SEPTEMBER 11 2024 – ‘SAVE WEST OF IFIELD’ [SWOI] ATTEND CPRE COUNTRYSIDE DAY AT KNEPP ESTATE – SUSSEX WORLD – SEPTEMBER 10 2024 + ‘

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/community/save-west-of-ifield-swoi-attend-cpre-countryside-day-at-knepp-estate-4775823?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3PkLo8US3YsRh9xPTY17vCAEjU57Iph1e8LHJYXEG9XT2gvI_fJTrkQ1I_aem_xPQuS9J_qkkOWm7Vmytb7A#4vh66usyzc Save West of Ifield (SWOI) attend CPRE Countryside Day at Knepp Estate By Aidan Zeall Contributor Published 10th Sep…

SEPTEMBER 9 2024 – URGENT CALL FOR PLANNING RE-THINK: THE ‘FIRST PHASE’ OF HOMES ENGLAND’S WEST OF IFIELD MASTERPLAN TO BECOME A COUNTRY PARK – TO PREVENT AN ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAPSE

                    SEPTEMBER 8 2024 – COMPLY WITH ‘WATER NEUTRALITY’ LEGAL REQUIREMENTS…

SEPTEMBER 6 2024 – WATER NEUTRALITY – WEST OF IFIELD/CRAWLEY – HOUSING EMERGENCY – ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY: ‘WATER RULES HIT HOUSING’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – SEPTEMBER 4 2024

  ‘Water rules hit housing’ – Crawley Observer – September 4 2024 [Article written by Allan Hambly – Communications Manager…

SEPTEMBER 5 2024 – “MAKING THE CASE FOR IFIELD COUNTRY PARK” BY ‘THE FRIENDS OF [PROPOSED] IFIELD COUNTRY PARK’

    FACEBOOK: FRIENDS OF [PROPOSED] IFIELD PARK

AUGUST 28 2024 – ‘ECOLOGY AND IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS’ – A CASE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_ecology#:~:text=Philosophy%20of%20ecology%20is%20a,of%20humans%20and%20other%20entities.   https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/28291162/12871-libre.pdf?1390873770=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DPhilosophical_issues_in_ecology_recent_t.pdf&Expires=1724798546&Signature=CllESUoD-4gp9C0vnu5v~ExtZnApmbhRuZTxqHXziKCGkhoBuLg5I3K5wTShyhKFQQ2ewwECDPWQhByKSCFjd0TES7RZawpuMud3hrXW9m44iLBgXFIj092LzZeqTPEWxVxBVA-2iUVJwt0v4NujXDKqO3iBVzOCOKAWfSW1r7gIMpEWN~5VYr8-9a-Ie380bHxdLy~nnMG8s595U50tBiwj5djnxV8hodkDMgjpNGMDGGntORUW9ZfU0B2tAWwNQDjWXHOlZbGxIpHd5XSX6GPmjXY7tNoMyEizzVYQmz8u14n5m3F68OLrugnMMytrAi2prr-qOZzQVJK8s3ZbNQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA   A Three-Point Action Plan for Nature Recovery in Ifield Brook Meadows – based on ‘Ifield &…

AUGUST 24 2024 – THREE-POINT ACTION PLAN FOR NATURE RECOVERY IN PROPOSED IFIELD PARK – TO HELP PREVENT ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAPSE WEST OF IFIELD

A Three-Point Action Plan for Nature Recovery in Ifield Brook Meadows – based on ‘Ifield & Beyond – A taste…

AUGUST 22 2024 – “ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAPSE ARE ISSUES OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY, THE DEFENCE AND PROTECTION OF WHICH ARE IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

    AUGUST 21 2024 – HOW TO PREVENT ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAPSE WEST OF IFIELD

AUGUST 16 2024 – WOLDHURSTLEA MANSION [NOW DEMOLISHED] IN IFIELD PARISH- THE PEPPER-STAVELEY FAMILY HOME – THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW AT ST MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH

Woldhurst Lea – Mansion [now demolished] and Woldhurstlea Woods [part of the estate] – in Ifield Parish – has a…

AUGUST 15 2024 – “HOMES ENGLAND’S STAGGERING DISREGARD FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF ITS WEST OF IFIELD MASTERPLAN HAS LED TO A RENEWED CALL FOR THE CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL TO DECLARE AN ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

“HOMES ENGLAND’S STAGGERING DISREGARD FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF ITS WEST OF IFIELD MASTERPLAN HAS LED TO A RENEWED CALL…

AUGUST 12 2024 – ‘GERAINT’S PICNIC FOR SANITY’ [DATE AND LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED] – ONE-OFF EVENT BY THE CAMPAIGN FOR PROTECTION OF RURAL IFIELD [CPRI 1999] – TO COUNTER HOMES ENGLAND’S “INSANE” WEST OF IFIELD PLANNING APPLICATION – IN MEMORY OF GERAINT THOMAS [1950-2019]

DECEMBER 7 2019 – “THE MAN WHO SAVED IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS – HERE IS THE PROOF” – GERAINT THOMAS [1950-2019]…

AUGUST 8 2024 – WEST OF IFIELD: FROM THE ARCHIVES [APRIL 13 1962] – ‘THE TOWN MAP INQUIRY – SEWAGE AND SURFACE WATER’ + ‘WATER NEUTRALITY’ + BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS

  UNPUBLISHED LETTER SUBMISSION Dear Editor Following on from the West of Ifield development warning [‘Ecological Emergency’, Observer Letters, July 31…

AUGUST 4 2024 – ‘SAVE OUR STREAM’ [SOS] IN WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE: POLESFLEET STREAM AND THE ANCIENT SWORD

    CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL – NATURE CONSERVATION – WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE COMPLAINT TO CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL –…

AUGUST 12 2024 – AFTER SHOCKING BBC INVESTIGATION….AN URGENT CALL – AGAIN – FOR CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL TO DECLARE AN ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY WEST OF IFIELD – BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS CONTAMINATED AND POLLUTED AGAIN? [COLGATE SEWAGE WORKS IS LOCATED AT THE END OF BEWBUSH BROOK WHICH FLOWS INTO BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS, IFIELD MILLPOND, IFIELD BROOK, RIVER MOLE, THEN ON TO THE THAMES]

SHOCKING BBC INVESTIGATION INTO RIVER MOLE POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION  Ofwat has proposed a fine of £104m for Thames Water for…

JULY 31 2024 – “WILL THIS GOVERNMENT PUSH THROUGH THE HOMES ENGLAND MASTERPLAN OF INSANITY?” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

‘ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER LETTERS – JULY 31 2024 On the morning of the walk last Saturday in protest…

JULY 29 2024 – ANCIENT IFIELD – HISTORY AND HERITAGE [CIRCA 1200BC – 410AD] – LATE BRONZE AGE TO ROMAN ERA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT AND/OR BRONZE AGE-ROMAN CULT CENTRE ?

