Local farm conservation advisor Dan Tuson, author of "The Kent Downs", will give an illustrated talk at Adisham Village Hall on Thursday 23 January. Dan has spent most of his life living and working in the East Kent Downs and is heavily involved in a Landscape Recovery Project across a network of a hundred farms.

Canterbury City Council's timeline for the next stages of the plan - with a new version expected in January 2025.

It's the last week to get your submissions in to keep the 'Adisham New Town' out of the plan. Please come to the Village Hall for help (article also contains contact details).

Friday's important judgement in the Judicial Review of the "winery" at Highland Court Farm was abandoned because no "shorthand writer" was present to transcribe the judge's handwritten remarks.

A brief guide to the ways you can respond and things CARE is organising to help.

CARE thanks Canterbury City Council for removing the "Cooting Farm Garden Community" (policy R1) from the latest draft plan.

Canterbury City Council to publish new documents online on/around Fri 1 March. Special meeting on Mon 11 March for councillors to formally vote to put plan out to consultation.

A council working group continues to redraft the plan; there's no exact date yet for when it will be published. It will prioritise public transport. Only once the new (draft) plan is ready will we know if the proposed developments near Adisham, Aylesham and Womenswold are still included.

Councillors vote to grant planning permission for a 11,900 sqm "winery" at Highland Court Farm.

The application for large warehouse space south west of Highland Court Farm was legally challenged. It will be reconsidered at a planning meeting later on Tuesday.