At our final meeting with senior local politicians, Ben Fitter-Harding informed us the next stage of the plan was being delayed until November due to the large number of consultation responses.

Kentish Gazette, Thu 20 April 2023

Feature on how the village has expanded yet lost many local services. Aylesham will be surrounded by a further 4,200 housing units under combined CCC and DDC proposals.

Kentish Gazette, Sat 15 April 2023

CARE's response: This is a surprise application which wasn't in the Draft Local Plan. The CPA (Community Planning Alliance) have told us there have been a sudden increase in applications like this since the end of compulsory national housebuilding targets.

Including housing targets, infrastructure and building on farmland and open countryside.

Kentish Gazette, Wed 5 April 2023

The council voted narrowly, 7-5 in favour. This is a 6.7 hectare site at Highland Court Farm (Canterbury Business Park) which would include a 120x100 metre warehouse. Kent Downs AONB say landscaping cannot mitigate the size of the development and the test for "exceptional reasons" to approve development within the AONB has not been met.

CARE is grateful to Mike Sole, Connie Nolan and Ben Fitter-Harding for taking the time to meet with us in the village. Make sure you remember to vote in the City Council election on Thursday 4 May.

CARE, WOAW (Watch Over Adisham's Woods) and Adisham Parish Council are backing the notices issued against developers who have installed various buildings, shipping containers, driveways and hard standing in "Tower Woods" (along Woodlands Road).

Kentish Gazette, Tue 14 March 2023

A detailed report by KM journalist Rhys Griffiths, who visited Adisham recently and spoke with some of us.

CARE comment: This is about a "key development site" in Eastbourne Borough Council's Local Plan, 4,500 people have signed a petition opposing it. CARE thinks Mr Gove's comments are very helpful to our case.