On Thursday the 27th Oct, BASG met with Natural England to discuss progress with the HGB project. These meetings have been occurring monthly since the formal closure of the joint Angling Trust & BASG legal challenge in January 2022. This year has exposed the frailty that the Broads are facing with climate change and the…
Chairman’s Chat Nov-2021 We have finally reached a position with the Hoveton saga, following a legal exchange between the respective groups. We have concluded that our legal challenge is no longer needed, as in the agency’s own words, the fish do have enforceable protection within the permit conditions, if it’s then proved the barriers do…
Yesterdayy, the agency gave notice of their final public consultation using the Environmental Permitting Process. They couldn’t even get that right! https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/east-anglia-c-e/hoveton-great-broad-minded-to/ Whilst we and the Broads Angling community are staggered with the Agency’s recommendations. Their action has damaged an effective partnership that has been built over recent years and will destroy…
Below is a copy of the letter I sent to the BA Planning Committee yesterday. It follows a further planning application from Natural England in an attempt to avoid enforcement action for the illegal installation of two pilled barriers on Hoveton Great Broad in Sept 2020. If you read the application you won;t find any…
This is our response and objections with the permitting of Hoveton Great Broad Fish Barriers, following the “minded to” consultation issued by the agency in August. https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/east-anglia-c-e/hoveton-great-broad-minded-to/ Following last year’s successful challenge of the EA’s decision to grant Natural England a FRAP permit dated 23 July 2020 for the same three barriers the…
Well so much for the media, an article by Rachel Salvidge from the ENDS team on the future of the Natural England HGB project. See Article Last week we finally got to see the actual outcome from the EA management on the issue in a 322 page report. This now goes through another “minded to”…
https://basg.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/HGB-campaign-8-video.mp4 This is the 8th of our campaign videos highlighting the plight of Bream in the Northern Broads and impact on it’s wider ecosystem. It reflects 2 years of challenge and attempts to change the policy of Natural England on this damaging project.
Some of the latest progress with the ongoing saga unfolding in the Broads. NE’s controversial biomanipulation project includes the erection of barriers in the broads to prevent access for bream. It does not include dealing with the sources and causes of pollution including sewage and agriculture. NE received planning permission for the scheme in 2016…
Summary of the Issues and our objections with the permitting of Hoveton Great Broad Fish Barriers Please feel free to respond to the consultation at the link below before the 6th April 2021 https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/east-anglia-c-e/hoveton-great-broad-fra-permit/consultation/intro/ Issue 1 Under the Environment Permit Regulations, all material should be presented to the public as part of its consultation. The…
This is the 7th of our campaign videos highlighting the plight of Bream in the Northern Broads and against the backdrop of historical protection from legal statue from concerned anglers. https://basg.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/campaign-7_0.mp4 Why do we treat bream so differently!! The latest environment permit consultation is currently open to the public to raise their concerns until 6th…