In deciding whether or not to support the Castle Hill Development CHD) proposal the Save Capel Executive carried out a Sustainability Assessment comparing the CHD proposal to the one from Hadlow Estates (HE) for Tudeley New Town (TNT). The details of this were shared...

Following a vote which ran for a week from November 29, the Save Capel membership has voted 95% in favour of a recommendation from the campaign executive to support an alternative proposal for development within the parish of Capel, put forward by a group known as...

We have a fresh new set of Save Capel boards available to anyone who has a prominent position where they can grab people's attention in and around the Capel Parish!This latest batch are single sided and 100cm wide by 60cm high and are free to a good home!And this time...

In recent months, the Save Capel Executive was represented at a series of online meetings with dozens of Flood Action Groups, hosted by the National Flood Forum (NFF), which included the development of a response to the proposed changes to the planning system in the...

This week, representatives of the Save Capel executive, local residents and planning specialists attended the exhibition held by the Hadlow Estate to share the progress it has made with plans for the Tudeley site. What follows is a summary of the impressions and...

The entries to our recent photo competition saw a wide range of subjects submitted, all demonstrating what is special about the Parish of Capel and showing what we want to preserve and protect. But of course, we had to pick a winner, which was no easy task.The image...

On a warm August bank holiday, Andrew Stanley walked the Capel Parish boundary to raise funds for our campaign against the Borough Council's plans to build over 4000 houses on Capel. Not one lap, but two! "The 33 miles was a considerable challenge," Andrew said. "But...

UPDATE: If you would like to cheer Andrew off or welcome him back, you will be very welcome. Andrew intends to start and finish his trek at the Dovecote pub, where the owners have kindly agreed he can set up camp. The first lap will start at 7.30am and should be...

Your support could help save hundreds of acres of beautiful green belt countryside in the Parish of Capel.Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has spent huge sums of money on the development of its draft Local Plan. A good proportion of this has been spent on consultants...

You may have seen that the Government has recently published a white paper titled ‘Planning for the Future’, which sets out the council’s proposals for reforming the planning system, to meet increasing requirements for housing across the country. As you would expect,...