{"id":18070,"date":"2018-02-09T17:11:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T17:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18070"},"modified":"2018-02-09T17:16:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T17:16:41","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-doorstep-lake-district-zip-wire-plan-condemned-by-peers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18070","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Lake District zip wire plan condemned by peers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/LancashirePostwebsiteimage090218.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18071\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/LancashirePostwebsiteimage090218.png\" alt=\"Lake District by Iain Lynn\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a>The <em>Lancashire Post<\/em> has reported to its readers on how peers have hit out at controversial plans to build a zip wire tourist attraction across the Thirlmere Reservoir in the Lake District.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Lancashire Post<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Democrat Lord Greaves said it was a \u2018very bad idea\u2019 and would bring \u2018inappropriate commercial intrusion\u2019 into the Lake District national park.<\/p>\n<p>Tory former Cabinet minister Lord Tebbit warned the zip wire would be a \u2018highly dangerous impediment\u2019 to RAF low-level flying practice. Communities and local government minister Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth said that as a \u2018live\u2019 planning application was currently under consideration by the Lake District national park authority, it would be inappropriate to comment. At question time, he said that as the plan fell within both a national park and a world heritage site, existing planning policies provided \u2018significant protection\u2019. Lord Greaves said the Government&#8217;s overriding responsibility to protect this \u2018jewel in the crown\u2019 meant ministers should call in the application and \u2018stop it now\u2019. Lord Bourne said the Government recognised the importance of the Lake District but could not comment on the application.<\/p>\n<p>Labour former minister Lord Clark of Windermere said it would be \u2018inappropriate for the tourist industry to see it as merely a way to create another Disneyland\u2019. Lord Tebbit said that while the the preservation of natural beauty should be a high priority, the Government&#8217;s first obligation was to provide for the country&#8217;s defence. The proposed zip wire would be \u2018a highly dangerous impediment\u2019 to aircraft and aircrews practising low-level flying, he added. Lord Bourne said again that he could not comment on the application, which will be considered next month by the national park authority, but confirmed the Ministry of Defence had registered objections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lep.co.uk\/news\/environment\/lake-district-zip-wire-plan-condemned-by-peers-1-8979920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lancashire Post has reported to its readers on how peers have hit out at controversial plans to build a zip wire tourist attraction across the Thirlmere Reservoir in the Lake District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18072,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18070\/revisions\/18072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}