JULY 27 2021 – “WILL TOMORROW’S HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING AT PARKSIDE [28TH] BE CANCELLED BECAUSE ITS FULL COUNCIL HAVE INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION REGARDING SA 101 LAND WEST OF IFIELD?”

“WILL TOMORROW’S HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING AT PARKSIDE [28TH] BE CANCELLED BECAUSE ITS FULL COUNCIL HAVE INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO MAKE…

SA 101 – LAND WEST OF IFIELD: “WHICH PART OF ‘NOT CURRENTLY DEVELOPABLE’ DID HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL CABINET FAIL TO UNDERSTAND TWO WEEKS AGO ON JULY 15TH ?”

SA 101 – LAND WEST OF IFIELD: “WHICH PART OF ‘NOT CURRENTLY DEVELOPABLE’ DID HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL CABINET FAIL TO…

JULY 25 2021 – “BORIS JOHNSON’S PLANNING REFORMS COULD TURN SOUTHERN ENGLAND INTO URBAN SPRAWL” – THE GUARDIAN

“BORIS JOHNSON’S PLANNING REFORMS COULD TURN SOUTHERN ENGLAND INTO URBAN SPRAWL” – THE GUARDIAN – JULY 25 2021   Boris…

JULY 25 2021 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [MARCH 4 2015] – “UK PROPERTIES HELD BY OFFSHORE FIRMS USED IN GLOBAL CORRUPTION” – THE GUARDIAN

  UK properties held by offshore firms used in global corruption, say police Anti-corruption groups and Met detectives say £180m…

JULY 24 2021 – THE IFIELD SOCIETY – AN IMPROMPTU SATURDAY WALK BY DAVID MOON – CRAWLEY COMMUNITY AWARD WINNER 2016

             

JULY 24 2021 – “A REBELLION IS STIRRING IN BORIS JOHNSON’S BACKYARD” – NEW YORK TIMES

“A REBELLION IS STIRRING IN BORIS JOHNSON’S BACKYARD” – NEW YORK TIMES – JULY 24 2021   http://ifieldsociety.org.uk/index.php/2021/07/23/july-23-2021-west-of-ifield-homes-england-propose-meeting-with-residents-after-day-of-council-vote-on-controversial-plans-west-sussex-county-times-crawley-observer/   JULY…

JULY 24 2021 – “TAYLOR WIMPEY: HELP-TO-BUY MEANS HELP-TO-PROFIT”

  Taylor Wimpey: help-to-buy means help-to-profit The government’s help to buy scheme doesn’t address the housing crisis, notes SOLOMON HUGHES…

JULY 24 2021 – SKIES OVER IFIELD

JULY 24 2021 – ONE EARLY MORNING…….ST MARGARET’S 13TH CENTURY CHURCH AND THE PARISH FIELDS

   

JULY 23 2021 – BUTTERFLY OF THE BROOK

 

JULY 23 2021 – SUSSEX BIODIVERSITY RECORD CENTRE

https://mailchi.mp/f5a8ea968b0a/sussex-biological-recording-news-8816178?e=983ae36698

JULY 23 2021 – RIGGED?

“WEST OF IFIELD: HOMES ENGLAND PROPOSE MEETING WITH RESIDENTS AFTER DAY OF COUNCIL VOTE ON CONTROVERSIAL PLANS” – WEST SUSSEX…

JULY 23 2021 – WHY IT MATTERS

Source: The Church Times  

JULY 23 2021 – “BUT ALL OUR COUNCILLORS, ELECTED BY AND ULTIMATELY ANSWERABLE TO THE PUBLIC, SHOULD GO INTO WEDNESDAY’S MEETING AND VOTE FOR THE COURSE OF ACTION THEY INDIVIDUALLY THINK IS THE RIGHT ONE, AND NOT BE SWAYED BY WHAT THEIR POLITICAL PARTY BELIEVES THEY SHOULD DO” – EDITORIAL COMMENT – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES

