http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-ruining-bedgebury-forest.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:06 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2624869?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:34:08 UTC 2624869 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2620536?utm_medium=rss Lorraine, we spoke the other eve - it occurs to me that as a last resort-the European Commission??!

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:46:14 UTC 2620536 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2619352?utm_medium=rss Dont turn Bedgebury into a Centre Parks - its too beautiful to be ruined

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:10:23 UTC 2619352 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2619342?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:02:04 UTC 2619342 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2619100?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:24:13 UTC 2619100 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2619025?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:36:32 UTC 2619025 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605281?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:50:13 UTC 2605281 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2590213?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:01:12 UTC 2590213 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2585506?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:02:14 UTC 2585506 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2584420?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:20:47 UTC 2584420 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2577967?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:14:37 UTC 2577967 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2574083?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:07:48 UTC 2574083 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2573398?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:43:30 UTC 2573398 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2573392?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:42:38 UTC 2573392 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2573183?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:42:46 UTC 2573183 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2572832?utm_medium=rss The Forest is an area of natural beauty and should therefore be protected against development. I strongly urge the Council to refuse any retrospective Planning in relation to the "Lapland Project". If any Planning Application is to be submitted, it should be AFTER a Public Consultation.

]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:52:29 UTC 2572832 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2568573?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:05:06 UTC 2568573 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2568568?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:03:57 UTC 2568568 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2566912?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:48:48 UTC 2566912 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2552583?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Nov 2007 03:01:06 UTC 2552583 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2550241?utm_medium=rss This development will ruin the forest and destroy an area of outstanding natural beauty. It will also attract more traffic and and create more congestion on the roads. It will also generate more pollution in the local environment.

]]> Wed, 7 Nov 2007 05:56:21 UTC 2550241 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2550107?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Nov 2007 05:28:27 UTC 2550107 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2546557?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Nov 2007 07:11:40 UTC 2546557 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2544539?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:53:04 UTC 2544539 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2541865?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Nov 2007 03:35:09 UTC 2541865 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2540456?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:25:51 UTC 2540456 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2539562?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:13:44 UTC 2539562 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2538318?utm_medium=rss To try and make out that this has 'green' connotations when there will be noise pollution and destruction of natural habitat beggars belief. And as to having already started to build it, I would expect a duty from the Planning Department to ask the organisers to remove all buildings and return the Forest to the state that it was before they arrived before the Application is even considered, and if they have removed one plant that took seven years to grow they will need to wait seven years.

]]> Tue, 6 Nov 2007 05:50:27 UTC 2538318 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2534427?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Nov 2007 04:23:38 UTC 2534427 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2532664?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Nov 2007 11:16:15 UTC 2532664 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2529410?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Nov 2007 03:08:03 UTC 2529410 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2529199?utm_medium=rss Political ideology which years ago made so many state-owned enterprises responsible for much of their funding has left many of us at Bedgebury feeling disenfranchised. There is nowhere to go if you wish to walk your dogs off the lead without being borne down on by cyclists. There is no will by the managers to address this and until there is I will object as loudly as I can to any proposal that increases the commercial development to the detriment of those who wish to quietly and safely walk.

]]> Mon, 5 Nov 2007 02:21:08 UTC 2529199 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2526978?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Nov 2007 04:25:20 UTC 2526978 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2526939?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Nov 2007 04:16:39 UTC 2526939 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2525928?utm_medium=rss Don't allow the forest to be turned into a theme park; it's a forest not Disneyland

]]> Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:26:04 UTC 2525928 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2525311?utm_medium=rss It is one thing to open up the forest so that more people can benefit from it, quite another to build extensively within it. Its natural beauty is of paramount importance, not the construction of a 'Lapland' village, temporary or not. It sounds like a hideous theme-park and should not be tolerated especially if it has been constructed without planning permission.

]]> Sun, 4 Nov 2007 05:07:59 UTC 2525311 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2525183?utm_medium=rss Please leave a wonderful forest as it was designed to be. Beautiful trees, bushes and nature for people to enjoy without the added extras.

