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There has been a brilliant campaign in Lincolnshire against the GDF being sited there and it looks like they might have won! Lincolnshire County Council are saying they will pull out of the GDF so it is now dead, but this needs ratifying at their executive committee. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/news/article/2293/county-council-set-to-withdraw-from-nuclear-waste-facility-group Would that Cumberland Council would do the […]

A ‘willing’ community is the cornerstone of government’s drive to find a Geological Disposal Facility aka nuclear dump.     Simon Hughes, Nuclear Waste Services Head of Siting, has stated, “The policy surrounding our search for a safe and suitable location for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) in the UK is emphatic. It requires the […]

A few of us met at the Rugby Club in Haverigg to protest the GDF drop-in.

Whicham Parish Council will discuss the GDF and a letter requesting withdrawal of our area of focus from the process. Meets at Kirksanton Village Hall, 7.30 Wednesday, 12th March 2025.

At the last MTC meeting in February the council agreed to include two items on the agenda for their next meeting in March: To discuss whether to hold a public meeting to look at the potential negative effects of the GDF on our area and to discuss the motion “We, Millom Town Council, reject the […]

NOTES FROM A MEETING OF BANK HEAD RESIDENTS WITH FOUR LOCAL COUNCILLORS:  HAVERIGG: CLLRS BROWN AND FAULKNER AND CUMBERLAND: CLLRS KELLY AND PRATT.  22ND FEBRUARY 2025. 43 people attended the meeting – the majority were from Bank Head and nearby who have had letters from land agent about the GDF. Jan Bridget, Introduced herself: she […]

WITHDRAWAL OF MILLOM TOWN COUNCIL FROM SOUTH COPELAND GDF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP In their minutes of November 2024 MTC said they had withdrawn from the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership and stated: “MTC has a responsibility to over 7300 residents in Millom & Haverigg to ensure that they are kept informed on the progress of the […]

In response to an email re above and proposed GDF site, here is their response, dated 17th February 2025: Yes, possible impact on natterjack toads is a concern. As this is still at the area of search phase it is difficult to decide what any impacts might be, it very much depends if a firm […]

Whilst NWS have excluded Giant’s Grave and Lacra from the focus area,they stand next to, or overlook, it and the whole area is steeped in evidence that people lived here in Prehistoric times. For further information see gdf.pdf.

Residents of Bank Head Estate, Haverigg, have been invited to meet their local Councillors to share their concerns on Saturday, 22nd February, 2 p.m. at St. Luke’s Institute, Haverigg. Haverigg Councillors Faulkner and Brown will be there as well as Cumberland Councillors Pratt and Kelly. Whicham Parish Council are organising a public meeting in March, […]