The extent of Global Warming ….. it feels like our area is going to be developed, and developed, until every bit of land that won’t be flooded over time is built upon. (Uk Gov Flood Risk Site) (Deal Flood Plan). East Kent will look very similar to how it did when the Romans and Saxons arrived, with Thanet as an island again: Great Mongeham was a boatbuilding centre on a tidal inlet, so might it become so again?

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Introduction

Planning is a highly regulated process with all manner of rules and regulations. It’s based upon Government-issued national guidelines, and a pyramid of plans at County level then feeding through to Local Plans in each planning area/district that map out the anticipated developments over the next 5/10 or even 20 years.

In some areas towns and parishes have developed plans at a very localised level, but not in the Dover District that we’re part of…… at least not yet.

In February 2023 a meeting was held in Deal to discuss more joined up ways of working and the best way to help other groups looking for information to help their campaigns. The links below go to the various sections of the discussion for further, more detailed information……

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Shaping the Future of our Town
Background

The 28 February 2023 event “Shaping The Future Of Our Town”, demonstrated the huge frustrations that many local people were feeling about the Planning Process, and the inability to secure proper engagement in planning decisions that were increasingly affecting Deal and the surrounding villages.

Below is a summary of that meeting with some links to helpful documents.

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