protesting large scale development on the Gower Peninsula in Wales and the tampering with existing protection guidelines for Areas of Outstanding Nature Beauty
I can see nothing in the report that suggests tampering with the AONB and the petition doesn’t really protest large scale development in Gower, does it? It’s really a slightly veiled protest against development just outside Pennard on ‘open countryside’. (There is no open countryside around Pennard, it’s either farmland, golf course or clifftop.) All of which is slightly laughable seeing as Pennard, like just about every Gower village, has gradually spread through my lifetime, and I’m guessing that plenty of the protesters live in the newer houses.
So, I’m conflicted. As much as I love Gower and want it to retain its character, whatever that is, I’m not going to sign a petition which looks like a bunch of locals trying to protect their own cosy, too expensive homes.
Perhaps if the petition was protesting pointless house building throughout Swansea, or maybe protesting development through Gower including vast caravan parks and holiday/second homes, then I’d sign.