Witches Oak Water
Witches Oak Water is a large new wetland site which was created primarily as a water storage and water pumping facility in times of severe drought for Severn Trent Water. However as part of the design a strong wetland habitat creation theme was linked to it. The site now contains a range of habitats including …
Witches Oak Waters Public Access
We understand that there is much work to do at Witches Oak Waters to create decent footpaths around the site. There was an appeal for volunteers to join the staff to create these and if you would be interested in helping please contact vic.bevan58@gmail.com who is the site ranger of further information. Document relating to Weston …
East Midlands Airport
SAVE is monitoring any noise problems arising from training and night flights from East Midlands Airport. A useful website is East Midlands Airport’s WebTrak tool, which enables you to see air traffic information and the routings of flights in the vicinity of East Midlands Airport . Using WebTrak you can replay the paths that aircraft followed as …
No. 73 Bus Service Under Threat
Derbyshire County Council need to withdraw subsidies from certain bus routes from 2017 due to austerity. One of those being considered for withdrawal is the 7am service of the No.73 to Aston and Weston. If they withdraw subsidy from the 73 then Notts Derby buses are unlikely to continue as it is not profitable. It …
Fracking
Fracking may be coming to Derby. With the fracking site now given the go-ahead in Yorkshire, the proposal for Derby is even more of a threat. The proposed site is near Elvaston. The closing date for the public to give their views is June 12th! Email this address to have your say. ETEWastemin@derbyshire.gov.uk This site …