SPECIALIST ARCHAEOLOGICAL ADVICE WEST OF IFIELD [LETTER FROM PLACE SERVICES/ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL TO HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL PLANNING DEPARTMENT – 2…

AUGUST 3 2024 – THE SATURDAY WALK – ‘WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE AND THE WEST OF IFIELD BYPASS’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

AUGUST 3 2024 – THE DEER OF WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE   AUGUST 2 2024 – “WILL THIS NEW…

JULY 28 20 – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN SUBMITTED TO PLANNING INSPECTOR – ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ REPRESENTATIONS

https://www.horsham.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/138306/SD11c-Regulation-19-Summary-of-Representations.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2PhB6ryDouFc5aB7OsJvqFMVTDBW0LsD7GLCq5g8OAGJ7V7IE_IA1GXnE_aem_jOnf2ajKjd5AJWHEHp5T6Q   On the morning of the walk last Saturday [July 27] in protest at Homes England’s ‘West of Ifield’…

JULY 26 2024 – “HOMES ENGLAND’S INSANE MASTERPLAN OF STAGGERING DISREGARD FOR IFIELD BROOK HAS LED TO RENEWED CALLS FOR AN ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH – AND A WEST OF IFIELD NATURE RECOVERY ACTION PLAN” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

“HOMES ENGLAND’S INSANE MASTERPLAN OF STAGGERING DISREGARD FOR IFIELD BROOK HAS LED TO RENEWED CALLS FOR AN ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY WITHIN THE…

JULY 25 2024 – ‘CUCKFIELD HISTORIC VILLAGE – A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY’ BY RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

‘CUCKFIELD HISTORIC VILLAGE – A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY’ BY RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY   1. RALPH…

JULY 17 2024 – CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL – FULL COUNCIL MEETING – ‘ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY’ PUBLIC QUESTION

  CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL – FULL COUNCIL MEETING – JULY 17 2024 – PUBLIC QUESTION Crawley Observer Reporter Karen Dunn…

JULY 15 2024 – “ECOLOGICAL DISASTER BEGINS IN THE ANCIENT PARISH – WEST OF IFIELD – IF THE ‘GREEN LIGHT’ IS GIVEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CRAWLEY WESTERN RELIEF ROAD [CWRR] AND CLOSURE OF THE ANCIENT RUSPER ROAD” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

IN ORANGE – Proposed Crawley Western Relief Road [CWRR{ going through the ancient Parish – West of Ifield [and across…

JULY 1 2024 – ‘SAVE OUR ANCIENT ROAD’ [SOAR] – “RUSPER ROAD IS THE HISTORIC ROUTE ACROSS THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD, WEAVING ITS WAY THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUSSEX WEALD LANDSCAPES BETWEEN THE RIVER MOLE AND IFIELD BROOK”

          “Rusper Road is the historic route across the ancient Parish of Ifield. It weaves its…

JUNE 28 2024 – WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE: “TWO MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BOLTED-ON TO CRAWLEY’S EXISTING NEIGHBOURHOODS WEST OF IFIELD: KILNWOOD VALE AND THE MAPLES. WE HAVE GOOD REASON TO BE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT POWERFUL BULLIES STEAMROLLING OVER THE DEMOCRATIC PLANNING PROCESS IN THIS ANCIENT AREA” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

  “TWO MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BOLTED-ON TO CRAWLEY’S EXISTING NEIGHBOURHOODS WEST OF IFIELD: KILNWOOD VALE AND THE MAPLES.…

JUNE 24 2024 – WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE: “ANY SUCH DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PROTECT THE SETTING OF CRAWLEY’S EXISTING NEIGHBOURHOODS AT THE EDGE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE” – CRAWLEY [EMERGING] LOCAL PLAN MODIFICATIONS – FEBRUARY 2024 – PARAGRAPHS 12.17 TO 12.23

Dear Mr. Symonds, Many thanks for your email expressing interest in Ifield Brook Meadows. Please see my responses to your…

JUNE 21 2024 – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS [WEST OF IFIELD]: “ANY SUCH DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PROTECT THE SETTING OF CRAWLEY’S EXISTING NEIGHBOURHOODS AT THE EDGE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE” – CRAWLEY [EMERGING] LOCAL PLAN MODIFICATIONS – FEBRUARY 2024 – PARAGRAPHS 12.17 TO 12.23

Ifield Brook Meadows – West of Ifield [within Crawley Borough Council boundary] “Critically, should any future strategic development adjacent to…

JUNE 17 2024 – FROM THE ARCHIVES – 23 YEARS AGO [DECEMBER 19 2001] – WEST OF IFIELD: ‘RESIDENTS REJECT [WSCC] STRUCTURE PLAN…SHAMBLES’ / ‘MASS TURNOUT HALTS MEETING’ + ‘HOMES MEETING TURNS INTO FARCE’ – CRAWLEY NEWS + CRAWLEY OBSERVER – DECEMBER 19 2001

    ‘CRAWSHAM: RESIDENTS REJECT STRUCTURE PLAN / MASS TURNOUT HALTS MEETING’ – CRAWLEY NEWS – DECEMBER 19 2001 –…

JUNE 14 2024 – HOMES ENGLAND ‘10,000 MASTERPLAN [IN 2019] – CRAWLEY WESTERN RELIEF ROAD [CWRR] + DELIVERY DATES, POLICY & PLANNING – MASTERPLAN DELAYED

HOMES ENGLAND ‘10,000’ MASTERPLAN [IN 2019] Crawley Western Relief Road [CWRR] Middle section delivered in partnership with Homes England North…

JUNE 14 2024 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [12 YEARS AGO] – “NEW PLAN ‘MONSTROUS’ SAYS CAMPAIGNER” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – SEPTEMBER 27 2012

    Plans for new houses west of Ifield have been described as ‘monstrous’ by a campaigner. Richard Symonds, who…

JUNE 9 2024 – THE HOMES ENGLAND MONSTROUS ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ PLANNING APPLICATIONS ARE AWAITED: “THIS GOVERNMENT QUANGO IS UNFIT FOR THE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC LAND IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND – NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

