Andy Astle is among villagers campaigning to keep the 40ft boats off Grasmere (Photo: Dean Kirby) Keeping things calmĪt the lakeside, angler John Garner, 63, is heading home after an unsuccessful day trying to catch pike and perch. The Lake District National Park Authority, which this week launched a campaign to encourage people to start their New Year fitness journeys by ”enjoying a new view“ of the region, will decide whether the request requires full planning permission.Īmong residents concerns is that it might lead to future applications to install an access road, a jetty and boat servicing facilities.
The Friends of the Lake District has spoken of its ”deep concerns“ about the proposals, which it says will have a ”detrimental effect on the landscape of an area loved by so many for its tranquil nature and its association with the Lakeland poets“.
Lake District seeks to boost diversity as visitors are ‘too white and middle class’ Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has also warned that the proposals are ”completely unsuitable“, adding: ”It would start a slippery slope of every lake and tarn in the Lake District being open to inappropriate and environmentally damaging development.“ Lord Bragg said in the letter: ”I’m surprised the Lowther Estate does not understand this.“ He said the region could lose its World Heritage Site status. The yachts, he said, would end up ”24-hour, music-throbbing floating discos“. In a letter to the Times, the writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg has warned the proposal will ”rip the heart out“ of the Lake District. I understands solicitors representing villagers in the issues are seeking a legal opinion from Robert McCracken QC – one of the country’s leading experts on planning law who has worked on cases including the Windermere speed limit inquiry. David Bliss, the chief executive of the trust said: ”We are very keen to communicate in a constructive manner.“ The Lowther Estate Trust insists says leisure boats have been seen for years on the bigger lakes of Coniston Water and Ullswater. Putting these houseboats on the lake will spoil it for everyone who comes here to enjoy this scenery.“ This area of the Lake District is everybody’s backyard. ”Nobody in the village is against development,“ he adds. “We have wild swimmers and fishermen on the water and a handful of rowing boats today, but nothing like this. When they learned to swim, the headteacher would give them an ice cream and take them back to school. ”In days gone by, the local school children used to have their swimming lessons at the edge of the lake. “Putting ten houseboats here will be just completely out of context for the natural beauty of the area,” says.
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