Westgate & Garlinge Action Group against housing developments on our farmland. Say no to 2000 houses on best farming land #foodsecurity
Isle of Thanet, Kent
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In Thanet (40 sq miles) we’re losing 700 hectares prime farmland to 17140 unaffordable houses ⬇️ Land currently growing high yields wheat, barley, osr, potatoes. Can we afford to lose all this land in a #FoodSecurity crisis?
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Everyone who cares about #Kent should read & object by 2/7/25 #BrooklandsFarm 1,350 houses , industrial area , 2 schools (Are there the teachers to fill them ?) 4 storey buildings , #foodsecurity & #sewage for a start ..
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And so we need nowhere near the 380,000 homes a year + new towns the government is intent on building .
We only need 120,000 homes per annum.
(And not one of those needs to be on greenfield. We have 3.5m alternatives homesforeveryone.org/)
From telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06…
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What a short-sighted nation (or politicians) we are @riversideros @OurWestgate @NickyGeeson @SmartGrowthUK @StopWensumLink @HereforHereford
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This gives an idea of the scale of building in the small district of Thanet. Land for 450 houses (Margate). The farmer was a tenant. The local plan is for 16700 more, mostly on grade1 agricultural land. Much of the land is tenanted so farmers have no say.
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150,000 hectares more to be lost by 2050, according to DEFRA
That is why we need the Homes for Everyone approach instead homesforeveryone.org/
#GreenfieldLast
@CommunityPlann1
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Landscape strategy here in the local plan aims to conserve the sense of tranquility, dark skies,the intact undeveloped rural character, the long views. What’s the point of agreeing a local plan when @nationalgriduk can then destroy what precious little we have? @CommonsEFRA
Thanet’s environment & wildlife continues to be under extreme pressure. Not only losing 700 ha’s to housing but now @nationalgriduk plan to construct a massive converter station impacting our most precious habitats. Register to have your say by Monday 23rd . Info in comments.
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Thanet’s environment & wildlife continues to be under extreme pressure. Not only losing 700 ha’s to housing but now @nationalgriduk plan to construct a massive converter station impacting our most precious habitats. Register to have your say by Monday 23rd . Info in comments.
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Absolutely horrendous statistic.
We lose our farmland and food security at our own peril.
Surprise!! 14 Thanet beaches are closed after sewage discharges overnight. FOURTEEN!! That’s tourism dead for the weekend then…
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Quite.
Because the Affordable Housing Programme isn’t about social housing - that’s a tiny percentage of what it delivers.
Mostly it is just unaffordable ‘affordables’ such as rent capped at 80% of market or shared ownership with all its hidden and escalating charges
When you read the headline, you think “finally, investment in social housing.”
On reading article, you find out it’s above inflation rent rises for social tenants for a decade & subsidies for private developers to continue the “affordable housing” con.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Rayner housing blitz will flood Britain with ‘soulless settlements’, says @kevinhollinrake
"In its current state, the Bill will encourage isolation and break up communities. It won’t connect or empower people. It won’t help nature flourish or build beautiful houses that people are proud to call home.
It starts by blatantly encouraging urban sprawl, increasing housing targets for councils outside of towns and cities whilst easing targets for cities like London."
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
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Please see this all those of you who are always telling me that industrially farmed land is sterile and should therefore be concreted over
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It's going to take more than a couple of new reservoirs to prevent the UK's coming water crisis writes hydrologist @hancloke - we need to rethink how we build homes & communities to avoid a future of alternating flood & drought:
theconversation.com/englands…
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A 1sqkm 28m high converter station plonked right next to an SSSI on marshland and drilled through a National Nature Reserve and precious salt marsh. Why are we letting private companies destroy our British countryside for profit?
#saveminstermarshes #NoToNationalGrid
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Our story is now on the cover of the @NewStatesman.
It’s not just us. This is happening all over the UK.
The government is pushing to build 1.5 million homes.
But what’s the point of building if not even @Keir_Starmer, the Prime Minister, will protect the buyers?
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I did everything right.
I started a business, paid tax, and bought a new home. It was meant to be safe, a place to build a life.
It’s dangerously defective, worth £0, and our MP, @Keir_Starmer, is looking the other way.
This is the housing trap. 🧵
newstatesman.com/politics/so…
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Many people do not realise that a private company can obtain compulsory purchase powers under the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects scheme so, if you are in the way of some corporate wishing to feather its nest and enrich its shareholders at your expense, beware.
Norfolk villagers to lose their homes under mass CPOs, what did I tell you?
South Norfolk, along with other parts of Norfolk and Suffolk, is part of a designated and deregulated investment zone, a type of SEZ under the UK government’s flagship program.
Norfolk and Suffolk were among 38 areas in England invited to form investment zones to “supercharge economic growth by Sunak and Truss.
There are 74 SEZ and 12 Freeports spread across England, Scotland, and Wales.
While in opposition Labour opposed free zones, but still went ahead and signed off on them with the Tories.
Now in power, Labour are creating more SEZs and last October published a 192 page document on Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs), this was a continuation of Michael Gove's push for CPOs. The document was updated in January 2025.
The MSM is not doing their job and informing the public of what's happening with Zone Fever.
The UK is being carved up into patchworks of corporate sovereignties, all public services will be privatised, as will the entire country.
It is beyond criminal that the MSM are not investigating this properly.
No one voted for this.
itv.com/news/anglia/2025-06-…
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New research from the Home Builders Federation highlights that lack of resources in local authorities and lack of a clear, standard process are key causes to delays in the delivery of new homes, not nature. So why is nature being used as a scapegoat? 🤔 (1/2)
ALT Cut outs of a great crested newt and a bat on a teal background. Text reads Nature isn't the blocker to house building
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National Audit Office conclusions on present Devrlopdr contributions regime. In plainer English: private sector consultants hired by developers are running rings round local authorities and the whole system does not provide value for money. nao.org.uk/reports/improving…