THE HOMES ENGLAND MONSTROUS ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ PLANNING APPLICATIONS ARE AWAITED: “THIS GOVERNMENT QUANGO IS UNFIT FOR THE STEWARDSHIP OF…

JUNE 3 2024 – KINGLEY VALE NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE – RICHARD WILLIAMSON – DEVILS HUMPS [BOW HILL-STOUGHTON-WEST STOKE] AND DEVILS JUMPS [TREYFORD-NORTH MARDEN-ROYAL OAK]

  https://henrywilliamson.co.uk/?view=article&id=384:richard-williamson&catid=57:uncategorised https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/much-loved-nature-expert-richard-williamson-has-died-3705613   Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve – Wikipedia   Devil’s Humps, Stoughton – Wikipedia   Devil’s Jumps,…

MAY 30 2024 – ON THIS DAY [11 YEARS AGO] – MAY 30 2013 – ‘BEAUTY SPOT [IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS – ED] COULD BE NEEDED FOR HOUSING’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER

MAY 30 2024 – “WE DON’T TRUST YOU, HOMES ENGLAND” ‘BEAUTY SPOT COULD BE NEEDED FOR HOUSING’ – MAY 30…

MAY 21 2024 – “COULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW OR WHY THE WEST OF IFIELD DEVELOPMENT MASTERPLAN – WHICH INCLUDES IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND IFIELD GOLF CLUB – CHANGED FROM BEING ORCHESTRATED BY A PRIVATE CONSORTIUM TO A PUBLIC BODY”

“COULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW OR WHY THE WEST OF IFIELD DEVELOPMENT MASTERPLAN – WHICH INCLUDES IFIELD BROOK…

MAY 16 2024 – PUBLIC LAND OR PRIVATE LAND-GRAB? [FROM THE ARCHIVES – APRIL 1999] – “THIS PAMPHLET IS OUR WAY OF SAYING ‘THANK YOU’ TO THE PEOPLE OF CRAWLEY – AND IFIELD IN PARTICULAR – FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO PRESERVE A LOCAL SITE OF GREAT NATURAL BEAUTY BY ASSERTING THEIR CLAIM TO STEWARDSHIP, IF NOT LEGAL OWNERSHIP, OF THESE PRECIOUS MEADOWS ON BEHALF OF FUTURE GENERATIONS” – GERAINT THOMAS [ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL IFIELD – CPRI] – APRIL 1999

1999 SEVEN-PAGE PAMPHLET –  ‘LAND WEST OF RUSPER ROAD’ – WRITTEN BY GERAINT THOMAS ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR…

MAY 8 2024 – “THE WEST OF IFIELD ALLOCATION SITE IS PROPOSED WITHOUT ANY ‘LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT’ [LVIA] HAVING BEEN MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE”: ‘SPEEDING UP NIGHTMARE’ / ‘TOO SERIOUS TO IGNORE’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER LETTERS

“THE WEST OF IFIELD ALLOCATION SITE IS PROPOSED WITHOUT ANY ‘LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT’ [LVIA] HAVING BEEN MADE PUBLICLY…

APRIL 21 2024 – PRIOR + PARTNERS [WEST OF IFIELD]

https://www.priorandpartners.com/project/west-of-ifield/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHU3mw-kRug_TGv_WFFkAsfeQfFrZQq2hKjt9BwlW8XQkZlbRMGIJtTyUHw_aem_AQxoCNO7jNuayfDblN5JQvNc0vb3xak76j9GJdcLgpibyVUWfr4MctOEiNZLNVijxdM   APRIL 27 2024 – THE SATURDAY WALK – ‘IFIELD PARK LOCAL NATURE RESERVE – CRAWLEY’S GREEN BELT PROPOSAL’…

APRIL 20 2024 – THE COMMUNITY VISION: IFIELD PARK-WITHIN-THE-PARISH – ‘GREEN BELT’ [BOUNDARY: CRAWLEY MILLENNIUM GREENWAY – WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE-LNR + IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS LOCAL GREEN SPACE-LGS + IFIELD MILLPOND-BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS-SNCI]

APRIL 12 2024 – IFIELD PARK – AN ALTERNATIVE VISION

MARCH 23 2024 – “THE ALLOCATION OF WEST OF IFIELD WILL RESULT IN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH DOES NOT PASS THE TESTS OF SOUNDNESS AT EXAMINATION…” – STUART CROSSEN [FORMER PLANNING INSPECTOR]. SO, WHAT THEN? A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE JOINT AREA ACTION PLAN [JAAP]

“THE ALLOCATION OF WEST OF IFIELD WILL RESULT IN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH DOES NOT PASS THE TESTS OF SOUNDNESS…

MARCH 2024 – ‘MAKING THE CASE FOR A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD’ – LETTER SUBMISSIONS [UNPUBLISHED]

  ‘MAKING THE CASE FOR A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD’ – LETTER SUBMISSIONS [UNPUBLISHED] Dear…

MARCH 23 2024 – SATURDAY BUS-WALK – ‘SPOT-THE-KINGFISHERS AT IFIELD MILLPOND [+ DALE ‘KINGFISHER’ BALDWIN UPDATES] – 11AM PROMPT FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD [OR 11.25AM FROM BUCKSWOOD DRIVE-GOSSOPS GREEN 200 BUS STOP – OPPOSITE THE MILLPOND CAR PARK]. RETURN TO PLOUGH BY 1PM [APPROX]

  FEBRUARY 10 2024 [THIS SATURDAY] – ‘KINGFISHER-HUNTING’ IN IFIELD’S PROPOSED NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH –…

MARCH 15 2024 – PETITION CALLING FOR LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] DESIGNATION WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD ‘GREENBELT’ TO PREVENT AN ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-local-nature-reserve-within-the-ancient-parish-of-ifield?share=3dfcf7d2-a229-4d2b-8be9-49d31250d9f0&source=email-share-button&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=email   PETITION 2024: A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE AND HERITAGE SITE ON THE WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE WITHIN THE…

PETITION 2024: A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE AND HERITAGE SITE ON THE WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH BOUNDARY

Photo by Robert Stass   PETITION – PLEASE SIGN https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-local-nature-reserve-within-the-ancient-parish-of-ifield?share=3dfcf7d2-a229-4d2b-8be9-49d31250d9f0&source=email-share-button&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=email   Dear Natural England   I am writing to ask…

MARCH 9 2024 – THE IFIELD SOCIETY PHOTO-GALLERY EXHIBITION – PHOTOGRAPHS WITHIN THE PROPOSED LOCAL NATURE RESERVE WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

                     

