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14 (2) CROWLE MOORS - The Head of Planning and Regeneration submitted an urgent report seeking approval for the purchase of approximately 63 acres of land on Crowle Moors.
The council had been trying to secure the cessation of peat working on Crowle Moors for a number of years.
An enforcement notice relating to the peat working was served on 12 March 2003 and was now the subject of a public inquiry. The inquiry was opened in 2004 but was adjourned by the inspector for further work to be undertaken. The inquiry resumed on 5 July 2005.
Purchase of the site would guarantee that no more peat would be extracted from the site which would then be restored for nature conservation purposes.
English Nature was fully in support of this proposal and was prepared to partly grant aid the purchase and restoration of the site. Various other environmental groups also supported the purchase.
Further details were set out in the report.
Resolved – That approval be given for the purchase of approximately 63 acres of land on Crowle Moors subject to the receipt of partial grant funding from English Nature.
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