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This is the general news page for the Dover & Deal Green Party. We campaign very actively in rural parishes and in towns, and at district level. If you wish to read news about work of the Green councillors on your town council please visit the respective page:
5 Candidates SERIOUS about Climate Emergency Action in Kent and in Dover
A We want KCC and DDC to AIM higher on climate justice and set a net zero target for the whole DDC council area and Kent by 2030; to match the UK COP26 target for 2030, which is 68% reduction on 1990 carbon levels. We proposed climate emergency declarations in June + July 2019 for […]
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Submission from Dover and Deal Green Party to the consultation on Dover District’s draft new Local Plan
We support the Executive Summary of the 2020 report on England’s planning processes from Transparency Intl UK; ‘Permission Accomplished : Assessing corruption risks in local government planning’ , namely increased transparency, tighter rules, and strengthened oversight. The tenor of the Chapter 4 Vision and objectives section appears promising. But the more we examine it, the more […]
Our Green Appeal: Let’s ask for a Climate-friendly Plan that does what is says on the tin.
We, the people of East Kent, need to speak up for our land and homes before Wed 17th March, the deadline of the vital Reg 18 consultation on Dover District’s new Local Plan. Our responses will be seen by the national planning inspectorate, so let’s provide lots! The 3 things that people keep asking DDC […]
We’ve been busy meeting residents about DDC draft new Local Plan
At the first of our 3 on-line public meetings on Sat 13th Feb, it was great to hear so much well-informed constructive discussion on whether promises in nLP to protect climate and natural world are strong enough. Very grateful to Dr Hilary Newport of CPRE Kent for attending + offering examples of good work done […]
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Inland Border Facility: Green Party Peer Natalie Bennett Speaks Up For Dover Residents
There was much local disappointment at the failure of the Conservative Cabinet at DDC to use their powers as Local Planning Authority to demand an Environmental Impact Assessment for the site Central Govt commandeered for Dover Inland Border Facility. We note that 8 of the 11 opposition Labour councillors voted against the weak line taken […]
Fast Growing support for Dover people’s campaign for central London government to RE-LOCATE the INLAND BORDER FACILITY for safety reasons.
On the evening of Fri 29th January 2021, a well-informed senior source attached to the Port of Dover, spoke to Sarah Gleave, local Green Party Campaigner. This conversation flagged up various issues regarding the selection of the White Cliffs business park, Dover District’s only retail park, (and a site next door to the new, expensive […]
New EV Charging points announced 13 Jan 2021 by DDC.
Comment from Dover and Deal Green Party : At long last, Dover District is catching up with Ashford and Maidstone. At long last Dover, the gateway to England, gets some of the 21st century infrastructure it needs. Dover & Deal Green Party have spent the last 3 years politely, persistently, pestering Dover District Council (DDC) […]
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Statement for the DDC Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Meeting of 18th January 2021.
Regarding Agenda item 14 – DDC Climate Change Strategy. From : Green Party nominee on DDC Climate Change Working Group, Sarah Gleave / Mike Eddy job share. In 2021, especially during the sickness and impoverishment of the pandemic, action to deal with the Climate and Ecological crisis is not just a desirable add-on, to trim […]
Open letter to Under Secretary of State for Transport, Rachel Maclean MP Regarding Dover Inland Border Facility.
Statement from Green Party Councillors in Dover District. Until December 2020, the site that the Dept of Transport have bought to use as White Cliffs Inland Border Facility was farmland that ought not to be developed. Right now government Department for Transport, are saying it is a temporary site with a 5 year requirement but […]
Dover and Deal Green Party on DDC Climate strategy
Press Statement The 7 Conservative cabinet members of DDC have announced they are pushing through their version of a Climate Change strategy at their Cabinet meeting on 11th January 2021, with 2 press releases on 8th and 12th January 2021. Using our co-opted seat on the cross-party DDC climate change working group, Dover and Deal […]
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Inland Border Clearance Facility DOVER
Statement from Dover and Deal Green Party Dover and Deal Green Party stands with Guston Village and Guston Parish Council in their David and Goliath struggle with the Dept of Transport and Conservative Govt in London. On 31st December 2020, residents of peaceful Guston village, perched 1 mile inland from Dover Castle, received a letter from the […]
Making a Better Future out of this Triple Crisis
The following is a letter to the Press, published by Dover Express (16th Dec 2020): All honest people can see that multiple crises beset us in England and in Dover District. Does the triple whammy of impoverishment caused by Covid, the economic / logistics hit to Britain and Kent of Jan 2021 and the climate and […]
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