MARCH 9 2024 – ‘MAKING THE CASE FOR A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE AND HERITAGE SITE ON THE WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH BOUNDARY’ – THE IFIELD SOCIETY – RESEARCH DOCUMENT 1 – MARCH 2020 [REVISED MARCH 2024]

  Ancient Parish of Ifield Boundary [in dark red outline]   MAY 15 2023 – ‘MAKING THE CASE FOR A…

FEBRUARY 16 2024 – ‘URGENT’ LETTER TO RESIDENTS FROM THE IFIELD VILLAGE CONSERVATION AREA

Ifield Village Conservation Area Advisory Committee IVCAAC – iva.ivcaac@gmail.com 15th February 2024 Dear Resident Building West of Ifield – URGENT…

FEBRUARY 14 2024 – ‘FIGHT IS ON TO SAVE PARISH’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS + EXTRA COUNCIL MEETING OF RUSPER PARISH COUNCIL – RUSPER VILLAGE HALL – FEBRUARY 13 2024 AT 7.30PM

Dear Editor   The fight is on to save the ancient Parish of Ifield – not just its golf club…

FEBRUARY 10 2024 – THE SATURDAY WALK – ‘KINGFISHER-HUNTING IN IFIELD BROOK’ – “NO KINGFISHERS – BUT FOUND SOME CATKINS, A YELLOW ROSE AND AN UNUSUAL TREE TRUNK!” – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

Today, Saturday, seven of us went ‘Kingfisher-hunting’ in Ifield Brook – braving the muddy conditions. We found no kingfishers, but…

FROM THE ARCHIVES [OCTOBER 13 2015] – PRESENTATION FROM KEN GLENDINNING [HOMES & COMMUNITIES AGENCY] TO THE GREATER BRIGHTON ECONOMIC BOARD – BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL – “THE BULK OF HOUSING WOULD BE BUILT IN CRAWLEY…CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WAS KEEN TO DIVEST ITSELF OF PUBLIC LAND AND THAT MESSAGE WAS BEING CASCADED TO ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS”

FROM THE ARCHIVES [OCTOBER 13 2015] – PRESENTATION FROM KEN GLENDINNING [HOMES & COMMUNITIES AGENCY – HCA] TO THE GREATER…

FEBRUARY 3 2024 – “LAND GRAB” – ‘ALL ABOUT HORSHAM’ MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 2024

“LAND GRAB” – ‘ALL ABOUT HORSHAM’ MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 2024 file:///C:/Users/Symonds/Downloads/SAVEIFIELDWEST%20(1).pdf     _____________________________________________________

FEBRUARY 7 2024 – “THE HORSHAM LOCAL PLAN IS ONLY WORKABLE IF ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ BECOMES A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

LETTER [UNPUBLISHED] – FEB 8 2024 Dear Editor   The fight is on to save the ancient Parish of Ifield…

FEBRUARY 8 2024 – IS THE ‘LAND GRAB & DUMP’ HORSHAM PLAN UNSOUND, LEGALLY NON-COMPLIANT AND IN BREACH OF THE DUTY TO COOPERATE? IS HORSHAM IN BREACH OF THE DUTY TO CO-OPERATE [WITH CRAWLEY REGARDING THE WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE] ? – “A MASTERPLAN WHICH TOTALLY DISRESPECTS ‘THIS AREA OF LOCALLY SPECIAL RURAL FRINGE, THE NATURE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION VALUE, ITS POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE URBAN EDGE, AND LINKS TO THE WIDER COUNTRYSIDE’ SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

IS THE ‘LAND GRAB’ HORSHAM PLAN UNSOUND, LEGALLY NON-COMPLIANT AND IN BREACH OF THE DUTY TO COOPERATE? IS THE HORSHAM…

FEBRUARY 6 2024 – “PROPOSALS WHICH RESPECT THIS AREA OF LOCALLY SPECIAL RURAL FRINGE, THE NATURE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION VALUE, ITS POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE URBAN EDGE, AND LINKS TO THE WIDER COUNTRYSIDE WILL BE ENCOURAGED” – CRAWLEY LOCAL PLAN – PROPOSED MODIFICATION TO CL8: DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE THE BUILT-UP AREA – WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE [PAGE 60]

  JUNE 6 2023 – ‘MAKING THE CASE FOR A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] AND HERITAGE SITE ON THE WEST…

FEBRUARY 10 2024 [THIS SATURDAY] – ‘KINGFISHER-HUNTING’ IN IFIELD’S PROPOSED NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH [RETURN BY 1PM] + BBC RADIO SUSSEX ‘BLINK & YOU’LL MISS IT’ SPOT [FEB 6 7.25AM]

Photo: Pinterest – Jos De Cuyper Photo by Dale Baldwin “Mid February is when they normally start to pair up.…

FEBRUARY 3 2024 – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL IN CONTRAVENTION OF ITS PLANNING POLICIES AND IN BREACH OF ITS PLANNING PRINCIPLES – ESPECIALLY IN THE KINGFISHER NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD [10.91 AND 3] ?

HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL IN CONTRAVENTION OF ITS PLANNING POLICIES AND IN BREACH OF ITS PLANNING PRINCIPLES – ESPECIALLY IN THE…

FEBRUARY 3 2024 – IF THEY ARE NOT TELLING US ABOUT THIS, WHAT ELSE ARE THEY NOT TELLING US ABOUT ? IF WE ARE NOT ENRAGED THERE IS LITTLE HOPE OF SAVING THIS ANCIENT PARISH FROM DESTRUCTION BY COUNCILS AND DEVELOPERS.

      THIS THURSDAY [FEBRUARY 8 2024] – HOW TO SIMPLY SUBMIT YOUR REPRESENTATION FORM TO THE HORSHAM LOCAL…

THIS THURSDAY [FEBRUARY 8 2024] – HOW TO SIMPLY SUBMIT YOUR REPRESENTATION FORM TO THE HORSHAM LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION BY MARCH 1 2024 – GUIDANCE SESSION AT IFIELD WEST COMMUNITY CENTRE, DOBBINS PLACE – BETWEEN 7.30PM AND 9.30PM

HOW TO SIMPLY SUBMIT YOUR REPRESENTATION FORM FOR THE HORSHAM LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION BY MARCH 1 2024 GUIDANCE SESSION THIS…

FEBRUARY 1 2024 – “HOODWINKED” ? – ‘FIGHT STEPPED UP TO SAVE SUSSEX GOLF CLUB FROM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT’ – SUSSEX WORLD [PUBLISHED ONLINE: JAN 31 2024] + LETTER SUBMISSION

