Katie Atkinson
Cook local, cook in season... it's rhubarb time
Rhubarb..rhubarb...rhubarb
To enjoy food at it's best cook in season. Buy local or grow your own to save food miles. The 'Hungry Gap' is upon us with little growing however what does grow shouldn't be missed!
Yorkshire is home to the famous Rubarb Triangle near Wakefield where shed lit by candlelight produce delicate pink forced rhubarb. For more information on tours visit http://www.yorkshirerhubarb.co.uk
Here's a well tested Rhubarb compote recipe which can be added to yoghurts or served with icecream! It's particularly good served warm with a really good vanilla icecream!
Scarborough local plan news
17 February 2017 by John Geoghegan ,
A planning inspector has recommended that a draft Yorkshire local plan has its housing target cut to take account of new government household projections.
Instagram cometh to CPRENY!
CPRE North Yorkshire are now on INSTAGRAM thanks to the work of a new volunteer member!
an amusing moment
One of the districts in the North Yorkshire area faces countless planning issues.
CPRENY supports a local group known as SOCC or Save OUR Craven Countryside.
They recently published this image on their facebook page!! The credit must go to the card company who produce this card - all will agree though, this must be the most frequently made comment amongst members of CPRE NY
CPRE NY takes the bull by the horns!
CPRE North Yorkshire Branch has changed in the last eighteen months.
We are now are in the process of identifying and delivering what our volunteers and members tell us they really need.
Our first Planning Course known as Planning 101 will be delivered in the afternoon session of the next trustee meeting.
New format newsletter engages members
The new newsletter has resulted in a massive increase of communication from members of CPRE NY
We hear, on an almost daily basis, from members across the Branch area. 99.9% of all communications have been highly supportive and welcome the way North Yorkshire is moving forwards
TOP VIEWINGS!
The reports regarding the York Poultry Farm and the Horrible Hellifield issue are the most viewed items on the North Yorkshire CPRE website.
New format newsletter for our members
CPRENY newsletter, new format - more content!
National Parks protection - Have we dropped the ball?
We have two national parks in North Yorkshire - the North York Moors National Park and the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Last year the Government confirmed extensions to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, forming a 'bridge' between the two parks. So, it could be said that our Government understands the importance of National Parks and the vital role they play for economy and well being.
But, and why is there always a but....
Have we dropped the ball with national parks protection?
CPRENY certainly have not.
We recently took part in the Sheffield Hallam University study organised by CPRE, the Campaign for National Parks and the National Trust.
The project investigated, in unprecendented details, the national policy to control major development in the parks.
In North Yorkshire, we are also concentrating on the impact of major developments on the edge of a National Park - those with the potential to impact adversly on the setting of that designated land. We were recently faced with the KM8 application at Kirkby Moorside on the edge of the NYMNP and currently are campaigning hard against a major threat on the boundary of the YDNP at Hellifield in Craven.
See the attached document - Going Going Gone,
CPRE would like..........
Our National Office have put together a document setting out what CPRE would like to see from the Government in its upcoming Housing White Paper.
Joined up thinking, common sense and fair play
...not much to hope for
