Residents have launched a fundraising campaign to support a legal investigation into the permissions given to concrete the cliff at Whipsiderry.

The Save Whipsiderry Organisation has started a CrowdJustice fundraising campaign to look into the various consents and licenses in place for the cliff stabilisation work.

The group has already taken initial legal advice from Richard Buxton Solicitors and now plans to fund the next phase of legal action.

The CrowdJustice campaign has an initial funding target of £10,000 which must be raised in the next 30 days, and so the group are asking for the support of the community and those that love Whipsiderry, to donate to the campaign, to protect the wild beach of Whipsiderry and its wildlife and beauty.

CrowdJustice is an international crowd funding platform, specifically focused on raising funds to allow communities and small groups to take legal action. The funds raised through this platform go directly to the solicitors involved in the case.

Andrew Robey, chairman of the Save Whipsiderry Organisation said: “We have already funded an initial review (by Richard Buxton Solicitors) of the background to the various consents and we now have an initial target of £10,000, to fund our legal team to instruct a barrister and raise legal matters with Cornwall Council and the MMO in correspondence before bringing legal proceedings”

“We need to act fast as the MMO license allows the work to recommence in September, so we are now calling upon the community and those that love Cornwall, its beauty and wildlife, to help us protect this special place from environmental destruction.”

The Save Whipsiderry Group and its supporters have been actively campaigning against the cliff stabilisation works since February. 

The work involves excavating the sea-caves at Whipsiderry, drilling steel rods into the cliffs and filling the caves with tons of concrete.

Campaigners argue the cliff face is an essential habitat for Cornish Choughs, bats and Fulmars, as well as other wildlife species. The stabilisation work is a Cornwall Council planning condition to permit the building of seven £1million holiday villas, on the site at the top of the cliff, by developer Living Quarter Properties (Porth) Ltd.

• To pledge funds to this campaign visit https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-whipsiderry-cliffs/ or visit www.crowdjustice.com and search for Save Whipsiderry Cliffs