“HOODWINKED”? – ‘FIGHT STEPPED UP TO SAVE SUSSEX GOLF CLUB FROM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT’ – SUSSEX WORLD-SUSSEX EXPRESS [PUBLISHED ONLINE] –…

FEBRUARY 3 2024 – THE SATURDAY WALK – ‘SLAG-HUNTING’ – KINGFISHER NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK IN IFIELD BROOKS WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

Wealden iron industry – Wikipedia                

JANUARY 26 2024 – “STAGGERING DISREGARD FOR, AND MONSTROUS DESTRUCTION OF, THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

“STAGGERING DISREGARD FOR, AND MONSTROUS DESTRUCTION OF, THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY…

JANUARY 27 2024 – ‘WALKING THE TALK IN IFIELD’ – THE 3 PRINCIPLES OF WALKING WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD AT THE KINGFISHER NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH [RETURN BY 1PM]

          1. ENJOY IT 2. SHARE IT 3. VALUE IT JANUARY 26 2024 – IFIELD SOCIETY:…

JANUARY 20 2024 – IS THE WEST OF IFIELD DEVELOPMENT IN ‘SHOW-STOPPING’ BREACH OF THE ‘STRATEGIC SITE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES’ OF THE HORSHAM LOCAL PLAN REGULATION 19 ?

      “Presumably, the Planning Inspectorate will apply these ‘Principles’ to Horsham’s Local Plan to test its viability and…

JANUARY 20 2024 – PHOTO: SILHOUETTE OF ST MARGARET’S SPIRE FROM THE [POSSIBLE] 3,500-YEAR-OLD BELL BARROW BURIAL GROUND WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH FIELDS

Silhouette of St Margaret’s Church Spire in Ifield Village. Photo taken from the [possible] 3,500-year-old Bell Barrow burial ground on…

JANUARY 18 2024 – ‘THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF IFIELD’ – HORSHAM LOCAL PLAN 2023-2040 REGULATION 19 – 6-WEEK PUBLIC CONSULTATION [STARTING JANUARY 19 2024]

  https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKHORSHAM/bulletins/3842583 ‘The Battle for the Soul of Ifield’ started on Monday December 16 2019 at the Charis Centre in…

JANUARY 13 2024 – “IN THE PRESENCE OF WINGED ROYALTY” WITHIN THE [PROPOSED] KINGFISHER NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK AT THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – DALE BALDWIN PHOTOGRAPHY [BY KIND PERMISSION]

 q ‘Kingfisher’ photographs provided by Dale Baldwin – with great thanks. https://dalebaldwin28.smugmug.com   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063728372773 JANUARY 20 2024AD [THIS SATURDAY] –…

JANUARY 12 2024 – ‘KINGFISHER PARK’ [KINGFISHER NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK AT THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] – A PROPOSAL

‘KINGFISHER PARK’ [KINGFISHER NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK AT THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] – A PROPOSAL ‘Ifield…

JANUARY 11 2024 – HISTORIC ENGLAND LETTER TO HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL PLANNING [IN FULL] – 27 OCTOBER 2020 – EIA/20/0004 – LAND WEST OF IFIELD [REF: PL007 18982] + SPECIALIST ARCHAEOLOGICAL ADVICE [PLACE SERVICES-ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL] TO HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL PLANNING – 2 NOVEMBER 2020 – REF: EIA/20/0004 WEST OF IFIELD

HISTORIC ENGLAND LETTER TO HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL PLANNING [IN FULL] – 27 OCTOBER 2020   HISTORIC ENGLAND, 4TH FLOOR, CANNON…

JANUARY 20 2024AD [THIS SATURDAY] – “WE WUNT BE DRUV” – HISTORIC ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ WALK FROM THE [PROPOSED] KINGFISHER NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK/MILLERS TRAIL TO THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD BOUNDARY AT KILNWOOD VALE – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1.30PM]

“WE WUNT BE DRUV” – HISTORIC ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ WALK FROM THE [PROPOSED] KINGFISHER NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK/MILLERS TRAIL TO…

DECEMBER 28 2023 – ‘REFORMS WHICH PROTECT GREEN FIELDS WELCOMED’ – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES / ‘CONSULTATION FOR LOCAL PLAN’ – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES [DECEMBER 14 2023] / A REPLY FROM CLLR JOHN MILNE [HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL CABINET MEMBER FOR PLANNING & INFRASTRUCTURE]

“Horsham District Council’s Full Council should have delayed their rushed Local Plan vote on December 11 2023 until after December…

DECEMBER 20 2023 – HOMES ENGLAND’S ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN: “CRAWSHAM WILL NEVER HAPPEN” / “NOT OVER UNTIL FINAL WHISTLE” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER FRONT PAGE [ET AL] + LETTERS PAGE

WEST OF IFIELD: “CRAWSHAM WILL NEVER HAPPEN” / “NOT OVER UNTIL FINAL WHISTLE” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER FRONT PAGE [ET AL]…

DECEMBER 23 2023 [TOMORROW] – ‘HERE BE DRAGONS’ – CHRISTMAS SATURDAY WALK AROUND IFIELD’S ANCIENT PARISH HERITAGE SITE [PROPOSED 3000 ‘1ST PHASE’ OF 10,000 MASTERPLAN] – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD’S HISTORIC VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

DECEMBER 23 2023 – ‘HERE BE DRAGONS’ – CHRISTMAS SATURDAY WALK AROUND IFIELD’S ANCIENT PARISH HERITAGE SITE [proposed 3000 ‘1st…

DECEMBER 14 2023 – “HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL’S LOCAL PLAN ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ IS BANKRUPT, UNWORKABLE, FLAWED, INSANE AND UNSOUND”

DECEMBER 14 2023 – “HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL’S LOCAL PLAN ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ IS BANKRUPT, UNWORKABLE, FLAWED, INSANE AND UNSOUND” –…

DECEMBER 7 2023 – ‘HOUSING FEARS – CONCERNS OVER LOCAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT SITES’ – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – FRONT PAGE + ‘HOMES PLAN BREAKS WATER NEUTRALITY’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS [DECEMBER 6 2023]

      ‘HOMES PLAN BREAKS WATER NEUTRALITY’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS     Dear Editor   Water Neutrality…

DECEMBER 9 2023 – THE SATURDAY WALK – “WILL FRIENDLY DRAGON BE HOMELESS THIS CHRISTMAS?” – A WALK THROUGH THE ANCIENT PARISH MEADOWS AND HERITAGE SITE – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

DECEMBER 9 2023 – “WILL FRIENDLY DRAGON BE HOMELESS THIS CHRISTMAS?” – THE ‘INSANITY GONE MAD’ SATURDAY WALK – “IS…

NOVEMBER 18 2023 – “HOMES ENGLAND’S ‘LOCK-DOWN MOMENT’ LAST THURDAY”

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/arts-and-culture/homes-england-protest-by-members-of-save-west-of-ifield-4407521 “So, Homes England were SO determined not to listen to those representing the 5,500 people who signed a petition…

NOVEMBER 16 2023 [THURSDAY] – WEST OF IFIELD MASTERPLAN – ‘INSANITY GONE MAD’ – PROTEST OUTSIDE HOMES ENGLAND OFFICES [50 VICTORIA STREET, LONDON AT 11.30AM]. THEN FROM MIDDAY: WALK TO DLUHC OFFICES [MARSHAM STREET] – FINISH AT 14.00.

