While I thank Councillor Hall, of Osbaldwick, for his endorsement of my letter on the ridge and furrow fields of his village (Letters, May 23), I must correct the point he made about Clifton Backies.
Clifton Backies was saved from development by the efforts of Ryedale District Council, with the support of York Natural Environment Trust and others.
City of York Council inherited a Section 106 agreement that had been negotiated after a successful fight against a planning appeal by the developers.
The city council may be congratulated for carrying on the work and I myself am one of the Clifton Backies Management Board, an arrangement made possible by that same Section 106 agreement.
Mick Phythian,
Chairman, York Natural Environment Trust,
Monkton Road,
York
Updated: 12:15 Saturday, June 08, 2002
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