“BUT ALL OUR COUNCILLORS, ELECTED BY AND ULTIMATELY ANSWERABLE TO THE PUBLIC, SHOULD GO INTO WEDNESDAY’S MEETING AND VOTE FOR…

JULY 23 2021 – “NEW RESEARCH REVEALS EXTENT OF CONSERVATIVE PARTY’S FINANCIAL RELIANCE ON PROPERTY SECTOR” – TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK – ‘FIGHTING CORRUPTION WORLDWIDE’

  NEW RESEARCH REVEALS EXTENT OF CONSERVATIVE PARTY’S FINANCIAL RELIANCE ON PROPERTY SECTOR UK POLITICS/ POLITICS & MONEY/ PROPERTY/ Press Office press@transparency.org.uk…

JULY 22 2021 – “HOW CAN THIS PROCESS EVEN BE DESCRIBED AS A ‘VOTE’? IT IS ENDORSEMENT BY MANIPULATION” – REVD NICK FLINT – RUSPER PARISH CHURCH – “THEN IT’S A RIGGED VOTE” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

“HOW CAN THIS PROCESS EVEN BE DESCRIBED AS A ‘VOTE’? IT IS ENDORSEMENT BY MANIPULATION” – REVD NICK FLINT –…

JULY 22 2021 – READING GOLF COURSE HOMES PROPOSAL REJECTED – BBC SOUTH

  Reading golf course homes proposal rejected   Reading Golf Club wants to build 257 homes on the former golf…

JULY 22 2021 – “PROPERTY QUANGO WILL PAY £25K A YEAR FOR MAXIMUM 36 DAYS WORK” – ESTATE AGENT TODAY

  Property Quango will pay £25k a year for maximum 36 days work BREAKING NEWS 22 July 2021 A property…

JULY 22 2021 – CALL FOR IMMEDIATE INQUIRY INTO HOMES ENGLAND

July 22 2021 Dear Henry Smith MP I am writing to ask you, as my constituency MP, to call for…

JULY 21 2021 – “ENSANGUINING THE SKIES…” OVER ST. MARGARET’S PARISH FIELDS [CURRENTLY UNDER SERIOUS THREAT FROM DEVELOPERS]

  Next Ensanguining the skies How heavily it dies Into the west away; Past touch and sight and sound Not…

JULY 21 2021 – “‘CALL FOR SANITY’ IGNORED – WEST OF IFIELD PLANS ALREADY A ‘DONE DEAL'” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER + WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES

              ‘Call for sanity’ ignored as West of Ifield plans move to next stage…

‘THE TRESPASS WALK’ – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND ST MARGARET’S PARISH FIELDS – SATURDAY – JULY 31 – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

              IAN MULCAHY http://iansapps.co.uk/videos/aerial/ifield02.html?fbclid=IwAR15uo_KTJT9NQvI8En03JyD807o8UqgKBzoxVXlf0-poPfgpUNtBSNmeKE JUNE 27 2021 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [JUNE 27 2015]…

JULY 21 2021 – “MASS TRESPASS ORGANISED FOR BRIGHTON DOWNS THIS WEEKEND” – THE ARGUS

  Mass trespass organised for Brighton Downs this weekend By Christian Fuller  chris_fuller11 Digital reporter A mass trespass is due to take place…

JULY 21 2021 – THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – THE BOUNDARY MAP – THE MANOR OF IFIELD – SA101 [LAND WEST OF IFIELD] – BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE

The Parish of Ifield     THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – THE BOUNDARY MAP – THE MANOR OF IFIELD…

JULY 21 2021 – “NEW CONCERNS OVER IMPACT OF HORSHAM AREA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON WILDLIFE AND NATURE” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES

New concerns over impact of Horsham area housing development on wildlife and nature Conservationists are expressing new concerns over the…

