Arsenic

Bats, badgers, threatened species & lethal levels of contamination on former officers mess, Hawkinge

May 17, 2021 // 4 Comments

In 2015, Tom Goldsmith set up a petition on Change.org which gained 407 signatures. The title of the petition was: Say No to the development on the Hawkinge officers Mess and [...]

Council had no Contaminated Land Register for 28 years meaning buyers of property couldn’t know if their land was contaminated.

April 3, 2021 // 2 Comments

On the 1st Nov 1990 the then Tory Government led by Margaret Thatcher brought in the Environmental Protection Act 1990. This piece of legislation made it clear that every [...]

Lethal levels of arsenic present on former Officers Mess Aerodrome Road Hawkinge site.

April 1, 2021 // 9 Comments

Updated: 01/04/21 @20:27 Land at the Former Officers Mess, Elvington Lane, Aerodrome Road Hawkinge purchased by Pentland Homes on 01/12/2020 for £2.5 million, according to [...]

The Long Read: Biggins Wood Site Part 2 – Profit Before Risk?

June 16, 2017 // 2 Comments

At full council on Wednesday 14th June 2017, Cllr Mary Lawes (pictured) asked the following question to Cllr Clive Goddard, Chairman of the Planning & Licensing Committee [...]

The Long Read: Biggins Wood Site – Cheriton – Part 1

June 10, 2017 // 4 Comments

Two geo-technical reports regarding the Biggins Wood site (Cheriton) – owned by Shepway District Council (SDC) have been produced. The first in Oct 2010 and the [...]

Have Shepway District Council Bought A Pig In A Poke for £1.5 million? You decide.

May 28, 2017 // 2 Comments

Shepway District Council (SDC) purchased the Biggins Wood brownfield site in Cheriton for £1.5 million from Biggins Wood Homes Limited (ultimate owner Ravensbourne [...]

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