All three local councillor’s have been concerned and have received complaints about the gradual erosion of limestone walls within Knottingley over the last few years and we have asked the council what we can do to prevent further damage to limestone walls occurring.

The planning department has said "The limestone walls are a characteristic of Knottingley which it would clearly be desirable to maintain. In order to achieve this we can:

a) Resist demolition when they are part of a scheme that needs planning permission.

b) Consider an ‘Article 4 Direction’ that would require consent for walls to be demolished. This does however require a significant piece of work to be done by the Planning Section and would need Secretary of State approval. This would have to be built into a work programme."

The protection of our limestone walls is something we will continue to pursue.