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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.
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...
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Sing along with Save Capel – Passport to Monaco
Long term Capel resident, John Nimmo, and his music producer colleague, Ian Rosam, have written a song designed to highlight the impact of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s (TWBC) plans to build thousands of houses in the Parish. For many years, John has been an...
The disproportional impact on CApel
On Wednesday, February 3rd, the Full Council of TWBC met to consider a resolution to approve submitting the Pre-Submission Local Plan (PSLP) to go forward for Regulation 19 Consultation. 46 Councillors attended; one was missing due to illness. After a long discussion,...
A third of Tunbridge Wells Councillors don’t support the local plan
Anyone who does not follow politics would have discovered a lot about how the process works at the Full Council meeting on February 3rd. Those who do would have seen a masterclass in manipulation and control of a vote.We knew what to expect of the vote on whether to...
Tonbridge Councillors share their support for Save Capel
In our effort to identify the concerns of our neighbours in Tonbridge and Malling (T&M) – c35% of all Save Capel Supporters live in Tonbridge – we are engaging with T&M Borough Councillors whose wards border on Capel Parish Council. The Tonbridge and Malling...
Stop Overdevelopment of Paddock Wood
Save Capel has been liaising with a number of other groups challenging Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s draft Local Plan. One of those groups, Stop Overdevelopment of Paddock Wood, is directly linked to the plans for East Capel, and we wanted to draw your attention...
TWBC Cabinet passes draft Pre-Submission Local Plan
Last Thursday (January 21st) saw the second of three council meetings in the process to approve the Pre-submission version of the Local Plan, ahead of being issued for consultation known as Regulation 19.There was no doubt that this meeting of the Tunbridge Wells...
The Tudeley Delivery Plan spins into view
Back in October 2020, when Hadlow Estate held an exhibition of its 'masterplan' we highlighted some major issues with what the organisation had, or more specifically, hadn't presented. Some months on, the estate has published the next version of its plan; referred to...
Cabinet Advisory Board Signs off Pre-Submission Plan
On January 11th, the draft version of the Pre-Submission Local Plan was put to the Planning and Transportation Cabinet Advisory Board (PTCAB), to ask them to vote on whether it should be put to Cabinet for approval on January 21st. This is ahead of full Council review...
Save Capel lobbies Cabinet Advisory Board members
Ahead of the Planning and Transportation Cabinet Advisory Board meeting on January 11th, Save Capel has written to the 11 members of the board urging them not to recommend the draft Pre Submission Local Plan to Cabinet. This is the first of three councillor meetings...
Tunbridge Wells Local Plan: Details of the proposed next version released.
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) has released a draft of its Pre-Submission Local Plan (PSLP), which, if signed off by three Council committees between January 11th and February 3rd, is due to be put out for consultation in March/April (known as Regulation 19)....
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