JULY 2 2020 – DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS SHELVED BY GOVERNMENT: “BAD NEWS FOR HOMES ENGLAND AND THOSE DEVELOPERS SEEKING TO BYPASS LOCAL COUNCIL PLANNING RULES”
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS SHELVED BY GOVERNMENT: “BAD NEWS FOR HOMES ENGLAND AND THOSE DEVELOPERS SEEKING TO BYPASS LOCAL COUNCIL PLANNING RULES”…
JULY 1 2020 – “HOMES ENGLAND’S WINGS ARE FINALLY CLIPPED. THEY ARE JUST A BULLYING GOVERNMENT DEVELOPER ON THE MAKE AT THE EXPENSE OF LOCAL COMMUNITY TAXPAYERS AND THE DISADVANTAGED” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY
“HOMES ENGLAND’S WINGS ARE FINALLY CLIPPED. THEY ARE JUST A BULLYING GOVERNMENT DEVELOPER ON THE MAKE AT THE EXPENSE OF…
JULY 1 2020 – DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS – HOMES ENGLAND [FORMER CHAIRMAN SIR EDWARD LISTER]- MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT [HOUSING SECRETARY ROBERT JENRICK]
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS – HOMES ENGLAND [FORMER CHAIRMAN SIR EDWARD LISTER]- MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT [HOUSING SECRETARY ROBERT…
JUNE 29 2020 – “A SAGA THAT STINKS FROM START TO FINISH” – THE JENRICK-DESMOND SCANDAL – i NEWSPAPER
“A SAGA THAT STINKS FROM START TO FINISH” – i NEWSPAPER
JUNE 29 2020 – “REVEALED: DEVELOPERS, BACKED BY BORIS JOHNSON WHEN LONDON MAYOR [& SIR EDWARD LISTER WHEN DEPUTY MAYOR], DONATE ALMOST £1M TO TORIES” – THE GUARDIAN
“REVEALED: DEVELOPERS, BACKED BY BORIS JOHNSON WHEN LONDON MAYOR [& SIR EDWARD LISTER WHEN DEPUTY MAYOR], DONATE ALMOST £1M TO…
JUNE 29 2020 – “TORY DONOR IN PLANNING ROW LOBBIED JOHNSON OVER LUNCH” – i NEWS
JUNE 26 2020 – DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS + “PLANNING REFORMS OUT OF JENRICK’S HANDS” – DAILY TELEGRAPH – FRONT PAGE JUNE…
JUNE 28 2020 – “HOW MANY OTHER DEVELOPMENTS HAS JENRICK INTERFERED WITH?” – ‘JENRICK STAMPING ALL OVER OUR TOWNS’ – SUNDAY TIMES LETTER
‘Jenrick stamping all over our towns’ – Sunday Times – Letter 28/06/2020 “Robert Jenrick (News, last week) is not a…
BROWNS ‘CONCRETE CRUSHER’ RE-APPLICATION [WSCC/081/19] – KILMARNOCK FARM – CHARLWOOD ROAD – IFIELD WOOD – IFIELD PARISH
BROWNS ‘CONCRETE CRUSHER’ RE-APPLICATION [WSCC/081/19] – KILMARNOCK FARM – CHARLWOOD ROAD – IFIELD WOOD – IFIELD PARISH RICHARD W. SYMONDS…
JUNE 27 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND NOW UNLIKELY TO BECOME AN ALL-POWERFUL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
HOMES ENGLAND NOW UNLIKELY TO BECOME AN ALL-POWERFUL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION The chances of Homes England becoming an all-powerful Development Corporation…
JUNE 27 2020 – “SCAM FEARS AFTER GOVERNMENT WEBSITE [HOMES ENGLAND] BLUNDER” – DAILY TELEGRAPH
“SCAM FEARS AFTER GOVERNMENT WEBSITE [HOMES ENGLAND] BLUNDER” BY ADAM WILLIAMS – DAILY TELEGRAPH – JUNE 27 2020 “A GOVERNMENT…
JUNE 27 2020 – THE WESTFERRY SCANDAL AND SIR EDWARD LISTER [CHIEF STRATEGIC ADVISER TO BORIS JOHNSON AND FORMER HOMES ENGLAND CHAIRMAN]
2016 – Tower Hamlets local council objected to the initial plans for 722 homes on the Westferry site because only…
