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Very recently, a developer has launched a public exhibition of its plans to build an enormous residential estate, with business units also, space for a school, and local shops, etc. on farmland which is currently being worked, and which the Council has included for possible housing in its draft Core Strategy Housing Allocation Assessment.
Effectively this would add a very large suburb to Herne Bay right up to the Northern side of the new Thanet Way. We are currently seeking views from local people, with the aim of presenting a summary of views to the Council if and when a planning application is filed.
The developers speak of an application next January, but the second draft of the Core Strategy is not expected before the Spring, so we are wondering why the hurry. Level 5 sustainable development code looming perhaps? Or concerns about the Localism Bill, or perhaps the "silence of the plans"?
Barrie Gore
Canterbury District Committee
CPRE Protect Kent Newsletter Autumn 2011
These people care about the things that you care about, and they have the clout and expertise to make a difference. They have the clout and expertise because they have full-time staff who have built up years of experience successfully doing the things we're trying to do.
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Take your pick, and then press the magic buttons to make it happen. You'll get automatic membership of the national CPRE, and you'll get half-price entry to lots of nice places, and you'll get occasional magazines and other good stuff, but most importantly you'll get that nice warm feeling that comes from knowing you've done the right thing for the right reason.
Barrie Gore, CPRE
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