April 22, 2020
Faversham Life urges readers to sign the Save Graveney Marshes petition and write their objections to the Secretary of State. Go to our Take Action page to take action NOW. See the latest article from Faversham Life here
April 15, 2020
Matthew Hatchwell, is a local wildlife conservation consultant working with the Kent Wildlife Trust. He spent 30 years in Africa working to preserve exotic species like lemurs and elephants, then came to Faversham and, walking on Graveney Marshes in North East …
April 11, 2020
RSPB England updates us on the campaign to stop a solar power station on an important wildlife site in Kent … Time is running out for us all to save an un-spoilt landscape in North East Kent from being completely …
April 7, 2020
The campaign to save Graveney Marshes has entered a crucial stage says Helen Whately MP, Member of Parliament for Faversham and Mid KentThursday, 2 April, 2020 The Business Secretary is due to make a decision by the end of May …
April 4, 2020
Fantastic news today! As part of #SaveNatureSaturday, the RSPB are demonstrating their support for the campaign to Save Graveney Marshes. Please check out @RSPBDungeness and @RSPBRainham facebook and twitter accounts and share / re-tweet as many times as you can. …
March 23, 2020
Helen Whately MP, Member of Parliament for Faversham and Mid Kent writes to the Alok Sharma, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to voice her concerns. 25 February 2020 I’m writing to raise concerns about the environmental …
March 20, 2020
Dr Alastair Gould on the Health Issues arising from the Cleve Hill proposal. Dr Alastair Gould, Newton Place Surgery, Faversham writes and open letter to The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Society. …
March 18, 2020
As a result, The Faversham Society are asking supporters, friends, colleagues to redouble their efforts to write to the Secretary of State, Alok Sharma to tell him why you object to an industrial scale Solar Power Station, to sign their …
March 17, 2020
At the top hill in Victory Wood in North Kent this way finding marker points out that Graveney Marshes are part of a RAMSAR. RAMSAR sites are classified as wetlands of international importance – what a crazy place to build …
March 13, 2020
The proposed Battery Storage facility (BESS) at Cleve Hill would be 5 x times larger than the current largest battery storage system in the world. Covering 25 acres – the size of 20 football pitches Lithium-Ion Batteries are far from safe – smaller BESS have …
March 6, 2020
If you think that Graveney Marshes is not the right place for the largest ever industrial scale Solar Power Station in the UK then please SOS the Secretary of State NOW by sending an urgent email message to Secretary.State@beis.gov.uk copying enquiries@savegraveneymarshes.org After a 6-month …
February 29, 2020
The Examining Authority issued a Recommendation Report to the Secretary of State on 28 February 2020. The Secretary of State has three months in which to issue a decision. The decision letter and Recommendation Report will be published on the …
February 25, 2020
In her February newsletter ‘A busy start to the new year in Parliament’ Helen Whately MP, Member of Parliament for Faversham and Mid Kent and Minister of State in the Department for Health and Social Care, shares her views on …
February 16, 2020
“The scale of it is beyond comprehension.“ “The outcome of the dispute will set a precedent for future developments throughout the UK.” See the latest new article from Kent Online here
The decision on Cleve Hill Solar Park Limited’s proposals, to build a solar power station the size of Faversham on the nearby Graveney marshes, is due from the Secretary of State by the end of May 2020. Campaign group Graveney Rural …
