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.
Local elections May 4th…
Dear Supporters Is the local plan turning into Calverley Park 2.0? There are echoes of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) spending precious funds unnecessarily on yet another bad idea. Having already spent £1.27m on advisors for the Local Plan prior to the...
And there’s more…
Dear Members It was great to see so many of you at last week’s AGM, which was certainly an eventful one! Since then, your new Executive has met and re-appointed me as Chairman, and Ian Pattenden as Vice-Chair & Secretary. This ensures good continuity for the...
Oh what a night!
An eventful AGM... Dear Supporters On Monday evening, 20th March, Save Capel held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the Capel Village Hall, Five Oak Green. It was a very well-attended meeting with around 70 people present, with a very interesting agenda and...
Four ways you can help us Save Capel
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Government’s proposed planning reforms lack detail
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,...
Get creative – enter the Save Capel photo competition
With summer upon us, we are launching a photo competition, with the results being announced at the end of August. Its your chance to get creative and show everyone what Capel means to you and why it's so important that our parish, its character and its assets are...
And the numbers are in…
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has recently postponed the development of the Local Plan by six months. When explaining the delay, Council Leader McDermott declared that “it is evident from… the comments received that further work is needed in relation to a broad...
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has recommended a delay to the Draft Local Plan timeline
Regulation 19 consultations to start in March 2021 instead of August 2020 In a recommendation document from the Leader of the Planning and Transportation portfolio, which we expect to be signed off by the Council’s Leader on June 2, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council...
Letter from Stephen Baughen
On February 18 Save Capel wrote to Stephen Baughen, Head Head of Planning Services at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. In the letter, we posed questions relating to the Regulation 18 process and any potential delay to the Regulation 19 timetable. We also called for...
Greg Clark and Carol Mackonochie respond to our letter regarding the recent flood events
On February 12 we wrote to our elected representatives, the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP and Councillor Carol Mackonochie, to ask how they will be working to ensure any development in the area does not add to the misery suffered by local...
Letter to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council following the announcement of the planned charrette
Below you will find the contents of a letter sent to Stephen Baughen at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, registering our deep concerns about the charrette process which has been arranged and publicised by Hadlow Estate. At the time of publishing this post, we are...
Hadlow Estate to hold an intense planning process for Tudeley Village
Yesterday evening (February 24th) Hadlow Estate (HE) and its planning consultant, Turnberry, invited the Capel Parish Council (CPC), two representatives of Save Capel (SC) and a representative of the Capel Green Belt Protection Society (CGPS) to a presentation...
Save Capel responds to TWBC briefing to the borough’s parish and town councils
On December 17th, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's Head of Planning Services, Steve Baughen, gave Chairs of the Borough's Parish and Town Councils an update on the Reg. 18 consultation submissions received in relation to the Draft Local Plan. We believe this note is...
STORM CIARA HITS CAPEL
In the evening of 9th February, Storm Ciara visited Capel with devastating effect. Streams and irrigation channels burst banks, and drainage systems could not cope, flooding homes, businesses and roads. Power cuts added to the disruption. [video width="720"...
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