Category Archives: Lodge Hill

Lodge Hill latest: Housing Minister Lewis ruins Christmas for Medway Planning Committee members

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Miles King

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 →

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New Model Army Garden Cities?

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Miles King

      Abercrombie’s County of London Plan   A while ago now (5 or 6 years), I was involved in helping the previous government develop their greenspace plans for Ecotowns. Yes it was a disastrous policy because the places … Continue reading →

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Rochester byelection Labour Candidate linked to Lodge Hill Developers

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Miles King

          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 →

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Rochester byelection; Both UKIP and Tory candidates convert to defence of Lodge Hill

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Miles King

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 →

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Weird: UKIP is now the main political party defending Lodge Hill from development.

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Miles King

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 →

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Labour commits to building 200,000 new homes a year: Great: where?

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Miles King

At the Labour Conference both Hilary Benn, Shadow CLG Secretary, and Ed Miliband, both promised massive new house-building, up to 200,000 new homes a year by the end of the parliament. Benn said ” … we will give communities, as … Continue reading →

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Director of Lodge Hill Developer Land Securities withdraws from becoming London Wildlife Trust trustee

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Miles King

Here’s an interesting story, just published in the Guardian. A Director of Land Securities, the FTSE 100 company who are the developers behind the planned destruction of Lodge Hill SSSI, was about to be appointed as a Trustee of London … Continue reading →

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Mark Reckless MP: destroying Lodge Hill will undermine national SSSI protection across the country

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Miles King

Part of Lodge Hill’s military past: a fictitious Newry Road with Iraqi posters (c) Miles King   Rochester and Strood MP Mark Reckless is nobody’s fool. You may remember that earlier this year I wrote about his tirade against coastal … Continue reading →

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Save Lodge hill for its Scrub and its Magazines

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Miles King

military history: a one man concrete pill box at Chattenden (c) Miles King   I am naturally rather depressed that Medway Council unanimously voted in favour of the planning application to build 5000 houses on Lodge Hill and Chattenden Barracks, … Continue reading →

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Mark Reckless MP for Lodge Hill rails against Natural England, Quangos, spiders, bugs and – vegetated shingle

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Miles King

Following yesterday’s blog on the latest machinations at Lodge Hill, I was informed that the local MP for the Lodge Hill area Mark Reckless, had not made any statement either for or against the development at Lodge Hill or the … Continue reading →

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