BARKBY AND BARKBY THORPE PARISH ACTION GROUP

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Welcome to The Barkby and Barkby Thorpe Parishes Action Group

Welcome to the website of Barkby And Barkby Thorpe Parishes Action Group (BABTAG for short).

BABTAG was founded to resist national plans to accommodate Leicester City overflow by creating a New Town of some 5,000 houses next to the parishes of Barkby, Barkby Thorpe and Hamilton Grounds.

We give a brief website picture here on our Home Page and invite you to navigate our other pages for more detailed information.

Our Information Page gives the grisly details of "Charnwood 2026", the (very expensive) response of Charnwood Borough Council (CBC) to national government directives that CBC create 19,000+ new homes between 2001-2026.

Our Publicity Page has all the up to date press releases in chronological order and relevant publicity material. Our first press release of 5th December 2008, tells the whole story.

DON'T FORGET to sign the petition...!!Click on the link below...!

Dont forget to visit our petitions page from the link below and help us build support!!.

Visit the Gallery Page to download a flyer.

DO YOUR BIT!!

Click here to sign the Charnwood petition.

Our Democracy Page lists BABTAG dealings with the democratic spectrum from parish council to national government. County Council elections took place in early June 2009 and the general election followed on May 6th 2010. The Charnwood councillors themselves all face re-election in 2011. The politicians must listen to your opinions and we ask you contact them.

Please have a look at our Links Page for some information on other groups and interesting websites.

Our Timeline Page lists the main events in the history of Charnwood 2026 and BABTAG's activities.

Our Maps and Gallery Pages include maps and photos, including before-and-after images of the planned devastation.

Our YourSay Page is for comments you send us for publication. They may be edited and will be anonymous unless requested otherwise.

A Page on this website tagged as Elections Page incorporates statements from Charnwood candidates for the General Election on May 6th 2010. We wrote to all candidates and - as an apolitical action group - consider enough have replied to be sufficiently representative.

Our first march through Barkby to publicise our opposition to the 5000 houses took place on April 24th 2009 and was a well-publicised affair, with newspaper and TV coverage. Similarly our "battlefield tours" (organised walks around the threatened countryside) on April 25th 2010 attracted good media publicity. Click on March and look over our chronicle of an enjoyable and productive affair.

Our Contact us Page gives our email address. We warmly invite you to use it.

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