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Calling everyone who sails in the Irish Sea! |
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General News Articles -
North West
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Written by Emily Hardman
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Saturday, 16 January 2010 |
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 Irish Sea Conservation Zones (ISCZ) is a new project that has been set up in response to the recent Marine & Coastal Access Act. The Act enables the designation of a new type of Marine Protected Area called a Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ), which will protect nationally important marine wildlife, habitats, geology and geomorphology while minimising socio-economic impacts to sea users.
As part of this project, all sea users and interest groups are being encouraged to actively participate in the Project and a Regional Stakeholder Group (consisting of individuals representing all sectors using the Irish Sea) will be set-up to decide where these MCZs should be placed and what level of protection they should have.
The Regional Stakeholder Group needs accurate and up to date information both on the ecology and human use of the region they are working within, however there is hardly any information about how people use the sea off our coasts. One of our tasks is therefore to collect activity data from different sea user groups, including windsurfers. This information will be collected for the most part through face to face interviews and participatory mapping. Accurate information about where windsurfing and other activities take place in the region is essential, as this is the information that watersports representatives on the Stakeholder Group will put forward during the negotiations.
If you’d like to find out more about the Project and how you can get involved, then please contact:
Holly (Cumbria): 07772 550 127 or
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Laura (Lancashire): 07891 842 228 or
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Emily (Merseyside & Cheshire): 07891 842 282 or
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See our website for further information: www.irishseaconservation.org.uk
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 16 January 2010 )
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News from the lake users group |
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General News Articles -
North West
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Written by mike maynard
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Monday, 02 November 2009 |
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From West Kirby Sailing School & Lake Users Group
Last week's Economy and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee meeting did not go as planned for those that called it. Both the Liberal and Labour councillors on the committee walked out of the meeting before it began, claiming that the process and the committee had been politicised,
We were still able to deliver our presentation, delivered by Carl Tomlison (aka Pegleg), to the remaining councillors, the chair of the committee, the council officers and the developers. So there was still a positive outcome to the meeting, (if anyone wants either a copy of the presentation or the supporting document from that meeting just pm me and I'll forward it).
The original call-in by the conservative councillors has delayed the development of the consultation framework decided at the last cabinet meeting. The council's officers will be working on this shortly, as yet there is no schedule for this. We'll keep you posted when developments happen.
If there's a long time gap it's not because we're not doing anything, it's just that this appears to be the speed at which the process grinds along. In the mean time and comments or additional information is still very welcome.
Mike
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Last Updated ( Monday, 02 November 2009 )
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West Kirby Sailing School and Lake User Group 2 |
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General News Articles -
North West
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Written by mike_m
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009 |
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Here’s a list of the lake users that the West Kirby Sailing School and Lake User Group represent so far, and in no particular order.
Us, as individual lake licence holders and users (we hope no one objects, and of course welcome all input)
The West Kirby Warriors T-15 windsurfing club
The Sea Scouts
The Peninsula Canoe Club
The Wirral Marine Disabled Association
If we’ve missed anyone out then our apologies, there’s no exclusions here so feel free to contact anyone on the list, you can p.m. me or Carl, send an email via our user profiles or send me an email:
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The brief for the group that Carl has written above has come about directly through the comments made on this forum and on Ernies e-petition (followed by consultation with other lake user groups), so your continued comments and postings are very important.
The article in the Liverpool Daily Post, that Ernie started this forum topic with, is correct. Last night at a Wirral Council Cabinet meeting it was decided that the Sail Project as proposed by Carpenter Investments would continue to the next stage. Six months ago the plans were approved by the cabinet but the financial package was questioned, Carpenters were given an additional 6 months to produce an acceptable financial package, this they have now done.
Were the project to follow the ‘normal’ process of planning, the next stage at which we would have been able to have any input would have been at planning permission, and only then to object to details on planning grounds.
However, last night Hugh Daglish (of the West Kirby Working Group) was able to speak to the cabinet, and delivered such a reasoned argument for further consultation and engagement with the lake users in this process, that the council have stipulated this as part of the next stage, as the council draw up a development agreement. The presence of an organised lake users group supported Hugh’s argument, and it is our understanding that we will be one of the stakeholder groups recognised by the council.
This is an exceptional decision by the cabinet, and should allow all those with a stake in the lake, and sailing school, an opportunity to contribute to developing the facilities at the lake correctly, and with the aim of a successful sailing school that we can all be proud of.
Cheers Mike
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 October 2009 )
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