NOVEMBER 16 2023 [THURSDAY] – WEST OF IFIELD MASTERPLAN – ‘INSANITY GONE MAD’ – PROTEST OUTSIDE HOMES ENGLAND OFFICES [50…

THIS SATURDAY [NOV 4 2023] – GREAT PARISH HERITAGE WALKS – IN REMEMBRANCE: ROBINSON ROAD AND BEYOND – ‘BANG IN IFIELD WITH IAIN & SALLY’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

  THE HIDDEN PLAQUE OF REMEMBRANCE TO ROBINSON ROAD [WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] – The Ifield Society This…

OCTOBER 19/20 2023 – SEWAGE DISCHARGE INTO BEWBUSH BROOK AND IFIELD BROOK – THAMES WATER COLGATE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS – “COLGATE – FEEDS INTO IFIELD BROOK – OUR MONITOR INDICATES THIS STORM OVERFLOW DISCHARGED IN THE LAST 48 HOURS. THIS MEANS THERE COULD BE SEWAGE IN THIS SECTION OF THE WATERCOURSE” [EVENT DURATION MONITORING – EDM]

OCTOBER 22 2023 – SEWAGE DISCHARGE INTO BEWBUSH BROOK AND IFIELD BROOK – THAMES WATER COLGATE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS –…

OCTOBER 10 2023 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [2012] – DEVELOPER CONSORTIUM AND IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS (WITHIN THE PROPOSED ‘GREENWAY LOCAL NATURE RESERVE AND HERITAGE SITE’ IN THE ANCIENT PARISH

ON THIS DAY 10 YEARS AGO [OCTOBER 10 2012] WELBECK’S DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS “BLOWN OUT OF THE…

OCTOBER 10 2023 – ‘RIVER MOLE LOCAL NATURE RESERVE’ – A TEMPLATE FOR THE URGENTLY PROPOSED ‘GREENWAY LOCAL NATURE RESERVE AND HERITAGE SITE’ WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

‘RIVER MOLE LOCAL NATURE RESERVE’   SEPTEMBER 28 2023 – ‘WILD WALK ON THE RIVER MOLE’ – A WALKERS GUIDE…

OCTOBER 10 2023 – ‘FIELDS WE PROTECT’ [THEN PROTECT IT!] – FIELDS IN TRUST – BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS – PROTECTION TYPE: QUEEN ELIZABETH II FIELDS

    Managing organisation Crawley Borough Council Please advise updates to info@fieldsintrust.org   Located in Bewbush, with easy access from Ifield West…

SEPTEMBER 25 2023 – ‘TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE OF GATWICK’ – A WALKERS GUIDE TO THE PROPOSED ‘PARISH GREENWAY’ LOCAL NATURE RESERVE – IFIELD [UPPER MOLE TRIBUTARIES OF IFIELD BROOK AND BEWBUSH BROOK]

              JULY 8 2023 – THE SATURDAY WALK – ‘THE RIGHT TO ROAM’ WALK…

SEPTEMBER 30 2023 – THE SATURDAY WALK – ‘LOCAL NATURE RESERVE OR LOCAL NATURE NIGHTMARE?’ – BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS AND BEYOND – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD [RETURN BY 1.30PM]

SEPTEMBER 27 2023 – “HUNDREDS OF FISH DEAD IN ‘ECOLOGICAL DISASTER’” – THE ARGUS + “RESIDENTS SHOCKED AS ‘HUNDREDS OF…

SEPTEMBER 23 2023 – SHOCKING DISCOVERY OF TWO DEAD FISH IN A POLLUTED/CONTAMINATED BROOK WITHIN BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS. THIS IS AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. ACTION DEMANDED – NOW!

This morning [Saturday Sept 23], we were shocked to witness two dead fish and a polluted/contaminated brook within Bewbush Water…

SEPTEMBER 23 2023 – THE IFIELD PARISH BROOKS SATURDAY WALK – “STOP THIS INSANITY BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE” – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

    SEPTEMBER 21 2023 – ‘A WORLD GONE MAD’ – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS – The Ifield…

SATURDAY [SEPT 9] – ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ PROTECT, PROTEST & TRESPASS MARCH – “DON’T LET BULLIES DESTROY THE SOUL OF THIS PARISH” – THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD BY HOMES ENGLAND IN £3BN LAND DEAL – 11.00AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1.30PM APPROX]

A ‘Beating the Bounds’ Protect, Protest & Trespass March is planned for this Saturday [Sept 9] to protest at Homes England’s destruction…

THE SATURDAY BUS-WALK [SEPTEMBER 2] – PART 2: ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ – WALKING THE PARISH MAP BOUNDARY [KILNWOOD BOUNDARY POINT] – ‘THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME?’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [OR 11.20AM FROM DOBBINS PLACE IN IFIELD WEST] – RETURN BY 1.30PM [APPROX]

    No 2 Bus from Ifield Parade to Dobbins Place, Ifield West       ‘Private Land’   Parish…

THE SATURDAY WALK [AUGUST 26] – PART 1: ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ – WALKING THE PARISH MAP BOUNDARY [WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE – AMBERLEY FARM BOUNDARY POINT]

THE SATURDAY WALK [AUGUST 26 2023] – ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ – WALKING THE PARISH MAP BOUNDARY – PART 1 [WILLOUGHBY…

JULY 24 2023 – FRIENDLY DRAGON MEETS BRONTY THE DINOSAUR ON THE CONKER TRAIL IN LEONARDSLEE GARDENS

TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK, PLEASE CONTACT LOVE READING [THEY WILL DONATE BOOKS TO SCHOOLS WITH EVERY PURCHASE] “Buy a book.…

