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

POLICY
"This shaping of rural England to the needs of tomorrow,
I suggest,
is a task infinitely worthwhile. For it enshrines the highest hope of all people -
which is to leave something by which they will be remembered."

Lord Deedes in his speech to the inaugural meeting of the WKPS.
Biddenden
Apple blossom in the garden of England
Windmill at Cranbrook
Hops for kentish beer

 

The policy committee deals with the stream of documents issued by local government, the local authorities and conservation bodies which are read and commented upon; it also handles issues that lie outside the range of work done by the other two main WKPS committees.

These recently have included
• telecommunication masts policy
• the future development of Ashford
• Pluckley brickworks waste recycling proposal
• Policy Planning Strategy 7 (PPS7): Sustainable development in rural areas
• Grant giving for suitable projects
• The Kent & Medway Structure Plan
• Cole Wood
Bluebells in Cole Wood
Wealden countryside

 

"Although a lifelong member of WKPS I now see its work more from the county council's viewpoint At County Hall we have come to rely on the WKPS in putting forward consistent,reliable and well researched views on planning applications. On wider issues, the WKPS is recognised as a clear and strong voice for the protection and enhancement of Kent's villages and countryside."

Lord Sandy Bruce-Lockhart