Theydon Bois & Abridge Action Group has over the last three years been campaigning to highlight the inappropriate methodology of landfill for golf course construction. We have succeeded in stopping the dumping at Parsonage Golf / Blunts Farm by highlighting the situation to both EFDC and the Environment Agency who took appropriate action.

We have also been successful in gaining exposure in the national press and on national television. Subsequently we have been contacted by another resident’s action group that have consolidated their information on an informative website, that we have contributed to;



www.basildongolfcourselp.com/


Working with the help of Friends of Basildon Golf, residents fighting the development at Risebridge Golf Course Romford, Delapre Golf Course Northamptonshire and the Campaign to Protect Rural England NE London branch we have now taken the campaign nationally.

The Conservative MP for Romford Andrew Rosindell has proposed an Early Day Motion, 1237 

'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.'

We are now working together to supplement this EDM with a Prime Minister’s Petition

'Under the guise of landscaping improvements, some developers have been granted permission to deposit hundreds of thousands of cubic metres of landfill waste onto Green Belt land. Transportation of the waste results in noise and congestion while its use in remodelling destroys fauna and flora and creates dust and particulates harmful to nearby residents. We call on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency to investigate fully these nationwide environmental disasters, some of which we have researched in detail. We also urge the Government to withdraw waste licences pending an inquiry into the activities of these developers and 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.'




petitions.pm.gov.uk:80/landfill-scams/


Please click on the link above and sign the petition, encourage others to sign. We need to highlight this 'national scam' that allows 'unscrupulous' developers to profit from polluting our environment.

The government is reviewing the exemption that allows developers to landfill green belt for the landscaping of land for leisure / golf course construction and TBAAG are consultee's in this review. 

We need to tell the government that we are unhappy with the wholesale destruction and pollution of our green belt and the associated health and safety risks of thousands of HGV movements on our roads for the profit of "unscrupulous operator looking to run a landfill site while avoiding the appropriate planning and environmental controls by claiming the so-called golf-course' exemption." As quoted by Sir John Harman Chairman of the Envirnment Agency


Please sign the Prime Ministers petition at

petitions.pm.gov.uk:80/landfill-scams/