JULY 20 2021 – ‘SAVE WEST OF IFIELD – TOGETHER’ – OVER 1000 MEMBERS ON FIRST WEEK OF LAUNCH

  WEBSITE   FACEBOOK      

JULY 20 2021 – “UPON REFLECTION” – PHOTO BY JAN BUDGEN

 

JULY 20 2021 – SAVE THE ANCIENT PARISH BOUNDARY OF IFIELD

   

JULY 20 2021 – ST. MARGARET’S 13TH CENTURY CHURCH AND THE PARISH FIELDS – “HOW DARE YOU, HOMES ENGLAND”

THE SKYLARK FIELD THE CROMWELL FIELD   SUNRISE AND SUNSET OVER ST. MARGARET’S PARISH FIELDS          …

JULY 19 2021 – “IT WILL BE SAID OF THIS COUNCIL THAT IT FOUND IFIELD A LAND OF BEAUTY, AND LEFT IT A LAND OF BEAUTY SPOTS” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

“IT WILL BE SAID OF THIS COUNCIL THAT IT FOUND IFIELD A LAND OF BEAUTY, AND LEFT IT A LAND…

JULY 19 2021 – SAVE THE PARISH

  Dear Richard, Thank you for signing up to ‘save the parish’, or at least be a part of the effort…

JULY 19 2021 – ST MARGARET’S 13TH CENTURY PARISH CHURCH IN IFIELD VILLAGE – THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

     

JULY 19 2021 – THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE

           

JULY 19 2021 – RUSPER ROAD PLAYING FIELDS IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH

 

‘HOW DARE YOU, HOMES ENGLAND !! – PARISHIONERS’ REVOLT II’ – THE SATURDAY PARISH WALK – JULY 24 2021 – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM APPROX]

‘HOW DARE YOU, HOMES ENGLAND!! – PARISHIONERS’ REVOLT II’ – THE SATURDAY PARISH WALK – JULY 24 2021 – 11AM…

JULY 18 2021 – IFIELD GOLF CLUB PETITIONS – SIGN NOW!

IFIELD GOLF CLUB – PETITION 1 IFIELD GOLF CLUB – PETITION 2

JULY 17 2021 – SA 101 [LAND WEST OF IFIELD]: “WHAT PART OF ‘NOT CURRENTLY DEVELOPABLE’ DOES HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL CABINET FAIL TO UNDERSTAND?”

SA 101 [LAND WEST OF IFIELD]: “WHAT PART OF ‘NOT CURRENTLY DEVELOPABLE’ DOES HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL CABINET FAIL TO UNDERSTAND?”…

JULY 16 2021 – “THE BIGGER PLAN FOR 10,000 HOMES ON THE SITE IS JUST A DREAM (LET’S CALL IT A NIGHTMARE!)” – TONY HOGBEN – DEPUTY LEADER OF HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL

  “The bigger plan for 10,000 homes on the site is just a dream (lets call it a nightmare!)…” –…

JULY 15 2021 – “DESPITE MASSIVE LOCAL OPPOSITION, SPINELESS HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL CABINET APPROVES HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS £3BN MASTERPLAN OF 10,000 HOUSES, BURYING IFIELD GOLF COURSE UNDER CONCRETE & TARMAC, CREATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE, AND CONDEMNING THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD TO A NIGHTMARE ‘GIANT BUILDING SITE’ FOR YEARS TO COME”

“DESPITE MASSIVE LOCAL OPPOSITION, SPINELESS HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL CABINET APPROVES HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS £3BN MASTERPLAN OF 10,000 HOUSES, BURYING IFIELD…

JULY 15 2021 – THIS MORNING [THURSDAY] – TUNE INTO BBC RADIO SUSSEX [104.5] FROM 07.35AM – ‘SAVE WEST OF IFIELD’ FEATURE

  JULY 15 2021 – THIS MORNING [THURSDAY] – TUNE INTO BBC RADIO SUSSEX [104.5] FROM 07.35AM – ‘SAVE WEST…

JULY 12 2021 – IMMEDIATE ‘IFIELD’ COMPLAINT LODGED WITH NEWLY-FORMED OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [OEP]