JUNE 26 2020 – DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS + “PLANNING REFORMS OUT OF JENRICK’S HANDS” – DAILY TELEGRAPH – FRONT PAGE
“PLANNING REFORMS OUT OF JENRICK’S HANDS” – DAILY TELEGRAPH – FRONT PAGE – JUNE 26 2020 By Gordon Rayner…
JUNE 25 2020 – ROBERT JENRICK’S ‘WESTFERRY’ DECISION WAS MADE “WITH AN OPEN AND FAIR MIND” BUT ADMITS IT WAS “UNLAWFUL BY REASON OF APPARENT BIAS”
25/06/2020 16:55 BST | Updated 1 hour ago It’s Time Robert Jenrick Examines His Conscience The housing secretary should take a deep…
“BORIS JOHNSON’S CHIEF ADVISER [SIR EDWARD LISTER] ACCUSED OF ‘MAJOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST'” – DAILY MAIL – FEBRUARY 29 2020
Boris Johnson’s chief adviser is accused of ‘major conflict of interest’ after taking £487,000 from luxury property developer while…
JUNE 25 2020 – “HOPE PROTEST SPARKS INQUIRY” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS
Dear Editor A ‘Beyond Bullying’ protest took place last Friday – June 19 2020 – at the Homes England office outside Crawley Town Hall [“Future of Ifield matters as well”, WSCT, June…
JUNE 25 2020 – ST MARGARET’S 13TH CENTURY PARISH CHURCH IN IFIELD VILLAGE – GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD [UNDER IMMINENT THREAT FROM DEVELOPERS] + THE LYCHGATE PIGEON
JUNE 24 2020 – “ROBERT JENRICK TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS ON CONTROVERSIAL £1BN PROPERTY DEAL APPROVAL, AFTER PRESSURE” – SKY NEWS
Robert Jenrick to release documents on controversial £1bn property deal approval after pressure The housing secretary faces accusations of “cash…
JUNE 23 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND BANKING ON PR STUNTS TO BULLY THROUGH THEIR INSANE £3BN MASTERPLAN TO BUILD 10,000 HOUSES ON IFIELD GOLF COURSE AND BEYOND
“HOMES ENGLAND BANKING ON PR STUNTS TO BULLY THROUGH THEIR INSANE £3BN MASTERPLAN TO BUILD 10,000 HOUSES ON IFIELD GOLF…
JUNE 22 2020 – “TORY EX PLANNING MINISTER INVESTIGATED OVER LINKS TO FIRMS IN HOTEL SCHEME” – DAILY TELEGRAPH
Exclusive: Tory ex planning minister investigated over links to firms in hotel scheme By Anna Mikhailova, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR – DAILY TELEGRAPH…
JUNE 21 2020 – THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF IFIELD – “IF WE DO NOTHING, OR NOT ENOUGH, THEY WILL WIN”
JUNE 19 2020 – ‘BEYOND BULLYING’ PROTEST – CRAWLEY TOWN HALL [HOMES ENGLAND CRAWLEY OFFICE]
JUNE 21 2020 – SUNDAY EVENING SKIES OVER IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS
JUNE 21 2020 – “‘I FOLLOWED THE RULES’, SAID HOUSING SECRETARY ROBERT JENRICK – THEN ADMITTED HE DIDN’T” – THE TIMES
“‘I FOLLOWED THE RULES’, SAID HOUSING SECRETARY ROBERT JENRICK – THEN ADMITTED HE DIDN’T” – THE TIMES – JUNE 21…
JUNE 20 2020 – CONSULTATION LAUNCHED ON THE ENGLAND TREE STRATEGY – DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS [DEFRA]
“It may be worth getting as many people as possible to respond to this consultation and pointing out that worthy…
JUNE 19 2020 – ‘BEYOND BULLYING’ PROTEST – CRAWLEY TOWN HALL [HOMES ENGLAND CRAWLEY OFFICE]
A ‘Beyond Bullying’ protest took place last Friday – June 19 2020 – at the Homes England office outside Crawley Town Hall [“Future of Ifield matters as well”, WSCT, June 18] Why? …