]]> Sun, 4 Nov 2007 04:01:22 UTC 2525183 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2525071?utm_medium=rss I feel that the FC are missing a huge opportunity with Bedgebury. It is an amazing natural resource ad can teach next generation about the impact of our commercial, selfish lifestyles on the natural world and the effects of global warming. I would like to see the FC develop a constructive plan to make the most of their natural resources within the limitations of the current site. The 'green' bandwagon on which Lapland UK has jumped, is not a good path.

]]> Sun, 4 Nov 2007 02:35:08 UTC 2525071 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2524067?utm_medium=rss Please don't ruin a beautiful area, centuries old

]]> Sat, 3 Nov 2007 05:49:16 UTC 2524067 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2523544?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Nov 2007 02:33:10 UTC 2523544 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2523525?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Nov 2007 02:27:36 UTC 2523525 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2523383?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Nov 2007 01:20:30 UTC 2523383 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2523006?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Nov 2007 10:22:43 UTC 2523006 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2522782?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Nov 2007 08:31:54 UTC 2522782 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2520695?utm_medium=rss WE DON'T WANT THIS!!!!

]]> Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:23:08 UTC 2520695 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2520622?utm_medium=rss Clearly there are issues surrounding traffic, the existing infrastructure capacity as well as unlawful development however it strikes me that foremost this is a valuable and rare forest which we have a duty to protect and enhance for all of us to enjoy. If i want to go to a theme park there are already many to chose from. The Pinetum and forest should remain such without further commercialism.

]]> Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:57:28 UTC 2520622 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2520573?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:40:32 UTC 2520573 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2519837?utm_medium=rss "As a green alterantive to Lapland" - how many folk fly to Lapland compared to the number travelling by car to Bedgebury Forest? Hard to believe the carbon footprint of the sum of the former travellers is larger than the sum of the latter.
What use is planning authority if such organisations flout it with impunity?

]]> Fri, 2 Nov 2007 06:42:43 UTC 2519837 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2519730?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Nov 2007 05:48:42 UTC 2519730 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2519722?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Nov 2007 05:47:23 UTC 2519722 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2519719?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Nov 2007 05:46:04 UTC 2519719 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2518211?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Nov 2007 04:24:28 UTC 2518211 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2518205?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Nov 2007 04:21:05 UTC 2518205 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2518203?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Nov 2007 04:19:37 UTC 2518203 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2518199?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Nov 2007 04:18:30 UTC 2518199 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2517649?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Nov 2007 01:05:45 UTC 2517649 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2517639?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Nov 2007 01:02:59 UTC 2517639 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2516723?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:22:37 UTC 2516723 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2516445?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Nov 2007 05:28:39 UTC 2516445 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2516423?utm_medium=rss The B2079 is a small rd, single lane in places with tight blind bends and over hanging trees, can the road safely cope with the 240000 visitors expected next year, entering and leaving the Pinetum. I think not. We do not need to encourage more people with commercial events like Lap Land UK.

]]> Thu, 1 Nov 2007 05:21:29 UTC 2516423 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2516312?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Nov 2007 04:31:25 UTC 2516312 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2514906?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:30:47 UTC 2514906 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2514904?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:29:34 UTC 2514904 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2514306?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:07:27 UTC 2514306 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2514038?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:35:11 UTC 2514038 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2513784?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:22:25 UTC 2513784 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2512988?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:29:51 UTC 2512988 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2512985?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:29:11 UTC 2512985 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2512969?utm_medium=rss In the last 2 years since the forest has been developed the volume of traffic on the Bedgebury Road has vastly increased and speeded up, thereby increasing the risk of a motor accident to me and my young family who regularly ride horses and cycle along this road.
Secondly, the increase number of people using the forest at weekends has greatly diminished the pleasure of riding through this lovely place - noisy crowds of biker and horses are not a good match.

]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:26:38 UTC 2512969 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2512480?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:52:50 UTC 2512480 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2512477?utm_medium=rss Appalling behaviour by the Forestry Commission. Planning regulations are there for ALL to observe.

