Tag Archives: Development

Another SSSI to be trashed? Councillors approve solar farm on Rampisham Down

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Miles King

            Rampisham Down SSSI  (c) Miles King   While we wait to hear whether Brandon Lewis will decide to call in the planning permission granted by Medway District Council for the new town on Lodge … Continue reading →

Posted in Eric Pickles, Lodge Hill, Military Land, Natural England, public land, Rampisham Down, Solar Farms, SSSis, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 15 Comments

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 →

Posted in grasslands, Lodge Hill, public goods, public land, SSSis | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments