I have tried very hard to not comment on this thread, as there were very varying views through from some members.
I put a short comment which hopefully will help, but with postings on this thread, maybe not lol
Like others i'm concerned over proposals to build on the w.h. but we should all continue to look at the plans/keep up the pressure if required.
to divert away from the thread a little as alexander achieved, the developement at whitfield, many public meetings were held, and the main oppostion group went onto a working party, and were not kicking up to much of a fuss when the plans were coming in.
had the plans for whitfield been so out of touch with locals then meridith(the lib dem cllr up there at the time) would still be there, instead mr meridith was voted out on his parties manifesto on not being over happy with the house build
on the question of bank loans; i dont thnk alexander any bank will loan to any
company/indivual without concrete plans/business plan etc,
and im sure they will have, i feel this debate is more about, do we want to see this developement or not.
there is some merit in the argument of how poor the planning dept is, as iv gone into this whilst running a youth club in the area before and the lack of vision
by the planning dept so wont go there again.
with regard to the israli bank, im sure they welcome your views alexander but do have to weigh this up against the lack of the same opinion across the district(no idea what the population is of dover district)