IMMEDIATE COMPLAINT LODGED WITH NEWLY-FORMED OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [OEP]   Interim Office for Environmental Protection launches   Interim Office…

‘HOW DARE THEY ! PARISHIONERS’ REVOLT I’ – THE SATURDAY WALK – JULY 17 2021 – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN 1PM APPROX]

  ‘HOW DARE THEY ! PARISHIONERS’ REVOLT I” – THE SATURDAY WALK – JULY 17 2021 – 11AM FROM THE…

JULY 11 2021 – “GOLF COURSES AS DESIGNED LANDSCAPES OF HISTORIC INTEREST” – REPORT BY THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTS – FOREWORD BY ENGLISH HERITAGE – FREDERICK GEORGE HAWTREE [1883-1955] AND JOHN HENRY TAYLOR [1871-1963] – ARCHITECTS OF IFIELD GOLF COURSE FOR SIR JOHN DRUGHORN IN 1927

           

JULY 10 2021 – “AT EVERY CROSSROADS ON THE PATH THAT LEADS TO THE FUTURE, TRADITION HAS PLACED 10,000 TO GUARD THE PAST” – MAURICE MAETERLINCK

“AT EVERY CROSSROADS ON THE PATH THAT LEADS TO THE FUTURE, TRADITION HAS PLACED 10,000 TO GUARD THE PAST” –…

JULY 9 2021 – “HOMES ENGLAND AND THEIR ASSOCIATES CAN MASTERPLAN THEIR 10,000 UNILATERAL WET-DREAM, BUT NOT WITHIN OUR ANCIENT PARISH AND NOT ON OUR GOLF COURSE. HOW WILL THIS LOCAL PLAN OF INSANITY FOR IFIELD GOLF CLUB EVER GET PAST THE PLANNING INSPECTOR?”

“HOMES ENGLAND AND THEIR ASSOCIATES CAN MASTERPLAN THEIR 10,000 UNILATERAL WET-DREAM, BUT NOT WITHIN OUR ANCIENT PARISH AND NOT ON…

JULY 9 2021 – “IFIELD DEVELOPMENT PLAN: ‘SHOULD WE NOW CONSIDER DEMOLISHING BRIGHTON PAVILION FOR FLATS?'” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – JULY 9 2021

“IFIELD DEVELOPMENT PLAN: ‘SHOULD WE NOW CONSIDER DEMOLISHING BRIGHTON PAVILION FOR FLATS?’” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – JULY 9 2021  …

“THE PARISH RIDE & WALK PROTEST” – SATURDAY – JULY 10 2021 – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [TO RETURN 1PM APPROX]

‘THE PARISH RIDE & WALK PROTEST’ “IF ROOKWOOD, WHY NOT IFIELD?” TO THE PARISH STONE AND GOLF CLUB SATURDAY –…

JULY 5 2021 – CRAWLEY NORTH MAGAZINE – ‘LAND WEST OF IFIELD’ LETTER – WRITTEN BY MALCOLM BENDER

https://digital.magmanager.co.uk/Preview/Index/2468069#page/1  

JULY 4 2021 – “‘IT’S TEARING US ALL APART’: HOUSING PLANS IN SUSSEX TURN NIMBY AGAINST NIMBY” – THE GUARDIAN

“‘IT’S TEARING US ALL APART’: HOUSING PLANS IN SUSSEX TURN NIMBY AGAINST NIMBY” – THE GUARDIAN   “‘IT’S TEARING US…

JULY 4 2021 – “ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIG IN OVER PLANNING REFORMS ROW” – BBC NEWS

  Archaeologists dig in over planning reforms row By Jennifer Scott Political reporter, BBC News Published – July 3 2021…

JULY 4 2021 – ‘SAVE WEST OF IFIELD’ LAUNCH

  JULY 20 2021 – ‘SAVE WEST OF IFIELD – TOGETHER’   SEPTEMBER 25 2020 – ACT NOW AND ASK…

JULY 2 2021 – THE LYCHGATE MOTH OF IFIELD VILLAGE

JULY 2 2021 – ST MARGARET’S 13TH CENTURY CHURCH IN IFIELD VILLAGE – THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

 

JULY 1 2021 – ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD AS ‘PROTECTED AREA’ UNDER NEW PLANNING REFORMS ?

