A CHARITY has launched a campaign to help tackle issues in the Lake District.
Friends of the Lake District has reacted to what it described as threats and concerns within the Lake District National Park by launching its ‘Save Our Lake District’ (SOLD) Campaign.
Chief executive Douglas Chalmers said: “The number of contentious situations when proposals for new developments within the Lake District National Park have been challenged appear to be increasing. Objections from local communities, threats of judicial reviews and claims that nobody listens are bad enough on an individual basis, but this is now an epidemic, and epidemics have to be stopped.
“Recreational vehicles on fell tracks, gondolas, inappropriate path surfaces and now Gentleman’s Yachts on Grasmere. Your National Park is under siege while the statutory protection for its beauty is being ignored."
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