One such group Friends of Basildon Golf have a very informative website.
www.basildongolfcourselp.com/page9.htm
TBAG have written the Blakes Blog and are in the process of writing the Blunts Blog. Friends of Basildon Golf have made contact with other groups in Romford, Chadwell Heath and Northampton. They have also gained the support of their local Member of Parliament and the MP for Romford Andrew Rosindell.
Andrew Rosnidell is so incensed by the damage that is being done to the Green Belt in Romford by Jack Barker Golf that he has taken up the cause and has proposed an Early Day Motion.
edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=35464&SESSION=891
EDM 1237 states;
'That this House expresses its dismay at the developments that have taken place at Risebridge Golf Course in Romford where, under the guise of landscaping improvements, developers have been granted permission to deposit thousands of cubic metres worth of landfill waste onto Green Belt land; is concerned that this practice is now becoming a nationwide problem and calls on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency to investigate fully this environmental disaster and similar instances of its kind; urges the Government to withdraw waste licences pending an inquiry into the activities of these developers; and recommends that the exemption of landfill tax for the improvement of golf courses, which encourages these highly profitable activities, be suspended until all matters relating to this issue are thoroughly examined and investigated.'
It has already been signed by eight members including Eric Pickles. Eleanor Laing has ensured TBAG that she will talk to Mr Rosindell directly.
Perhaps members of EFDC should think twice before granting any more applications to landfill Green Belt. These developments are 'highly profitable' and we can all agree are an 'environmental disaster.'