Public gets chance to help protect ancient woodlands
Date published: 10 January 2021
Cllr Sam Al-Hamdani and Cllr Barbara Beeley at the Thornley Brook site in Springhead, where the ancient woodland site was identified
Oldham’s local development plan will look specifically at the importance of ancient woodlands in the borough, after a successful motion brought to Oldham Borough by local Liberal Democrat Councillor Sam Al-Hamdani.
When a local resident identified that a major planning application in the Saddleworth West and Lees ward looked set to damage a previously unidentified area of ancient woodland, it became clear to some that not enough was being done to identify and protect these unique habitats in the borough.