Many people are asking “What can we do about the Secretary of State’s devastating decision to approve the proposal to build a vast, industrial Solar Power Station on Graveney Marshes?” GREAT are currently having urgent … Read more
GREAT are devasted to confirm that the Secretary of State has today, 28th May 2020, decided to make an Order granting development consent for the proposal by Cleve Hill Solar Park Limited to build a … Read more
Article by Gerry Warren, Kent Online 27th May 2020. The anxiously-awaited decision on whether the UK’s biggest solar park can be built in Kent is due tomorrow. The Secretary of State for Business, Environment and … Read more
* This Guardian article was amended on 26 May 2020. An earlier version said that Cleve Hill solar farm had won the support of the Planning Inspectorate earlier this month. However, the recommendation has not … Read more
Article in today’s Sunday Times Leo Patrizi. Kent is known as “the Garden of England”, but a swathe of its farmland could be covered with 900,000 panels if the UK’s largest solar farm is approved … Read more
The New Nature Blog is written by Miles King a UK based conservation and environment campaigner. Miles is particularly interested in the intersection between nature, politics and the way we value nature (or don’t.). So … Read more
This is the first of a series featuring artists inspired by Graveney Marshes. Local artist, Rachael Dickens, makes work featuring a wide variety of materials, often prompted by the things she finds washed ashore. A … Read more
Article By Phoebe Southworth in the Sunday Telegraph online 10 May 2020 The proposed development at Cleve Hill near Faversham, which would cover 900 acres of farmland CREDIT: Richard Knox-Johnston/Richard Knox-Johnston Developers want to erect up … Read more
This is the east-west solar panel alignment proposed by the developers for Graveney Marshes. As we celebrate World Migratory Bird Day today we ask how on earth will the 390 species of wildlife that inhabit … Read more
See Helen Whately MP and Sir David Melville voice their very serious concerns about the proposed Solar Power Station on KMTV. ‘Graveney solar farm plans opposed by MP Helen Whately and residents‘ Click here The … Read more
Latest news from Kent Online ‘A petition against building Britain’s biggest solar farm on the outskirts of Faversham has reached a milestone of almost 4,000 signatures – with a decision on the controversial bid is expected … Read more
The RSPB’s response to the National Inspectorate’s request for information relating to the Cleve Hill Solar Park proposal. 20 April 2020Dear Sir or Madam The RSPB has opposed this proposal from the outset, considering that … Read more
The risk of disease outbreaks including pandemics increases the more nature is destroyed. Committed nature conservation in many regions of the world is thus key to preventing new infectious diseases. Federal Environment Minister Schulze, The … Read more
By Richard Belfield, Faversham Eye – The behaviour of the planning inspectors in the Cleve Hill solar farm inquiry gets more bizarre by the day. There has been a further delay. In early April they … Read more
We have many great organisations supporting our campaign to Save Graveney Marshes. Some of these are charities, all doing an amazing job to protect rural landscapes, our wildlife, biodiversity and more. One of these charities … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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