JUNE 18 2020 – “FUTURE OF IFIELD MATTERS AS WELL” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES [ON THE EVE OF THE ‘BEYOND BULLYING’ PROTEST OUTSIDE CRAWLEY TOWN HALL]
Dear Editor Horsham Society’s David Holmes says [“The future of Rookwood matters”, WSCT, June 11]: “The development north of Horsham…
JUNE 15 2020 – PRESSURE ON HOUSING SECRETARY JENRICK BUILDS OVER £1 BILLION DEAL – DAILY MAIL AND DAILY TELEGRAPH
PRESSURE ON HOUSING SECRETARY JENRICK BUILDS OVER £1 BILLION DEAL – DAILY MAIL AND DAILY TELEGRAPH Pressure on Housing Secretary…
JUNE 14 2020 – “COUNCIL LEADERS DEMAND MORE POWERS OVER HOUSEBUILDING TO HELP ECONOMY RECOVER FROM CORONAVIRUS” – THE INDEPENDENT
Council leaders demand more powers over housebuilding to help economy recover from coronavirus Local Government Association wants councils to be…
THIS FRIDAY [JUNE 19 2020] IN CRAWLEY – A SHORT PROTEST AT THE HOMES ENGLAND OFFICE WITHIN CRAWLEY TOWN HALL – BETWEEN MIDDAY AND 12.30PM
A short protest – ‘Beyond Bullying’ – will take place this Friday [June 19 2020] at the Homes England…
JUNE 11 2020 – “WE WILL LOOSEN THE HOUSING ‘STRAITJACKET’, SAYS JENRICK” – DAILY TELEGRAPH
“How ironic to see Councillor Duncan Peck extolling this Conservative government’s efforts to relax planning rules so that more housing…
JUNE 9 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND – “MASTERPLAN REVEALED FOR MAJOR WEST SUSSEX NEIGHBOURHOOD”
HOMES ENGLAND – “MASTERPLAN REVEALED FOR MAJOR WEST SUSSEX NEIGHBOURHOOD” “HOMES ENGLAND PLANS £3BN CRAWLEY GARDEN VILLAGE” – ESTATES…
JUNE 9 2020 – “I DON’T LIKE BULLIES – NEVER HAVE – IT’S AN ABUSE OF POWER…”
Dear Editor I don’t like bullies – never have – it’s an abuse of power [“We will never give up…
JUNE 7 2020 – “SPIDER BLUE”
JUNE 7 2020 – SPOT THE GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS !
SPOTTED! GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER FEEDING ITS BABY ON COTTAGE FENCE
JUNE 6 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND – DRAFT HORSHAM DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN FORMAL REPRESENTATIONS – WEST OF IFIELD
News update on West of Ifield Homes England – Draft Horsham District Local Plan Formal Representations Posted on Jun 5th 2020 by West…
JUNE 6 2020 – ST MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH – THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD
JUNE 6 2020 – IFIELD SOCIETY’S “BEYOND BULLYING” PROTEST TOOK PLACE AS PLANNED OUTSIDE 4 THEATRE LANE IN CHICHESTER – LAST FRIDAY – THE SAME DAY HOMES ENGLAND [A SUBSIDIARY OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT] PRESENTED TO HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL THEIR INSANE £3BN MASTERPLAN FOR 10,000 HOUSES WEST OF CRAWLEY
IFIELD SOCIETY’S “BEYOND BULLYING” PROTEST TOOK PLACE AS PLANNED OUTSIDE 4 THEATRE LANE IN CHICHESTER – LAST FRIDAY – THE…
JUNE 5 2020 – ‘ENGLAND’S SITES STAYED OPEN DURING LOCKDOWN AND HUNDREDS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DIED’ [THE DEVELOPER] – “IT’S MANSLAUGHTER. IT’S SOCIAL MURDER” – “WHO WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE…?”
