Save The Blean Action Group continues to track developments regarding site C12 in the draft Local Plan to 2040. In the autumn, we complied this briefing paper to summarise critical feedback gathered during the Regulation 18 consultation that took place March-June 2024.  This document aimed to consolidate and […]

As you start to think about Christmas presents we’d highly recommend our Save The Blean 2025 calendars. They feature twelve photos submitted by local residents for our upcoming exhibition in February, and they are a great way to organise your diary and enjoy stunning pictures of the Blean […]

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. Without you we cannot keep up our campaign fight. We have now launched a petition calling for Canterbury City Council to protect and enhance the Blean landscape and woodland complex as a vital hub of biodiversity, heritage, agriculture, and community […]

What: Christmas Pub Quiz and Raffle When: 5th December, 2024 – 7.15 for 7.30 start Where: The Hare at Blean Pub Come and join us for a night of festive quizzing, plus a raffle and lots of prizes – and help us raise funds for the ongoing campaign […]

The public consultation on proposed reforms to the National Policy Planning Framework is open until 11.45pm Tuesday 24 September 2024. There are three documents found here that you ideally need to read in order to respond:Proposed changes – explanatory paperNPPF: draft text for consultation (84 pages!)Outcome of proposed […]

Kent County Council is asking people to respond to the Local Transport Plan 5, which is out for consultation until 8th October. The Local Transport Plan will help KCC make the case to secure funding needed for roads and public transport to cope with the pressures of today’s […]

KCC’s Making Space 4 Nature team has launched its new Priorities For Nature Mapping Tool.  The tool enables local people to pinpoint the areas where we feel that nature recovery should be targeted across the county.   This will be a very important part of the process of creating a Nature Recovery Network in Kent, so please take […]

The Green Party parliamentary candidate, Henry Stanton, has pledged that if elected as MP for Canterbury on 4 July, he will do all in his power to OPPOSE the large scale housing developments currently being proposed for Blean, Tyler Hill and Rough Common.  “Like most of the Local […]

Louise Harvey-Quirke’s blog about housing 6/6/24: Many residents tell me they are fed up with being called NIMBYs when they make well-reasoned arguments about development proposals in their area. Like much in life, people are increasingly being pigeonholed into two categories: those who want no development at all […]

Rosie Duffield’s comments on the draft Local Plan, as published on https://www.canterburylabour.org.uk/: “Canterbury City Council have recently closed the consultation on their local plan which seeks to identify where the extra homes will be built for future generations. The plan is a huge improvement on the previous one […]