          JULY 4 2021 – “ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIG IN OVER PLANNING REFORMS ROW” – BBC NEWS  …

JULY 1 2021 – FIELDS IN TRUST – BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS – “PROTECTS OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES IN PERPETUITY BECAUSE ONCE THEY ARE LOST, THEY ARE LOST FOREVER”

The impact of parks and green spaces during the pandemic (technology-trust-news.org)  

JULY 1 2021 – ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

      ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS – PHASE 1’ – A WALK TO THE ANCIENT PARISH BOUNDARY AT IFIELD GOLF…

JUNE 30 2021 – “THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – OUR GREEN CORRIDOR FOR NATURE”

     

JUNE 30 2021 – “DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE IN SUSSEX THREATENS TO CUT OFF CORRIDORS FOR NATURE”, SAYS SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST

‘Development pressure in Sussex threatens to cut off corridors for nature’, says Sussex Wildlife Trust Sussex Wildlife Trust’s director of…

JUNE 30 2021 – “GOVERNMENT’S ‘DEVELOPERS’ CHARTER’ UNDERMINES HOUSING AND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO JUSTIFY” – PETER LAMB, LEADER OF CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL

Government’s ‘Developers’ Charter’ undermines housing and is impossible to justify – Peter Lamb, leader of Crawley Borough Council This year…

JUNE 28 2021 – THE BATTLE FOR “PROTECTED AREA” DESIGNATION FOR THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – WITH ITS 1000-YEAR HISTORY, ANCIENT WOODLAND AND RICH WILDLIFE

  Growth areas – land that is suitable for ‘substantial development’ (as defined in policy). This may include the construction of new…

JUNE 28 2021 – COULD THIS BE A BOUNDARY STONE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD ?

Located along the Stoneycroft Path in Ifield West     ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS – PHASE 1’ – A WALK TO…

JUNE 27 2021 – ON BBC’S ‘ANY QUESTIONS?’ LAST FRIDAY, HOUSING MINISTER ROBERT JENRICK WRECKED HOMES ENGLAND’S MASTERPLAN TO BUILD 10,000 HOUSES ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ AND BEYOND ?

ON BBC’S ‘ANY QUESTIONS?’ LAST FRIDAY [JUNE 25], HOUSING MINISTER ROBERT JENRICK WRECKED HOMES ENGLAND’S MASTERPLAN TO BUILD 10,000 HOUSES…

JUNE 27 2021 – GOLDFINCH MAKES A RARE, BUT VERY WELCOME, VISIT TO THE LYCHGATE COTTAGE BIRD-FEEDER IN IFIELD VILLAGE

JUNE 27 2021 – ‘COUNCIL PLANNING DEPT. – “…AND TODAY WE’RE PLANNING TO GET AWAY WITH IT”‘ – PRIVATE EYE – CARTOON

     

JUNE 27 2021 – CRAWLEY AND ITS GREEN SURROUNDS

JUNE 27 2021 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [JUNE 27 2015] – “THE EEYORE EYESORES” – HOMES ENGLAND ‘PRIVATE LAND’ SIGNS – REMAIN IN PLACE WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD [DESPITE PROMISE ON BBC TO DISMANTLE THEM SIX YEARS AGO]

  June 27 2015 ‘Eeyore’s Eyesores’ Ramblette [short walks around the ancient Parish of Ifield] took place this morning. Eeyore…

