Biggins Wood receives £1.15 Grant funding but questions remain
Dr Susan Priest said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was “contaminated“. Andy Jarrett said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was [...]
Carbon Dioxide
A year on and still no council policy or plan to deal with the declared climate & ecological emergency
A working group is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. On Wednesday 24th July 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council declared a Climate & Ecological [...]
The Long Read: Biggins Wood Site Part 2 – Profit Before Risk?
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
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.
Shepway District Council (SDC) purchased the Biggins Wood brownfield site in Cheriton for £1.5 million from Biggins Wood Homes Limited (ultimate owner Ravensbourne [...]