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Martin Kyrle

Fifty Years of paid Focus

This year marks 50 years since the party first published a circular entirely funded by advertising. Focus is a well-established and integral part of Liberal Democrat activity, but the prototype was called AD-LIB: AD for the adverts and LIB for the party publishing it. In the spring of 1970, Martin Kyrle was Agent in Chandler's Ford in Eastleigh, where for the first time the Liberals were seriously challenging for a council seat. He wanted to campaign outside the customary month prior to the local elections, but how could this be funded? Here's how. Martin received the President's award at the Brighton conference in 2018.

8 Jun 2020
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Bovingdon High Street Common Land

Dacorum BC Tried, and Failed, to Turn Common Land in Bovingdon into a Car Park

You might expect a local council to try to conserve what remains of Britain's common land. Unfortunately Dacorum Borough Council (DBC) decided last October to sacrifice a broad strip of an amenity green in Bovingdon High Street to the needs of the motor car. They were proposing to develop 140 square metres as 6 hard surfaced, car parking bays. However it turned out also to be a remnant of common land. This meant that DBC was required, under Section 38 of the Commons Act 2006, to apply for consent from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Natural England (an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the DEFRA), a number of local people and the Open Spaces Society objected. The grounds for objection were that the use of a common for car-parking was inconsistent with its enjoyment by the public, as the bays would reduce the area for public recreation and would have an urbanising effect. The Inspector appointed to decide on the issue rejected the application saying

8 Jun 2020
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Bovingdon High Street Common Land

Dacorum BC Tried, and Failed, to Turn Common Land in Bovingdon into a Car Park

You might expect a local council to try to conserve what remains of Britain's common land. Unfortunately Dacorum Borough Council (DBC) decided last October to sacrifice a broad strip of an amenity green in Bovingdon High Street to the needs of the motor car. They were proposing to develop 140 square metres as 6 hard surfaced, car parking bays. However it turned out also to be a remnant of common land. This meant that DBC was required, under Section 38 of the Commons Act 2006, to apply for consent from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Natural England (an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the DEFRA), a number of local people and the Open Spaces Society objected. The grounds for objection were that the use of a common for car-parking was inconsistent with its enjoyment by the public, as the bays would reduce the area for public recreation and would have an urbanising effect. The Inspector appointed to decide on the issue rejected the application saying

8 Jun 2020
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