Laura Sandys MP welcomes DDC's decision on Campsite.
- 21 February 2012 16:41154800Slightly outside our immediate locale but interesting nonetheless. As we have seen, Laura is a very active MP for Sandwich and Pfizer area. This info has been sent through to Doverforum directly from her office...keeping us filled in on local matters generally.
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Sandys welcomes Council's decision to refuse campsite planning permission
Laura Sandys, Member of Parliament for South Thanet, has welcomed Dover District Council's decision to refuse planning permission for 13 mobile homes for agricultural workers and the erection of a kitchen/ shower/toilet block on Clampits Farm in Westmarsh (ref: DOV/11/0934).
Laura who has been working with the residents in Westmarsh on a number of illegal settlements in the village had voiced her objections to the planning application during the Council's consultation. "I very much welcome the Council's decision to refuse planning permission. The strength of opposition to this development was evident in the many letters and emails that both the Council and I received in protest against this application. Campsites have blighted the lives of residents in Westmarsh for far too long and the refusal of planning permission for this type of development is a step in the right direction."
Ms Sandys is pursuing a number of avenues to address the issue of campsites without planning permission in Westmarsh. She is working closely with the Gangmaster's Licensing Authority to try to stop workers being sent to unauthorised sites and is also urging the Council to use their enforcement powers.email: dover7@msn.com - 21 February 2012 17:10154808i have been following this issue and all i can say is well done to ms sandys, ddc and the villagers for fighting this one.
- 21 February 2012 17:25154809Yes indeed, a thorny issue. As can be noted from the number of times, on the page in the link below, the word, "NOT" is used...
http://www.chandleranddunn.co.uk/directions-westmarsh-camp-site.aspIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 21 February 2012 17:39154810Some of the 'students' have a good experience of fruit-picking life in Kent...
http://www.overseasjobcentre.co.uk/farm_work_kent.shtmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 21 February 2012 20:39154871I see what you mean Tom, I wish Laura Sandys and the villagers well in their efforts.
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22 February 2012 08:38154972she certainly works hardALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 22 February 2012 09:28154998Yes she certainly works hard and even better still gets her message out very well. Ive had several items through from her now following the feature we did on the Pfizer situation, so when anything comes through that is particularly relevent to us here in wider Dover I will certainly put it up for all to see.
email: dover7@msn.com - 22 February 2012 09:57155012Might I pluck a phrase from your #7 PaulB? (thank you)
"...gets her message out very well..."
What there is in #1, that is not from PaulB, are (presumably) power 'W' words: welcome, work [hard] Each presaged by 'I'.
There seem to be;
- 'unofficial' camp sites
- much public concern/complaint
- a planning process (that takes non-planning concerns seriously?)
- idle enforcement protocols
How unfair is it of me to read #1 as; Do stop filling my in-tray with this...I'm busy with my next headline grabbing wheeze.
As ever, merely an observation.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 22 February 2012 10:00155014Phew!email: dover7@msn.com
- 22 February 2012 12:15155047I really admire Laura Sandys, she is such a hard working MP, always beavering away for her constituency, an inspiration to women everywhere
