Please complete the Neighbourhood Plan survey online!

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In March 2023, a working group was formed to start the process for a Neighbourhood plan comprising of some of the parish councillors and Parishioners.
Preparing a Neighbourhood Plan will help guide development, rather than to prevent it. It also covers a range of local issues such as where new homes, shops or where businesses should go and what green spaces should be protected. It will be used to determine planning applications alongside national planning policy and policy set by Swale Borough Council.
Now we need to better understand our community’s thoughts on the current state and desired future of the parish. By answering the questions below you will help us prepare a vision & identify the plan’s objectives which will form the basis of the plan.

Closing date for returns: 30th November 2023
The survey is also available to complete or download at
https://forms.gle/HvjpYxjZewcKsnho8

Please look out for a paper copy of the survey in the November Hernhill News.

Hernhill News August 2023

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You can read the August Hernhill News here:

Please note that the Councillor’s Report & Parish Council section include information about a meeting at the Alexander Centre concerning the possible Faversham tip closure. This meeting has been cancelled. Please sign up to receive email updates at https://kentgreencouncillors.news/ and the date and time of any new meeting will be posted here.

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Your chance to nominate local buildings for the new local heritage list

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Do you know a building or green space that makes a positive contribution to the character of the borough?

Swale Borough Council are asking people to nominate local buildings, structures and green spaces to be added to a new local heritage list. This will help promote the borough’s local heritage assets and highlight their importance to the local community.

If a building, structure or green space is designated as being of local interest, it will be given the status of heritage asset. This makes its conservation a material consideration in any planning applications.

To find out more and about how to nominate a site or green space, visit https://swale.gov.uk/nominate-heritage-assets-for-local-list

Please note the deadline for nominations is Monday 26 June.

You can find the location and listing of buildings that have already have listed status by searching a postcode on the map on the Historic England website here: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/