Stay up to date with the latest news and updates from Save Capel
Please keep up to date with our latest news shown below. Save Capel are also very active in the press – take a look at our recent press coverage.
Your vote really matters on 4th July…
Dear Supporters Whatever your views on the national picture, the parliamentary representatives elected locally are important for our campaign. In Tunbridge Wells, the draft local plan first published just before the last election in 2019 remains incomplete and will...
Next Stage of Public Inquiry
Dear Supporters Hearings will resume next week, to discuss the Matters, Issues, and Questions (MIQs) that the Inspector has determined following his review of the revised local plan proposed by TWBC and recent consultation responses. The key dates next week are:...
Inspector Announces Next Stage of Public Inquiry
Dear Supporters In this edition you can find out the latest developments of the local plan inquiry (examination) where the Inspector has announced six days of hearings in June & July (details here), and the results of the local elections in Tunbridge Wells. Stage...
Four ways you can help us Save Capel
Sign our petition to show the strength of resistance to the plans for Capel
Pledge your financial support to help fund the most critical stage of our campaign
Make a donation to support the costs of saving Capel
Become a member and have your say in our campaign
Local elections 2nd May 2024 – have your say
Dear Supporters Following the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for Tunbridge Wells, from May 2024: the number of wards will reduce from 20 to 14 the number of councillors will reduce...
Annual General Meeting 2024
Dear Members, I hope this update on the AGM finds you well and you have had a good start to 2024. We are currently required to hold an AGM this month (March 2024) at which members can attend and vote on important matters. At a recent meeting of the Save Capel...
The consultation is over – oh no it isn’t
The consultation is over - oh no it isn't! The panto season seems to last all year round at TWBC!At midnight on Monday, 26th February 2024 the latest Consultation on TWBC’s Local Plan closed. However, as this newsletter was being drafted, we were advised by the...
Another Chance To Have Your Say But Will They Listen?
THE CONSULTATION IS OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 26th 2024 TWBC have finally responded to the Inspector’s Initial Findings which he sent to them in November 2022 – only 14 months to respond to a letter, really?! You can read more via the link here which then has another link...
A Happy Capel Christmas! Joyful & Triumphant!
LOCAL PLAN RESPONSE APPROVED BY TWBC FULL COUNCIL – 13/12/2023. It’s taken four and a half years, much hard work, generous donors, great support and a lot of stress and tension, but finally, on Wednesday evening TWBC’s Full Council approved the motion to send the...
Tudeley set to be saved – an update!
A busy time in the media Following the meeting on the 13th November of the TWBC Cabinet Advisory Board where they unanimously agreed to remove the proposals for Tudeley from the local plan, we have been busy in the various types of media. We wanted to share some of...
Tudeley set to be saved!
Councillors agree to drop Tudeley Village from local plan… On 13th November, members of the Cabinet Advisory Board unanimously agreed to remove the proposals for Tudeley from the local plan. This is the Council’s response to the Inspector’s initial findings published...
Time to pop the champagne corks… or is it another journey down the long and winding road?
The highlights Planning Officers have at last recommended a way forward for the local plan in response to the Inspector’s Initial Findings, which he sent to them a year ago! Tudeley Village should be deleted Five Oak Green by-pass cancelled (Colt’s Hill scheme...
The Latest “Promises” by TWBC to The Inspector…
Dear Supporters We hope you had an enjoyable summer and weren’t holding your breath for news about Capel’s future. Further to our last update in July “The Long and Winding Road” it appears that TWBC’s road to an adopted Local Plan continues to get longer, and more...
The long and winding road
Happy summertime to all our supporters. Since our last newsletter in mid-May following the Local Election results, there has been little news from TWBC on which to report. But your Executive have not been idle, we continue to monitor progress, or to be more accurate,...
Archive newsletters
Newsletter 11 – 30/07/20
Newsletter 10 – 19/05/20
Newsletter 9 – 20/03/20
Newsletter 8 – 20/11/19
Newsletter 7 – 22/10/19
Newsletter 6 – 22/09/19
Newsletter 5 – 15/08/19
Newsletter 4– 10/08/19
Newsletter 3 – 06/08/19
Newsletter 2 – 27/07/19