Cat Flatt proposal convinces Marske campaign group to organise community

Onlyten days after the approval of 810 houses and a commercial centre next to Marske, a 114 house development over 22 acres has been proposed to Redcar and Cleveland Council at Cat Flatt Lane in Marske.

This is an area that was devastated by flooding less than ten years ago, leading to the installation of flood gates. The proposal by Taylor Wimpey, a developer who works with the West Midlands Pension Fund, has yet to make clear its full intention with regards to environmental impacts on the proposed site which borders the huge West Midland Pension Fund Estate, which extends from

Redcar to New Marske, Saltburn and Skelton.

Dr Tristan Learoyd, who has been campaigning against developments around Marske since 2012, posted a video on the 1250 member strong Facebook Group “Stop the West Midland Pension Fund’s Destruction of the Cleveland Coast” calling for objections to go in for the Cat Flatt development. The group is seeking to formalise itself to prevent what Learoyd has called “an attempt to develop all fields around Marske that would result in a city the size of Sunderland”..

“Locals have seen what has happened previously, billionpound developers come in, concrete the countryside,

Community Champion James - Morrisons Guisborough

build housing not fit for the future, land the taxpayer with an infrastructure bill, rip off buyers with inflated prices, put pressure on school places and health services, and the council breaks its climate promise” said Learoyd.

The campaign group has its first formal meeting at the White House, Redcar Road, Marske from 12 noon, Sunday 23rd April 2023. All interested members of the public are invited to attend and join the Facebook group.

It was a delight to hand over some shiny new books on behalf of Morrisons in Guisborough and the Morrisons foundation to Skelton Primary School in the presence of Ms Chadwick the Business Manager of Skelton Primary. The donation was on behalf of World Book Day on 2nd

March 2023 and all books chosen to cover topics that are relevant to dealing with children’s emotional well being, mental health and social inclusion.

It was a privilege to be able to donate the books to the school and indeed the school was delighted by this.