Kentish Gazette, Fri 23 December 2022

This also includes shipping containers, driveways and hard standing. WOAW (our Woodlands action group) along with many village residents support the enforcement notices that CCC issued. However several of the landowners have appealed the decision, so it will now be decided by the Planning Inspectorate and - for several buildings - a public hearing will take evidence first. It's likely to be some time before this happens.

A study of an Oxfordshire woodland by Ghent University using 3D scanning found the trees stored twice as much carbon as previously thought.

CARE has organised special sessions to provide information and support to anyone who needs help completing the CCC survey during the consultation period.

Michael Gove has written to Conservative MPs setting out changes to the planning system, alongside the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. The letter covers ways of calculating how many homes are needed in an area and strategies for implementing housing plans.

Kentish Gazette, Thu 17 November 2022

The "winery" was subsequently approved by the CCC Planning Committee in April 2023 (by the narrowest of margins, 7 votes to 5). CARE's main concerns are extra vehicle traffic and the already bad light pollution from Highland Court Farm.

Over 200 people attended a meeting at the church, organised by CARE and Adisham Parish Council. Guest speaker was CPRE Kent Director Hilary Newport.

A PDF copy of our neighbour's newsletter, which includes full details about the developments in Dover District Council's plan - including houses along Ackholt Woods linking Aylesham and Snowdown - as well as their response to R1 and R20.

Kentish Gazette, Thu 13 October 2022

Canterbury City Council's local plan is first published.