Defending Our Countryside

Helen in a field.

Our countryside is under attack.

 Across Faversham & Mid Kent, more than 20,000+ new houses are planned. At the same time, damaging policies are forcing farmers to sell up and rural enterprises to close, while fly-tipping is harming wildlife and spoiling our area.

 We need a strong voice in Parliament to defend our rural way of life and that’s exactly what I provide.

News

Cracking down on unauthorised Gypsy/Traveller sites

Unauthorised Gypsy/Traveller encampments is a problem and it’s getting worse. The crux of the issue is that the planning system is being abused.Work starts on a bank holiday weekend when there are few council staff on duty to stop it.

Have your say on Maidstone’s housing plans

Have your say on Maidstone’s housing plansMaidstone Borough Council have opened up the following consultations: Heathlands Garden Settlement: Maidstone Borough Council - Heathlands Garden Settlement SPDLidsing Garden Community: Maidstone Borough Council - Lidsing Garden Community SPDGypsy, Trav

Enough is Enough: 20,000+ new houses in our countryside is absurd

There are 20,000 plus houses in the pipeline to be built across my constituency which include:Lenham Heath – 5,000 housesLidsing Garden Village – 2,000 housesWinterbourne Fields – 1,815 housesDuchy development, Faversham – 2,500 housesHighsted Park – 8,400 housesThis will change our part of Kent for

Raising concerns about 3 large housing developments

I have written to Swale Borough Council raising my concerns about the cumulative impact of Highsted Park, Winterbourne Fields and the Duchy if they all go ahead.Click below to read it...

Protecting farms from solar panels

Solar farms like Cleve Hill in Graveney – set to be the largest one in Europe – are being approved across the country and on some of our best and most versatile agricultural land.