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Article reproduced from the Faversham Eye By Katherine Hutchinson Discussion around the highly contentious Cleve Hill solar park has gone relatively quiet since the development received legal approval in late spring this year. At the … Read more

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BBC News, 10 July 2020 A council has been told it cannot challenge plans to build the UK’s largest solar farm on the north Kent coast. The Cleve Hill Solar Park will consist of 800,000 … Read more

This is undoubtedly the most difficult information we have to share during our 2½ year campaign. Regrettably, we will not be pursuing a Judicial Review and therefore the Solar Power Station development on Graveney Marshes … Read more

Green space the size of Cornwall lost since 1990Article in The Times 9 July 2020. By Ben Webster, Environment Editor. An area of countryside and green space almost the size of Cornwall has been lost … Read more

FarmingUK.com – 26 June 2020 A horticultural co-operative has installed the ‘biggest solar energy system of its kind’ at its headquarters in Kent after it received a £780,000 ‘green loan’. Working with UK growers and … Read more

The prime minister’s ‘build, build, build’ strategy could harm habitats and reduce wildlife protection, critics warn Article from The Guardian, Saturday 4th July 2020 The English countryside and its wildlife are at serious risk because … Read more

Article in The Guardian, 24 June 2020. Photo credit: Elmley Marshes Nature Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Photograph: Nature Photographers Ltd/Alamy Restoring the natural environment could absorb as much as a third of … Read more

What a shame Graveney Marshes wasn’t considered! New investment approach announced to involve private sector in environmental projects, helping to tackle climate change and restore nature. Published 1 June 2020 www.gov.uk Four projects which will … Read more

By Dr Tim Ingram “This is the assembly of life that took a billion years to evolve. It has eaten the storms – folded them into its genes – and created the world that created … Read more

Article from the The Guardian, 17 June 2020 Pandemics such as coronavirus are the result of humanity’s destruction of nature, according to leaders at the UN, WHO and WWF International, and the world has been … Read more

Before the Solar Power Station was proposed, the Environment Agency had planned to return Graveney Marshes to salt marsh within 5-10 years. They highlighted Cleve Hill as “one of the top-ranking sites for managed realignment … Read more

You may have seen the Compulsory Acquisition Order that Cleve Hill Solar Park Ltd hung this week from gates on Graveney Marshes? This follows the decision made by the Secretary of State for Business on … Read more

BirdGuides.com publishes daily news and other articles on all aspects of birding, conservation and the environment. It is also the home the online home of Birdwatch, the UK’s leading monthly magazine for keen birders. Planning permission … Read more

Not surprisingly, there’s been an upsurge in media interest since Alok Sharma’s decision to approve industrialisation of the green space that is Graveney Marshes. There are no government policies or guidelines currently for large scale … Read more

Following The Secretary of State’s decision last Thursday, Kent Wildlife Trust Swale volunteers have shared “A photographic tour around South Swale – truly a very special place!” with GREAT. With thanks to this wonderful group … Read more