England’s sites stayed open during lockdown and hundreds of construction workers died 27/05/20 During the peak, construction sites in England…
JUNE 4 2020 – “WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP FIGHT” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS
Dear Editor With the rejection by this developer-led government of a reduction in its insane housing numbers [“HDC’s…
THE MAGICAL VIRTUAL TOUR OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS WITH FRIENDLY DRAGON
THE MAGICAL VIRTUAL TOUR OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS WITH FRIENDLY DRAGON NATURE’S CALENDAR BE KIND TO NATURE WELCOME TO…
GATWICK SEEKS BUSINESS RATE RELIEF FROM GOVERNMENT’S LOCAL COUNCILS – AND WILL THUS HIT THE LOCAL COUNCILS’ ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES
https://www.ft.com/content/010d4115-47de-4e35-92c1-6c67cee9af37 UK airports face multimillion-pound business rates bills Heathrow and Gatwick to seek relief after income and passenger numbers plummet…
JUNE 1 2020 – A SHORT PROTEST – ‘BEYOND BULLYING’ – IS PLANNED THIS FRIDAY [JUNE 5 2020] OUTSIDE THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THEATRE LANE, CHICHESTER BETWEEN MIDDAY AND 12.30PM
A short protest – ‘Beyond Bullying’ – is planned this Friday [June 5 2020] outside the Ministry of Housing, Communities…
“THE MILLER’S TRAIL – A WALK BACK THROUGH TIME” – THE SATURDAY RAMBLETTE – JUNE 13 2020
“THE MILLER’S TRAIL – A WALK BACK THROUGH TIME” – THE SATURDAY RAMBLETTE – JUNE 13 2020 “I mount the…
PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO HOMES ENGLAND’S £3BN MASTERPLAN FOR 10,000 HOUSES WEST OF CRAWLEY ?
Dear Henry Smith MP Please could you initiate a Public Inquiry into Homes England’s £3bn masterplan for 10,000 houses West…
MAY 29 2020 – OAK LEAVES IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS
HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REGULATION 18 – REPORT ON INITIAL CONSULTATION OUTCOMES [INCLUDING WEST OF CRAWLEY]
Horsham District Local Plan Regulation 18 – Report on Initial consultation Outcomes A total of around 6,340 comments were received…
‘THE MILLER’S TRAIL’ – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS – ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD
MILL LANE ROMAN ROAD – HALNAKER – CHICHESTER – WEST SUSSEX
“WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP FIGHT” – THE SATURDAY REMEMBRANCE RAMBLETTE – JUNE 6 2020 – FROM 11AM AT THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE
“WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP FIGHT” – THE SATURDAY REMEMBRANCE RAMBLETTE [June 6 2020] – FROM 11AM AT…
MAY 22 2020 – THE BUTTERFLY
MAY 22 2020 – “DELAY HITS PLANS FOR THOUSANDS OF NEW HOMES ON LAND NORTH OF HORSHAM” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES / CRAWLEY OBSERVER – SARAH PAGE
Delay hits plans for thousands of new homes on land north of Horsham Reporter: Sarah Page Plans to build thousands…
“ANOTHER WALK [‘PURPLE POPPY’ RAMBLETTE] TO BE HELD BY GROUP” [IFIELD SOCIETY] – THIS SATURDAY [MAY 23 2020] – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – MAY 21 2020
Dear Editor As a follow-up to last Saturday’s ‘Friendly Dragon Ramblette’ (“Society bringing back short walk”, WSCT, May 14 2020), the ‘Purple Poppy Ramblette’ is planned…
MAY 20 2020 – SMUGGLERS COTTAGE IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD
MAY 19 2020 – ROBIN
THE SWAN AND HER CYGNETS – PHOTO BY VANESSA FRIEND
MAY 19 2020 – ST. MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH IN IFIELD VILLAGE
TODAY – SATURDAY [MAY 23 2020] – ‘THE PURPLE POPPY’ RAMBLETTE [ALONG ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON TRAIL’] – IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FOUR-LEGGED AND FEATHERED FRIENDS – FROM 11AM ONWARDS – STARTING FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE
