On Monday 28 October, more than 100 Members of the Faversham Society met at Faversham Assembly Rooms to hear about and discuss the proposals for housing developments around Faversham. The society has issued a statement which can be viewed here

Planning Application 24/502123/EIOUT Land North And South Of The A2 Boughton Bypass Dunkirk Kent ME13 9LG This is a preliminary representation objecting to this planning application. In June 2022, the Faversham Society published its decision that it is, in principle, opposed to all large-scale development on greenfield land.The Society supports the stance and the detailed, […]

Lady Dane - Application No 24/502585/Sub                                                                                                Discharge of Condition 2 for application 23/503742/SUB approved 22 November 2023 The Faversham Society support the new residents at Lady Dane (Crest Nicholson Phase 1) who are aggrieved that Crest has reneged on their planning obligations to set out the landscape parklands approved in their planning consent.  The housing […]

Appeal against the refusal of an application to discharge requirement 3 of The Cleve Hill Solar Park Order 2020 APP/V2255/3343902 - Cleve Hill Solar Park Submission on behalf of the Faversham Society Made by Professor Sir David Melville Kt, CBE, FInstP, CPhys, HonDSc, Sen Memb IEEE(USA) It is important to note from the outset that […]

APPLICATION 24/501763/LBC   1 MARKET PLACE AND 123-124 WEST STREET, FAVERSHAM The Faversham Society formally and strongly objects to the proposals for internal and external alterations, as it did to the proposals in Application Nos 23/504900/LBC and 23/504902/ADV, both of which were withdrawn by the Applicant in January 2024. While we welcome the additional information that […]

Faversham Society Position: Development proposal from Duchy of Cornwall With regards to the housing development proposal submitted by the Duchy of Cornwall, the Faversham Society is undertaking a process of comprehensively analysing the significant detail within the many technical documents submitted to Swale Borough Council relating to this application. This is the usual approach we […]

Ham Road – 5th Supplementary Representation - Application No. 23/502113 We note that the EA have finally submitted an objection to this application as requested and  justified in in our 5 previous representations. The Applicants have responded by  submitting an amended Flood Risk Assessment (FRA).  We first suggested that this was necessary last Summer, the […]

The Faversham Society opposed the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and the Safety Management Plan. We are not opposed to solar energy. We are grateful to the Planning Committee members who shared our view that there are serious health and safety issues with the BESS and, therefore, declined to approve the developer’s proposal. We were […]

Decision You can watch the Planning Committee deliberations here.