Save Danes Moss! Legal and restoration fund

Danes Moss is a historic peat bog and rare wildlife habitat which holds massive amounts of carbon in its soil.

This place once extended across a thousand acres to the south of the Cheshire town of Macclesfield.

After centuries of destruction by humans – and the complicity of local governments – less than 500 acres of this wilderness remains - although it is still the biggest peatland in the Cheshire lowlands.

Now, the future of this irreplaceable land is threatened by potential development. 

The Cheshire East Local Plan allocates around 200 acres of Danes Moss for developments that would devastate this sacred place, the last refuge of an ancient landscape.

Our charity - Danes Moss Trust (aka SAVE DANES MOSS) - is asking YOU to please donate whatever you can to help us stop any development on Danes Moss. Be in no doubt. We will fight this all the way. 

But we need your help to pay for legal fees, wildlife studies and running costs.

We may have to challenge decisions in court or through the planning system. One way or another, we will stop any development on Danes Moss in its tracks.

Any money not used will be used for the conservation of Danes Moss OR donated to a similar charity campaigning to protect peatland.

The Council's own reports admit that development on Danes Moss risks at least 220,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

Wildlife surveys have shown that Danes Moss is exceptionally rich in wildlife. Over 70 legally protected species live on the areas allocated for development including:

Willow Tit (fastest declining bird species in the UK) and 9 other protected bird species including: Common grasshopper warbler, Northern lapwing, Reed bunting.

Also,

Common Toad;

Dingy Skipper butterfly (only known colony in Cheshire East and threatened with extinction in the UK);

Small Heath butterfly;

10 protected species of moth including Cinnibar moths and White Ermine;

At least 5 species of bat have been observed on site.

Badgers are present, barn owls forage here and roe deer have been spotted.

We think that the situation is clear.

Given all we know about the life and death crises of climate change and the decline of wildlife the development of Danes Moss simply cannot happen.

This is our chance to stop it. 

Thank you for your attention and generous support.

For more information, please visit our website: www.savedanesmoss.com