THE SATURDAY WALK [JULY 22] – ‘MEET SAMMY THE SNAKE IN THE ANCIENT YEW TREE OF ST. MARGARET’S CEMETERY – AND BETTY THE BUTTERFLY ON THE FRIENDLY DRAGON TRAIL’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

    Humans have a deep emotional need for symbolism and ritual, the awe inspired by trees has had fertile…

JULY 14 2023 – “PARISHIONERS PUT THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD ON THE MAP” – THE IFIELD PARISH MAP PROJECT 2023

A Core Group of Parishioners met at the Plough in Ifield village [Thursday July 6 & 13] to launch the…

JULY 1 2023 [SATURDAY] – “THE PARISH MAP WALK” – ‘PUTTING THE ANCIENT PARISHES OF IFIELD AND RUSPER ON THE MAP – MAKE IT HAPPEN’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM] – WITH SPECIAL GUEST WALKER MR KIM LESLIE OF THE WEST SUSSEX MILLENNIUM PARISH MAPS PROJECT

SATURDAY [JULY 1] – “THE PARISH MAP WALK” – ‘PUTTING THE ANCIENT PARISHES OF IFIELD AND RUSPER ON THE MAP…

JUNE 29 2023 – RIVER MOLE AND ITS TRIBUTARY SYSTEM NOW UNDER SERIOUS THREAT WITH POSSIBLE BANKRUPTCY OF THAMES WATER – LEAVING THE GOVERNMENT/TAXPAYER TO MEND A BROKEN SYSTEM AND PAY FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE?

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23625578.ofwat-worried-southern-waters-5-2-billion-debt/?ref=ebln&nid=944&u=1e01a25da9b9971f1e506cf20f3dc944&date=010723   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/28/water-security-must-be-the-priority/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66056024 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/29/taxpayer-cash-must-not-be-used-to-bail-out-thames-water-says-feargal-sharkey?CMP=share_btn_link   WATER – TELEGRAPH LETTERS SIR – It is incomprehensible that the highly regulated water…

JUNE 26 2023 – WEST OF IFIELD: “ARE WE TO BE BAMBOOZLED BY THE BAMBOOZLERS – YET AGAIN?”

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any…

JUNE 6 2023 – ‘MAKING THE CASE FOR A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] AND HERITAGE SITE ON THE WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE – AND BEYOND’ – IFIELD SOCIETY SUBMISSION TO THE CRAWLEY LOCAL PLAN [POLICY CL8] – DEADLINE JUNE 20 2023]

‘MAKING THE CASE FOR A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] AND HERITAGE SITE ON THE WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE –…

SATURDAY [JUNE 3 2023] – ‘THE LONGHORN HUNT’ – IFIELD SOCIETY RAMBLETTE – 11.00AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

    MAY 30 2023 – ‘STENOCORUS MERIDIANUS’ LONGHORN BEETLE DISCOVERED IN AREA OF LOST HEDGEROWS ON WEST OF IFIELD…

MAY 30 2023 – ‘STENOCORUS MERIDIANUS’ LONGHORN BEETLE DISCOVERED IN AREA OF LOST HEDGEROWS ON WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE

  https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/crawley-campaign-group-discovers-beetle-thought-to-be-extinct-in-the-county-4162114 Crawley campaign group discovers beetle ‘thought to be extinct in the county’ A campaign group from Crawley discovered…

MAY 27 2023 – THE SATURDAY MOON-WALK – HEDGEROW HUNT FOR THE LONGHORN BEETLE [LED BY DAVID MOON] – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD [RETURN BY 1PM]

      RARE SPECIES OF LONGHORN BEETLE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION AFTER DESTRUCTION OF HEDGEROWS ON THE WEST…

MAY 15 2023 – ‘MAKING THE CASE FOR A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] ON THE WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE [POLICY CL8] – SEVEN STUDIES COMPILED BY THE IFIELD SOCIETY [WITH INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MOON] – FEBRUARY 2020 [REVISED MAY 2023]

  CRAWLEY LOCAL PLAN Draft Crawley Local Plan 2024-2040 For Submission Publication Consultation: May-June 2023 Policy CL8: Development Outside the…

MAY 6 2023 – POLLUTION AT WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE IN POLESFLEET STREAM TRIBUTARY WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

POLLUTION AT WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE IN POLESFLEET STREAM TRIBUTARY WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD      …

MARCH 20 2023 – WEST OF BEWBUSH [KILNWOOD VALE] JOINT AREA ACTION PLAN [JAAP] 2009 – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL AND CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL

WEST OF BEWBUSH [KILNWOOD VALE] JOINT AREA ACTION PLAN [JAAP] 2009 – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL AND CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL 1.20…

SATURDAY APRIL 1 2023 – COMMUNITY EMERGENCY MEETING – SOUTHGATE WEST COMMUNITY CENTRE, DITCHLING HILL, CRAWLEY RH11 8QL – MIDDAY TO 1PM [“HOW DANGEROUS ARE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS TO CRAWLEY’S RIVER TRIBUTARY SYSTEM? IS THIS AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN?”]

COMMUNITY EMERGENCY MEETING – SOUTHGATE WEST COMMUNITY CENTRE, DITCHLING HILL, CRAWLEY RH11 8QL – MIDDAY TO 1PM – SATURDAY APRIL 1 2023…

FROM THE ARCHIVES [MARCH 25 2023] – THE SATURDAY WALK – ‘HOW DANGEROUS IS THE POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION IN BEWBUSH BROOK IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD?’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [OR 11.30AM FROM IFIELD WEST BUS STOP/COMMUNITY CENTRE AT DOBBINS PLACE]

      SATURDAY [MARCH 18 2023] – ‘QUEEN ELIZABETH II BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS BUS-WALK’ [WITH A VIEW TO LAUNCHING…

SATURDAY [MARCH 18 2023] – ‘QUEEN ELIZABETH II BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS BUS-WALK’ [WITH A VIEW TO LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION INTO POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION IN BEWBUSH BROOK AND BEYOND] – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE OR 11.30AM FROM IFIELD WEST COMMUNITY CENTRE BUS STOP, DOBBINS PLACE

            HOW DANGEROUS IS THE CONTAMINATION AND POLLUTION AT KILNWOOD VALE? THE WATER RUNS INTO…

MARCH 4 2023 – THE SATURDAY WALK – “PLAY A PART IN CLEANING UP THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RIVERBANK WALK IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS” – ‘THE JAMES HAVERS LITTER-PICKING WALK’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

