Petition · past parliament

Protect Tiddesley Wood SSSI from housing development

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

The Protect Tiddesley Wood SSSI Group call upon the Government to prevent any housing development on green fields currently known as Orchard Farm, Defford Road, Pershore, WR10 3BY which Worcestershire Wildlife Trust & Natural England determined would have a major negative impact on the SSSI
Developers propose 300 houses and a small buffer zone along a large border it shares with the woodland.

We Campaigners believe that the proposals are contrary to the Government’s commitments to create a Nature Recovery Network (NRN) and to protect 30% of the UK for wildlife by 2030.

Tiddesley Wood is a nationally important habitat - home to protected wildlife species including the Noble Chafer Beetle. Also Lesser Horseshoe, Barbastelle and Noctule Bats, many birds & wildlife.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about local planning decisions are a matter for the relevant local authority, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could raise your issue with a local councillor who represents you. You can find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them, by entering your post code here: https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

Timeline

18 Jun 2023 Petition opened for signatures
21 Jun 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Jun 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.