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Welcome to Save Maer Hills |
Latest planning news 27th January 2010 - Click here for details
Camp Hill Gardens 2010 Gallery
Maer Hills is a beauty spot located to the western edge of the North Staffordshire conurbation, made famous by Charles Darwin, with its public footpaths enabling people from far and wide to appreciate its tranquility, views and wildlife - see our gallery.
Claymoss Properties have submitted a planning application to build a wind farm consisting of four 125 metre (410 ft) high wind turbines.
Claymoss have also submitted a scoping report and received a scoping opinion from Newcastle Borough Council for a holiday village. This comprises of two hotels, 800 lodges, a shopping and entertainment complex, a golf course and car parks in the woodland of Maer Hills. A planning application for the holiday village has not yet been submitted to the Council.
The Maer Hills Protection Group was formed in 1992 to protect the landscape, wildlife habitat and public amenity of Maer Hills, which is under threat once again from inappropriate development.
On this website you will find information which should help you make a considered opinion as to whether the Wind Farm and Holiday Village should be built in this location. If you agree with the Protection Group then go to the Contact Us page and join us.
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Over 100 people attended a Public Meeting at Whitmore Village Hall.
They heard an update from the Protection Group about the latest situation with the proposed development for Maer Hills and an indication of the sheer scale, size and potential impact on the residents of the surrounding area.
They also heard two remarkable accounts of what life can be like for people living near wind turbines. |
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Recently featured on BBC Midlands today was a walk through Maer Hills.
Bob Hockenhull invited Midlands Today viewers to send him their favourite routes. He picked out four of the best and joined the nominees on location.
Bob's second walk was chosen by Barbara Tommey. She's lived in the Maer Hills to the west of Newcastle under Lyme for 16 years and the area around her home is her favourite route for taking a stroll.
You can read all about the walk on the BBC website. Click here. Maer Hills is Walk 2. |
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