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Faversham War Memorial Cross
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23/502054/LBC | Listed Building Consent to dismantle the Faversham War Memorial and re-erect in the centre of the Memorial garden, including formation of a proposed new peace corner, comprising interpretation boards with local reflections, raised bed for planting wooden crosses on site of existing War Memorial, and associated access path. Removal of iron railing fence, […]

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250 Houses at Ham Road - Objection
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23/502113/OUT | Outline application for the erection of up to 250no. dwellings, including affordable housing, public open space, landscaping, sustainable urban drainage system (SuDS) and vehicular access point (All matters reserved except for access). | Land At Ham Road Faversham Kent

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New signage
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23/501317/ADV | Advertisement Consent Application for 3 double-sided map totems (non-illuminated) located as shown on Site Location Plan. | Land At Station Road; Land At Market Place; And Land At Partridge Lane / Court Street Faversham Kent It would make more sense to add to the existing finger posts which are far more in keeping with Faversham’s heritage core. […]

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Application No 22/503389/Full – Westons  Brent Hill – 2nd Representation
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The Society does not object to the principle of housing development on the land however, we do have serious concerns that despite the amendment, the proposed house on Plot 1 presents an overbearing intervention in the Conservation Area (CA) to the detriment of its ambience and character. This is a very large five-bedroom house (2,800 […]

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Objection to plans for the Multisave
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Demolition of existing retail unit to the front and existing unit to the rear of the site. Erection of 4 storey building to the front with ground floor A1 retail unit, and three additional floors to provide 3no. residential flats. Erection of new block and single storey link to the rear consisting of 20no. residential […]

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SUBSTANTIVE OBJECTION TO APP NO 23/500487/HYBRID – LADY DANE FARM
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We write to object to this Fernham Homes duplicate planning application. Consent is being sought for housing on an area of land that was approved for use as public open space and amenity land (18/501048/REM) on the adjoining completed Crest Nicholson Phase 1 Scheme. This is clearly illustrated in the plan below, which overlays the […]

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Abbeyfields 2nd Submission
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INTRODUCTION The Society’s Position 4. The Faversham Society considers that the October 2022 letter from Montagu Evans, shows that the application still poses substantial harm to the significance of the Scheduled Monument.  This is in addition to the substantial harm posed to the heritage assets within the locality of the site and the Conservation area […]

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Water: WRSE Regional Plan Consultation
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WRSE Regional Plan consultation document Response on behalf of the Faversham Society February 17, 2023 Question 1:  Do you think the draft regional plan addresses the scale of the challenge we face in the future through our adaptive planning approach? Disagree. Certainly, an adaptive planning approach is an appropriate response to uncertainty around climate change, […]

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Latest on Lithium-Ion Battery Safety
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Batteries linked to hundreds of waste fires - BBC Dame Maria Miller  (Basingstoke) (Con) Sharethis specific contribution I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make local fire services statutory consultees for industrial lithium-ion battery storage planning permission applications; to make provision about the granting of environmental permits for […]

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LOWER THAMES CROSSING
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May we bring to your attention our serious concerns about the Lower Thames Crossingproposal.Given the current financial situation together with the doubts expressed by the professionalinstitutions about the appraisal method used to justify the scheme, to proceed in the presentcircumstances would be unwise. The economic case is unsound. The project is based onassumptions about the […]

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