further trees and saplings.
Installed hand rails to ease access into the Woodand put a gate in the church fence.
Removed metal wire fence from the church boundary and barbed wire from inside the Wood.
Application with Derbyshire County Council to register the Wood as a Town or Village Green —decision pending.
Planted150 saplings donated by the Woodland Trust including one grown from seed gathered in a royal estate.
Unveiled a plaque commemorating the planting of a Royal Oak sapling to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Holding community picnics, art works, story telling and other events in the Wood including a party for children’s teddy bears and a neighbour’s birthday.
Spreading wood chippings on the car park and picking up litter and broken glass in the Wood.
Instigated removal of metal fencing left in the Wood.
Planting hundreds of daffodil, narcissi and native bluebell bulbs, as well as wild flower seeds.
Campaigned to designate the Wood as Local Green Space in the new Local Plan for Glossopdale.
Implementing a Woodland Management Plan and Survey.
Installed bird boxes and bench seats.
Challenging planning applications, building projects and the private claim for exclusive possession.
