Objection letters - 9 days left!

Thank you everyone for sending in your letters and for making extra copies for your neighbours.  The response has been great so far.  Please keep them coming!
Collection boxes are at Buckles Butchers and Roberts Greengrocers in Roberttown.

Fairy Toadstool

Found by Bev & Heathcliff in the woods over the weekend.  Please note the fairy asked not to be included in the photo.

Public Meeting at Roberttown Church TODAY

Perfect for industry and distribution warehouses?

We have two weeks left in which to make our objections to the Inspectorate.  The voluntary committee of Keep Roberttown & Hartshead Rural are holding a public meeting at Roberttown Church tonight at 7.30 pm.  We shall be handing out letters of objection for you to sign and add your address.  There will be room to add any further objections of your own.  If there are any spare, it would be helpful if you could take some and ask others to complete them.  The letter is also downloadable from the website www.roberttownvillage.org.uk/krhr
There will be collection boxes at Buckles Butchers and Robert's Greengrocers in Roberttown so the cost of a stamp is no excuse!
We need to have all the letters by the end of this month, as 1st November is the last day for taking them to Kirklees.
PLEASE HELP TO SAVE THIS HISTORIC LANDSCAPE BY ACTING IMMEDIATELY
We look forward to seeing you tonight.

Kirklees Estate up for sale

The Kirklees Estate, described by the selling agents Strutt & Parker as 'a fine historic estate with exciting development potential' is for sale, either as a whole, or in up to 20 lots.
The estate has been owned by the Armytage family in 1565, and contains the remains of Kirklees Priory, built in 1135 by Reyner de Fleming on the site of a Roman encampment.  The reputed grave of Robin Hood is situated close to the Priory remains.


'Exciting development potential' referred to in the sales brochure includes over 100 acres of land for employment provisionally allocated by Kirklees Council in the draft Local Development Framework.  The approximate outline is shown below:

The 750 acre 'oasis of calm' with 'splendid rolling topography' and 'pleasant views of the surrounding countryside' is also described as being 'isolated from the clamours of urban life'.


The 100 acre development site eats right into the heart of the estate, and if it loses its Green Belt status, then urban life will reach the doorstep of the principal residence, Priory Gardens.   Industrial buildings, together with light pollution, will be visible for miles around.  The many footpaths and woodlands will be engulfed, and those around the periphery will be ruined for ever.

The Old Oak wakes up

Here is the oak, ready to provide a nesting site for all kinds of wildlife.  The cool weather has prolonged the bright greens, yellows and pinks of the foliage around the Estate this year.  Together with the soft white of the wild cherry blossom, it looks a picture.  Kirklees councillors, please note...

Love it or hate it?

Oilseed rape at Dockentail

It's undeniably striking when in full flower, but overpoweringly smelly afterwards, especially when wet.  Whether you like it or not, surely it's preferable to a large industrial building?

Wild cherry blossom

Looking towards Hartshead Hall from Crossey