TODAY – SATURDAY [MAY 23 2020] – ‘THE PURPLE POPPY’ RAMBLETTE [ALONG ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON TRAIL‘] – IN REMEMBRANCE OF…
MAY 16 2020 – ‘BIODIVERSITY’ DEFINITION
Biodiversity bahy-oh-dih-VERS-ih-tee Part of speech: noun Origin: English, 1980s 1 The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat…
MAY 16 2020 – DAMSELFLY OUTSIDE LYCHGATE COTTAGES IN IFIELD VILLAGE
MAY 15 2020 – BIRDS OF IFIELD PARISH – THE NUTHATCH – “A FREQUENT VISITOR TO THE LYCHGATE COTTAGE BIRD-FEEDER AND PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE”
THE IFIELD SOCIETY
“Sadly, we cannot yet walk together as a group. ‘Social distancing’ rules – and common-sense – to be followed at…
MAY 14 2020 – “SOCIETY BRINGING BACK SHORT WALK” [THIS SATURDAY] – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTER
“SOCIETY BRINGING BACK SHORT WALK” [THIS SATURDAY] – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – MAY 14 2020 Dear Editor Following last…
LYCHGATE COTTAGE IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – HOME OF THE IFIELD SOCIETY- EARLY ONE SPRING MORNING
MAY 13 2020 – “PLANS IN FOR LATEST PHASE OF 10,000-HOME NEW TOWN” – INSIDERMEDIA.COM
“PLANS IN FOR LATEST PHASE OF 10,000-HOME NEW TOWN” – INSIDERMEDIA.COM
MAY 13 2020 – CORONAVIRUS – NEW CABINET OFFICE GUIDELINES FOR WALKING
1. Public spaces / outdoor activities / exercise 1.1 What can I do that I couldn’t do before? There…
MAY 12 2020 – VIEW FROM A COTTAGE 2 – RWS PHOTOGRAPHY
MAY 12 2020 – VIEW FROM A COTTAGE 1 – RWS PHOTOGRAPHY
‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS’ RAMBLETTE – SATURDAY MAY 16 2020 – FROM 11AM AT THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE
“Sadly, we cannot yet walk together as a group. ‘Social distancing’ rules – and common-sense – to be followed…
THE ‘WEST OF IFIELD CAMPAIGN’ + THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD AND BEYOND
West of Ifield Campaign
“SUN RISING OVER IFIELD MILL POND” – PHOTO BY DAVID COOPER
IFIELD PARK AND IFIELD MILL AND MILLPOND – CIRCA 1874
THE LYCHGATE COTTAGE LIBRARY IN IFIELD VILLAGE – HOME OF THE IFIELD SOCIETY
ST MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [WITH THE LYCHGATE AND COTTAGE] – EARLY ONE SUNDAY MORNING IN MAY [03.05.2020]
A VIEW FROM LYCHGATE COTTAGE LIBRARY – THE LYCHGATE AT ST MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH IN IFIELD VILLAGE – RWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Nor is this…
“SPRINGTIME FLOWERING” – RWS PHOTOGRAPHY
“IF GATWICK DIES, GATWICK DIAMOND DIES WITH IT”
“HUGE BLOW TO CROYDON AS BRITISH AIRWAYS LOOKS TO QUIT GATWICK” – ‘INSIDE CROYDON’ “IF GATWICK…
“HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS £3BN PLAN WEST OF CRAWLEY [IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] IS NOW ‘DEAD IN THE WATER’, BUT THERE WILL BE NO REJOICING HERE – IF GATWICK DIES, CRAWLEY DIES WITH IT”
“HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS £3BN PLAN WEST OF CRAWLEY [IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] IS NOW ‘DEAD IN THE WATER’,…
“WEST OF IFIELD – YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” BY HOMES ENGLAND DEVELOPER + RESPONSES TO HOMES ENGLAND DEVELOPER
“WEST OF IFIELD – YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” BY HOMES ENGLAND DEVELOPER RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTIONS – APRIL 1 2020…
“WOODY THE WOODPECKER”
IFIELD VILLAGE MAY FAYRE MEMORIES
“I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD…….” AND MET A FEW FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud AN ADAPTATION BY RICHARD W. SYMONDS OF THE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH POEM I wandered lonely…
DANNY CHATFIELD AND NATURE’S WONDERS IN PICTURES
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