Daffodils by the gateLamb with room to run.Headcorn High streetHyacinths at back doorKentish farm house in winter
THE WEALD OF KENT PROTECTION SOCIETY

 

ABOUT US
The Society was formed in 1960 when the weald came under pressure from changing farming practices, the loss of listed buildings without consultation and the push of industry into the countryside.

 
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Biddenden
The weald was formed by erosion of the ground between the north and south downs. It also includes part of the High Weald and the North Downs. The Society's area includes: Appledore, Benenden, Bethersden, Biddenden, Boughton Malherbe, Charing, Cranbrook, Egerton, Frittenden, Great Chart, Goudhurst, Hawkhurst, Headcorn, High Halden, Hothfield, Iden Green, Kenardington, Kilndown, Kingsnorth, Little Chart, Newenden, Pluckley, Rolvenden, Rolvenden Layne, St Michael's, Sandhurst, Shadoxhurst,
Sissinghurst, Smarden, Stone in Oxney, Stone in Ebony, Sutton Valence, Tenterden, Ulcombe, Westwell, Wittersham, Woodchurch.
Sketch map of the Weald

Over the last fifty years the WKPS has built up a good working relationship with the KCC, local planning authorities and other environmental groups so that now its views are included in advice to members of the local authorities' Planning Committees. Thus it is able to play an active role in ensuring that new initiatives not only fit in with agreed planning strategy but enhance what is already in place. The Society's views are also sought on a wide range of governmental, county and local strategies.

Apple blossom in the garden of England
Windmill at Cranbrook
Hops for kentish beer
WHO WE ARE
WKPS is a non-political environmental pressure group, registered charity 261992.   We have three principal aims:
  • To protect and enhance the character and environment of the Wealden towns, villages and countryside
  • To safeguard the amenities of the Weald of Kent
  • To cultivate a wider interest in and care for the beauty, history and character of the Weald of Kent
Headcorn High Street

 

To carry out these aims, WKPS works to encourage stricter enforcement of planning legislation, works closely with official bodies in Town and Country planning matters.  We attend public enquiries, organise meetings, exhibits, lectures, promotes activities of a charitable nature and works to arouse, and inform public opinion and debate'.  

 
   
   
 
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