Kent news/2019-2020

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• Councillors revolt over government plans to dismantle planning system, CPRE Kent, Dec 10, 2020..^[1]
• A message to the people of Gravesham…, CPRE Kent, Dec 10, 2020..^[2]
• Gravesham district launches website in response to Green Belt threat, CPRE Kent, Nov 30, 2020..^[3]
• Plans for £3.5bn theme park on Kent marsh dismay conservationists.^[4] Oct 21, 2020

Jan-Sep 2020[edit | edit source]

CPRE Kent supports county MPs in attack on 'inherently unreasonable' new housing targets.^[5] Sep 13

CPRE Kent backs Sevenoaks District Council's decision to begin judicial review proceedings in its challenge to the Planning Inspectorate^[6] May 11

Car 'splatometer' tests reveal huge decline in number of insects.^[7] Feb 12

Gravesham residents form group to fight council's housing proposals, CPRE Kent.^[8] Feb 10

Maidstone councillors of all political colours call on Government to ease housing targets. Jan 28^[9]

£1 million for Biodiversity and Climate Change in Maidstone. Jan 24^[10]

Sevenoaks sticks to its guns and refuses to withdraw draft Local Plan from examination, CPRE Kent.^[11] Council leader Peter Fleming: "It is clear to me the way this has been handled calls into question the integrity of the whole Plan-making system in this country… "To call into question an evidence-led approach comes to the root of our concerns with the actions of the inspector. If we are not to follow the evidence to make our Plan then the government may just as well dictate how many homes an area should have and then pick sites, we need to put an end to the thinly veiled charade that Local Plans are in any way locally led." Jan 20

2019[edit | edit source]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council commit to a one-year glyphosate phase out period trialling alternatives. Nov^[12]

Dover District Council's Cabinet has acknowledged the serious impact of climate change globally and agrees there is a need for urgent action – and has today agreed to recommend that Full Council declares a Climate Change Emergency. Nov 4^[13]

Green Belt: the development pressure ramps up again.^[14] Feb 4

Whitstable named first plastic free town in Kent by conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage, Jan 11...^[15]

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