Chitty Chitty Bang defeats enabling development

Higham Park is an eighteenth century mansion with a colourful history. “Higham”, as it was traditionally known, was bought in 1910 by Count Zobrowski.  Zobrowski’s cars provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming to write Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.  However Higham fell on hard times - in 1995 Higham was rescued by two courageous ladies who started its restoration and opened it to visitors. In 2006 it was sold to another colourful character who decided it was “ripe for development”.  Read more.

Victory Squared

This October the people of Herne Hill Parish in Kent had a double reason for celebrating the bi-centenary of Nelson’s triumph at Trafalgar. Their battle started in the mid 1990s when a sharp eyed resident noted that someone wished to move the boundary of the Special Landscape Area, in the emerging local plan so as to exclude nearby Clay Hill. It proved too late to stop both Swale District and Canterbury City Councils removing this protection from their plans. Read more.

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"Best Value" and the Planning System

“Best Value” was the buzz word of the year in local government circles, but what does it mean for local councils, and their communities, as recipients of services?  Read more. 

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