“PLAY A PART IN CLEANING UP THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RIVERBANK WALK IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS” – ‘THE JAMES HAVERS LITTER-PICKING…

FEBRUARY 18 2023 – THE SATURDAY BUS-WALK – TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS [FIELDS IN TRUST] AND BEWBUSH MILL [REMAINS OF] AT KILNWOOD VALE LANDFILL DEVELOPMENT – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 2PM]

  JULY 1 2021 – FIELDS IN TRUST – BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS – “PROTECTS OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES IN…

TOMORROW [FEB 11] – THE SATURDAY BUS-WALK – ‘MEET MEGALO: THE DINOSAUR DRAGON OF TILGATE FOREST’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [OR MIDDAY AT K2 BUS STOP]

THE SATURDAY BUS-WALK – ‘MEET MEGALO: THE DINOSAUR DRAGON OF TILGATE FOREST’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE…

JANUARY 5 2023 – “WHY RUSH THE LOCAL PLAN?” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS

  ‘Why rush the local plan?’ [West Sussex County Times, January 5 2023]: “At recent Council meetings, Cllr Hogben has…

JANUARY 28 2023 – THE SATURDAY PARISH WALK – WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE AND ITS ‘LOST WOODLAND’ SCULPTURES AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD [RETURN BY 1.30PM]

‘Yesterday’ Sculpture – County Oak – Manor Royal   THIS SATURDAY [DECEMBER 17] – THE PARISH CHRISTMAS WALK – ‘WALK…

DECEMBER 5 2022 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [JULY 17 2021] – SA101: LAND WEST OF IFIELD – “WHAT PART OF ‘NOT CURRENTLY DEVELOPABLE’ DOES HDC CABINET FAIL TO UNDERSTAND?”

  JULY 17 2021 – SA 101 [LAND WEST OF IFIELD]: “WHAT PART OF ‘NOT CURRENTLY DEVELOPABLE’ DOES HORSHAM DISTRICT…

DECEMBER 3 2022 – SATURDAY – ANNIVERSARY BUS-WALK – ‘QUEEN ELIZABETH II BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD [RETURN BY 2PM] + PETITION: QUEEN ELIZABETH II NATURE RESERVE AND HERITAGE PARK – IFIELD

THIS SATURDAY – CHRISTMAS BUS-WALK [DEC 3] – ‘QUEEN ELIZABETH II BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN…

“THE ANCIENT HERITAGE OF ST. MARGARET’S CHURCH PARISH MUST BE PROTECTED” – HENRY SMITH, MP FOR CRAWLEY – THIS SATURDAY [NOV 19] – “SAY NO TO…” HOMES ENGLAND’S 10,000 DEVELOPMENT MASTERPLAN – ‘SAVE WEST OF IFIELD’ STAND AT COUNTY MALL CRAWLEY [OUTSIDE PRIMARK] – 09.00AM TO 17.00PM [‘COME AND MEET US’ + ‘ENSURING PROTECTION’, CRAWLEY OBSERVER LETTERS, NOV 16] + ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ LETTER – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES [NOV 17] + CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL RESPONSE TO HOMES ENGLAND WEST OF IFIELD MASTERPLAN + THIS WEDNESDAY [NOV 23] – CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL CABINET – PUBLIC QUESTION – 7PM TOWN HALL

“THE ANCIENT HERITAGE OF ST. MARGARET’S CHURCH PARISH MUST BE PROTECTED” HENRY SMITH, MP FOR CRAWLEY     “WHAT ARE…

NOVEMBER 10 2022 – HOMES ENGLAND ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN: “IT’S FRANKLY DISGRACEFUL” / “HORROR AT OUT-OF-KEEPING PLANS WHICH WILL DESTROY FARMLAND” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER / WEST SUSSEX GAZETTE – PUBLIHED LETTERS [NOV 10] + UNPUBLISHED LETTER [SUBMITTED TO WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES ET AL] + BBC COVERAGE

LETTERS [PUBLISHED IN CRAWLEY OBSERVER & WEST SUSSEX GAZETTE]     LETTER [UNPUBLISHED IN WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES ET AL]…

NOVEMBER 3 2022 – “HORROR AT HOUSING PLAN” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTER [VIVIEN SALLOWS] + ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON MASS TRESPASS’ – THIS SATURDAY [NOV 5TH] – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH, IFIELD

THE MAP OF HORROR https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/readers-letter-horror-at-ifield-housing-plans-which-would-be-totally-out-of-keeping-with-the-surrounding-rural-area-3904063 TOMORROW [SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 5TH 2022] – ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON MASS TRESPASS’ – 11AM FROM…

THIS SATURDAY [NOVEMBER 5 2022] – ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON MASS TRESPASS’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE + NOVEMBER 3 – “HORROR AT HOUSING PLAN” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTER [VIVIEN SALLOWS]

THE MAP OF HORROR https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/readers-letter-horror-at-ifield-housing-plans-which-would-be-totally-out-of-keeping-with-the-surrounding-rural-area-3904063 TOMORROW [SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 5TH 2022] – ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON MASS TRESPASS’ – 11AM FROM…

OCTOBER 19 2022 – ‘VISION IS A NIGHTMARE’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS

  Dear Editor Landowners Homes England introduce their ‘West of Ifield’ publicity pack thus: “Our vision…” Your vision is our…

OCTOBER 10 2022 – FROM THE ARCHIVES – 10 YEARS AGO [OCTOBER 10 2012]

ON THIS DAY 10 YEARS AGO [OCTOBER 10 2012] WELBECK’S DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS “BLOWN OUT OF THE…

SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 5TH 2022 – ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON MASS TRESPASS’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 3PM] + “HORROR AT HOUSING PLAN” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTER [VIVIEN SALLOWS] – NOVEMBER 3 2022

THE MAP OF HORROR https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/readers-letter-horror-at-ifield-housing-plans-which-would-be-totally-out-of-keeping-with-the-surrounding-rural-area-3904063 NOVEMBER 3 2022 – “HORROR AT HOUSING PLAN” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTER…

SEPTEMBER 28 2022 – “HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS

  ‘HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS – SEPTEMBER 28 2022 How is it even possible Horsham…

THIS SATURDAY [SEPT 24] – THE ELIZABETH II WALK – A COMMUNITY VISION – ‘IFIELD AND BEYOND – A TASTE OF THE SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE’ [A LEAFLET FUNDED BY HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL, CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL AND WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL]

THIS SATURDAY – THE ELIZABETH II WALK – A COMMUNITY VISION – ‘IFIELD AND BEYOND – A TASTE OF THE…