JUNE 27 2021 – HERITAGE ASSETS WEST OF IFIELD [UNDESIGNATED] – A PICTORIAL ANALYSIS BY IAN MULCAHY

    The non-designated heritage assets west of Ifield (iansapps.co.uk)   index.jpg (5102×2551) (iansapps.co.uk)        

‘BEATING THE BOUNDS – PHASE 1’ – A WALK TO THE ANCIENT PARISH BOUNDARY AT IFIELD GOLF CLUB – SATURDAY – JULY 3 2021 – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [2 HOUR WALK]

‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD [PHASE 1 – IFIELD GOLF CLUB] Following the revelation that one…

JUNE 25 2021 – “BATTLES LOOM AS HOUSING DEVELOPERS EYE RURAL ENGLAND – FINANCIAL TIMES + “THE GROTESQUE SUBSIDIES GIVEN TO SECOND HOME OWNERS” – THE GUARDIAN

Battles loom as housing developers eye rural England  Local politicians face tough choices as Boris Johnson ramps up pressure to…

JUNE 25 2021 – A LITERARY WALK WITH MAP: HAY-ON-WYE [Y GELLI GANDRYLL]

  Taking a literary walk – Patrick Barkham THE OLDIE – TRAVEL | BY PATRICK BARKHAM Patrick Barkham gets lost in a…

JUNE 21 2021 – “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”: BRAKE HARD – NOW – OR FACE AN ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CATASTROPHE, THANKS TO HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS 10,000 HOUSING MASTERPLAN WEST OF IFIELD AND BEYOND

  Horsham housebuilding: Time to put a brake on it say residents A new call is being made for a…

JUNE 17 2021 – “UNPRODUCTIVE” PARISH LAND WEST OF IFIELD – “IT’S A LAND-GRAB BEING TAKEN RIGHT FROM UNDER OUR NOSES”

“IT’S A LAND-GRAB BEING TAKEN RIGHT FROM UNDER OUR NOSES” ~ RICHARD W. SYMONDS            

JUNE 16 2021 – THE DEER

JUNE 14 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN IS DESTROYING THE UNIQUE HERITAGE AND CHARACTER OF VILLAGE COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN IS DESTROYING THE UNIQUE HERITAGE AND CHARACTER OF VILLAGE COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE ANCIENT…

HOW TO MAKE A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/

JUNE 8 2021 – ‘THE BLEEDING HEART OF IFIELD’

JUNE 8 2021 – GOOD ADVICE IN IFIELD ROAD

JUNE 6 2012 – “WISTERIA CASCADES” – LYCHGATE COTTAGES – IFIELD VILLAGE

                 

MAY 31 2021 – JAMES FARMER – LORD OF THE MANOR OF IFIELD – “STOPPED THE FIELDS WEST OF THE CHURCH BEING BUILT ON, SO PRESERVING THE CHARACTER OF THE VILLAGE”

  Diary Church Times 10 JANUARY 2012 by John Wall Praise the Lord “THE problem these days”, he said, drawing himself…

MAY 30 2021 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [MAY 30 2013] – “BEAUTY SPOT COULD BE NEEDED FOR HOUSING”

  Cllr Peter Smith – May 30 2013 [8 years ago] “Crawley Borough Council are supporting the LNR at Ifield…

‘CARING FOR GOD’S ACRE WEEK’ – JUNE 5TH TO 13TH 2021 – TWO IFIELD SOCIETY MINI-TOURS AROUND THE ANCIENT CEMETERY OF ST MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH [1] JUNE 5 – HERITAGE & HUMANITY [2] JUNE 12 – NATURE & WILDLIFE

            As part of ‘Caring for God’s Acre Week’ [June 5-13], two short walks – mini-tours…

MAY 29 2021 – “HIGH DRAMA AT THE HAWTH THEATRE LAST NIGHT” – LABOUR-INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE AT CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL AFTER ‘NO CONFIDENCE VOTE’ BACK-FIRES ON TORIES – FULL COUNCIL MEETING AT THE HAWTH THEATRE – FRIDAY – MAY 28 2021

