Our hospitals are failing NOW and have been crumbling for several years. The infrastructure to support tens of thousands in new houses simply is not there! People are literally terrified of needing to go into hospital 😢 Sir Roger Gale MP

This is great news but begs the question why are we destroying other areas with Nightingales such as Minster marshes ?( courtesy of National Grid) Kent Wildlife Trust CPRE Kent RSPB - Thanet local group Keith Ross
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This is an extraordinary forced out-migration from Londons.
All sorts of ramifications

Spot on ⬇️ We must protect what we have and BNG is utter greenwash CommunityPlanningAlliance

'Fears for Whitstable's sewage system as 1,400 new homes are planned'

The sewage network in Whitstable is already unable to cope.

We have argued that infrastructural improvements need to come before building thousands of new homes ⤵️

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Local community upset as developer seeks to avoid building any affordable homes following a 'viability assessment'
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If you're heading out for a swim in Kent this morning you'll want to avoid Sheerness, Minster Leas, Leysdown, West Beach in Whitstable, Tankerton, Herne Bay Central, Herne Bay, Folkestone, St Marys Bay and Littlestone.

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'It estimated that all wheat produced would decline by 26.5% compared with 2023, while winter barley would drop by 33.1% and oilseed rape would reduce by 37.6%'
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Thanet.2.5% of Kent. 10% of housebuilding target, 24% of Kent’s 2nd homes. Largest loss of Grade 1 land planned in the UK for 17150 houses (700 hectares). No land use strategy in place. Once it’s gone it’s gone. Absolutely crazy.House of Lords Built Environment Committee Defra UK No Farmers, No Food

Turtle Doves ‘purring’ at Betteshanger Country Park today. Great that they’ve made it back but what are their chances once a hotel and surf lagoon are in the mix?

Shelter Thisisme Its not rocket science ,is it ? New homes from old.existing ones Rebuild communities not build on green spaces

🚨 There are 261,000 long-term empty homes in England.

Meanwhile, we desperately need more social homes.

While nowhere near enough by itself to end the housing emergency, converting empty homes into social homes would help kickstart the delivery of homes we desperately need. 🧵

Guess which bit is no longer grade 1 farmland 😢 Thanks to St John's College, Cambridge the village will have a carbuncle of red brick attached on one side. There were skylarks here last year ☹️😢

Save Our Fields, Westgate & Garlinge, Kent 🍃💚🍃 Environment Agency Crimestoppers Ha! Yes people used that line and other routes at the outset. Yet they watched the criminals dump the waste for 6 months in Hoad's Wood. It was the same at other sites like Eastchurch Gap SSSI beach on the Isle of Sheppey. It should be renamed 'Inaction Line'!

This article also from this morning. In Thanet we have an accessible Nature Reserve but National Grid want to develop through the area & build an enormous converter station next to it in a wildlife rich area beloved by locals.bbc.com/news/articles/…

‘The challenges facing the county are set against the backdrop of a population growing faster than the national average’. Kent. Thanet. Build build build. bbc.com/news/articles/…

On 22 June, nature groups across the country are uniting in a peaceful march through London to #RestoreNatureNow
🌱We have a message for all politicians – change is needed now to save nature
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BIG NEWS: On 22nd June, CPA will join the march for nature! ✊

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Two UK water companies lack complete maps of sewage networks

Spoiler : Thames and Southern have over a third of network unmapped.

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Rather apt description of every single water industry executive in the country I’d suggest. 🤣