]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:49:54 UTC 2512477 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2512198?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:12:15 UTC 2512198 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2510890?utm_medium=rss Bedgebury is a great AONB that has helped entertain & educate large numbers of people.
The Forest has now become the Commercial Fun Park to provide income to subsidize other Forrestry Commission ventures.
The B2079 CANT cope with the estimated 240,000 visitors next year. Horse-riders, mountain bikers & people walking is no longer a safe combination.
The park is a victim of its own success.
Focus on what you have and get it right, before embarking on inappropriate ventures like Lapland.

]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:23:36 UTC 2510890 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2510340?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:04:35 UTC 2510340 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2509869?utm_medium=rss the road has become to busy and fast for me to ride my pony 1/2 mile to the forest.

]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:34:30 UTC 2509869 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2509172?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:12:50 UTC 2509172 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2508822?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:44:39 UTC 2508822 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2508592?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:38:17 UTC 2508592 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2508553?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:26:07 UTC 2508553 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2507643?utm_medium=rss I strongly object to this form of commercial use as I believe it is not 'in keeping' with the natural forest enviroment and will set a precident for further intensification of other similar commercial uses on the site and so destroy what Bedgebury currently is and always should be - a beautiful, peaceful forest for walking, horse riding and other activities such as biking which I feel are in keeping with the forest enviroment and don't have a negative impact on it and the wildlife.

]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:29:46 UTC 2507643 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2505845?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:07:07 UTC 2505845 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2505093?utm_medium=rss Bedgebury Forest - a 'jewel-in-the-crown' of this AONB. TWBC planners have a primary, statutory obligation to reject planning applications that do not protect/enhance the area. Ongoing forest clearance, substantially increasing numbers of visitors and inadequate facilities and infrastructure inside and outside the forest – clear results of development to date. REJECT this application, supported by the NFC ONLY to secure more revenue, irrespective of damage to the forest and surrounding area.

]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:50:28 UTC 2505093 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2504218?utm_medium=rss The roads leading to Bedgebury Visitor centre are completely unsuitable for the level of traffic it now receives (often single carriageway in many places).
No effort has been made to improve public transport access or cycle routes to the forest.

]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:03:58 UTC 2504218 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2503931?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:25:58 UTC 2503931 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2501454?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:46:44 UTC 2501454 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2501451?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:45:27 UTC 2501451 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2498456?utm_medium=rss access roads can not cope with increased traffic

]]> Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:53:53 UTC 2498456 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2493149?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:30:01 UTC 2493149 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2491726?utm_medium=rss Begbury used to be such a pleasent place to walk with it's wildlife etc but now weekends and holidays are best avoided unless you don't mind noise, rubbish and dodging bikes. This is obviously a money making scheme with no regard for the environment or local people.

]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:33:09 UTC 2491726 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2491611?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:06:53 UTC 2491611 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2486151?utm_medium=rss I regularly stay with family near the forest and strongly object to the proposed development.

]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:01:58 UTC 2486151 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2480136?utm_medium=rss Bedgebury has been turned into a theme park without any consideration being given to the people who have walked there and enjoyed it for many years. This new developement will only further ruin the forest.

]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:05:17 UTC 2480136 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2473763?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:57:39 UTC 2473763 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2473757?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:56:09 UTC 2473757 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2473745?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:53:09 UTC 2473745 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2473585?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:31:35 UTC 2473585 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2471081?utm_medium=rss Making a Christmas Visitor Experience, for commercial gain, is an appalling misuse of a designated Educational Area within the Bedgebury National Pinetum.

]]> Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:45:48 UTC 2471081 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2470843?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:00:05 UTC 2470843 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2464847?utm_medium=rss Let the forest remain - please do not let it be changed by putting in any more play things, exercise frames, huts etc. or it will cease to be a forest worth visiting

]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:37:57 UTC 2464847 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2464065?utm_medium=rss The Forestry Commission should be subject to the Planning Rules and an estoppal order should be issued immediately.

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