Villagers will have received a hand delivered leaflet today from the Kent Environment and Community Network with the welcome news that judicial review proceedings against the Mountfield development were lodged in the High Court on 8 February by Emily Shirley and Michael Rundell. The challenge is against the failure of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to call in the application on air pollution grounds. Some 100 people die annually from air pollution in Canterbury. The aim is to raise £25,000 for the costs of the legal challenge. The leaflet posted through letter boxes asks that anyone who would like to contribute or support the campaign contact Emily Shirley at climaterecovery1@gmail.com

Bridge Neighbourhood Plan Committee considered development schemes for Great Pett Farm.  Drawings showing 1) a 10 unit private scheme (4 and 5 beds); and 2) a 30 unit private and affordable scheme (2, 3, 4 & 5 bed houses) were considered with the expressed view that these created a new option that might be more acceptable to the village than others proposed to date. The Neighbourhood Plan Committee decided that the development schemes for Great Pett Farm should be considered by AECOM, a technical services firm, together with other identified development sites in the village, as part of a strategic environmental report, similar to one that AECOM had done in respect of Faversham Creek (http://archive.swale.gov.uk/assets/Planning-General/Planning-Policy/Faversham-Creek/Faversham-Creek-Env-Report.pdf).