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Lodge Hill Saved
There was some very unusual good news late last week as Homes England announced that it was no longer pushing for housing development on the protected areas of Lodge Hill – the former military training ground (and munitions works) on … Continue reading
Posted in Lodge Hill, Michael Gove, Natural England, Nightingales, SSSis
Tagged Defra, Lodge Hill, Michael Gove, Natural England, Nightingales
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Turning point for Lodge Hill? Land Securities walks away, bird conservationist leads Medway Council
Quiz of the week: what connects The collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly, John Keats and The Large Gold Case-bearer? The answer lies in these pictures. Yes, it’s Lodge Hill on the … Continue reading
Posted in Lodge Hill
Tagged Alan Jarrett, BASC, Dyer's greenweed, Land Securities, Lodge Hill, Medway Council, Nightingales
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Friday the 13th unlucky for Medway Council: Lodge Hill planning permission called in
It is great news that today the Department for Communities and Local Government have decided to call in Medway Council’s planning permission for Land Securities to build a new town on the Ministry of Defence site at Lodge Hill, on … Continue reading
Posted in Lodge Hill, Military Land, straight tusked elephant, Uncategorized
Tagged Lodge Hill
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Rampisham Down and Lodge Hill demonstrate that Natural England must Notify every site which qualifies as SSSI
Offham Down SSSI ploughed to grow Flax 1997 (http://www.eco-action.org/history/offham/offham.html) When the Wildlife and Countryside Act was introduced in 1981 in order for the UK to comply with the European Union’s Birds Directive, nationally and internationally important … Continue reading
Posted in Lodge Hill, Natural England, Rampisham Down, SSSis
Tagged Lodge Hill, Natural England, Rampisham Down, SSSIs
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Lodge Hill latest: Medway writes back to Housing Minister Brandon Lewis pleading against a Call-in
I have just been sent a copy of the letter which Medway Council has sent to Housing Minister Brandon Lewis, responding to his request for information just before christmas, about Medways plans to build a 5000 house new town on … Continue reading
Posted in Brandon Lewis, housing, Lodge Hill, public land, SSSis
Tagged Brandon Lewis, Lodge Hill, Medway Council
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Lodge Hill: Statement to the House of Commons
Originally posted on Mark Reckless | UKIP:
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (UKIP): It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce), who I am sure speaks for the whole House in her moving and compelling contribution.…
Posted in housing, Lodge Hill, Mark Reckless, Uncategorized
Tagged housing, Lodge Hill, Mark Reckless
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Lodge Hill latest: Housing Minister Lewis ruins Christmas for Medway Planning Committee members
The battle of Lodge Hill has gone a bit quiet since the Rochester and Strood byelection, when all the candidates except Labour were clamouring to be seen as the one true defender of Lodge Hill, despite the fact that both … Continue reading
Posted in Brandon Lewis, Eric Pickles, Lodge Hill, Military Land, Natural England, RSPB, SSSis
Tagged Brandon Lewis, George Osborne, Lodge Hill, Medway Council, SSSIs
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Rochester byelection Labour Candidate linked to Lodge Hill Developers
Lodge Hill Brownfield Land? (c) Miles King While both the UKIP and Tory candidates for the Rochester and Strood byelection have changed their minds in dramatic fashion, I was curious to know more about why … Continue reading
Posted in Labour, Lodge Hill, PR
Tagged housing, Labour, Lodge Hill, Naushabah Khan, PR, Rochester
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Rochester byelection; Both UKIP and Tory candidates convert to defence of Lodge Hill
The Rochester and Strood byelection is shaping up to be one of the most significant moments in British politics for many a long year. While Douglas Carswell’s victory at Clacton was long anticipated, if Mark Reckless wins next week, the … Continue reading
Posted in Labour, Lodge Hill, Mark Reckless, Tory Party, UKIP, Uncategorized
Tagged Lodge Hill, Mark Reckless, Tory Party, UKIP
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Weird: UKIP is now the main political party defending Lodge Hill from development.
Who would have thought that Mark Reckless, MP for Rochester, including Lodge Hill SSSI, would have defected to UKIP? Well I certainly did, just a couple of weeks ago. He had been on the fence between the Tories and UKIP … Continue reading
Posted in deregulation, EIA, Lodge Hill, Mark Reckless, UKIP
Tagged housing, Lodge Hill, Mark Reckless, UKIP
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