Labour reaches deal with Independent over Crawley Borough Council administration A deal over the running of Crawley Borough Council for…

MAY 27 2021 – CUI BONO? WEST OF IFIELD

Apparently, Homes England and their ‘associates’ are walking round our ancient Parish of Ifield today and tomorrow – Thursday [27th]…

MAY 27 2021 – MOONLIT NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING SKIES OVER THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

     

MAY 25 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND PLAN FOR STRATEGIC SITE WITHDRAWN

3,000 homes plan for Chalgrove Airfield withdrawn   By David Lynch  @davi_lynch Politics Reporter – Oxford Mail Chalgrove Airfield PLANS for 3,000 homes…

THE FRIENDLY MONSTER OF IFIELD WOOD PONDS

Image: Wiki Commons

MAY 23 2021 – “BORIS JOHNSON’S LEGACY COULD BE THE CONCRETING OVER OF ENGLAND” – THE GUARDIAN

Boris Johnson’s legacy could be the concreting over of England Phillip Inman – Guardian Keeping the housing market spinning has…

“THE FRIENDLY SWAMP MONSTER OF IFIELD WOOD” – PARISH HERITAGE RAMBLETTE – A SHORT WALK IN PICTURES – SATURDAY MAY 29 2021 – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

Next Saturday’s Parish Ramblette [May 29 2021] – a Short Walk to Ifield Wood Common and The Ponds – 11am…

MAY 21 2021 – COUNCIL USES 120-YEAR-OLD LAW TO RECLAIM COMMON

  6th February Council uses 120-year-old law to reclaim Edge Green Common, Golborne By Joseph Timan, Local Democracy Reporter Edge…

MAY 21 2021 – PROPOSED WEST OF IFIELD LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] = WILLOUGHBY FIELDS + IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS + IFIELD MILL POND + BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS

MAY 21 2021 – PEOPLE’S TRUST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES [PTES]

Wild places https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19318625.can-help-spot-cute-animals-charity/?ref=ebln  

MAY 20 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND – “I HOPE THERE IS AN FOI [FREEDOM OF INFORMATION] APPEAL” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS

  “I hope there is an FOI appeal” – Crawley Observer – Letters – May 19 2021 I hope the…

MAY 20 2021 – ‘IFIELD AND BEYOND – 4 MILE WALK’ BOOKLETTE + NATIONAL WALKING MONTH [MAY 2021] – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL – YOUTUBE CHANNEL + INTERNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY DAY [MAY 22 2021]

  ‘Ifield & Beyond – A Taste of the Sussex Countryside – 4 Mile Walk’ [Booklette available at info@ifieldsociety.org.uk or…

MAY 17 2021 – “WEST OF IFIELD – UNLOCKING THE REGION’S POTENTIAL…STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY”

  “HOMES ENGLAND PLANS £3BN CRAWLEY GARDEN VILLAGE” – WEST OF IFIELD – ESTATES GAZETTE INTELLIGENCE [EGI] – EMMA ROSSER

MAY 15 2021 – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS – “THE HIDDEN TREASURE”

Emma Louise Bloomfield Fairy doors in the bluebells section, sorry forgot to add this!

“WE WUNT BE DRUV” – AN ODE TO IFIELD

  “We Wunt Be Druv” – Motto & Poem of Sussex [adapted by Richard W. Symonds – “An Ode To…

MAY 14 2021 – “THE CABINET MEETING PLANNING FOR 20 MAY 2021 WILL BE RESCHEDULED” – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL – LOCAL PLAN + “JOHNSON FACES TORY REBELLION OVER PLAN TO BOOST HOUSE BUILDING”

    LOCAL PLAN REVIEW TIMETABLE “In their consideration of the emerging Local Plan, Members have asked for further advice…

MAY 13 2021 – WEST OF IFIELD – IFIELD GOLF CLUB – HOMES ENGLAND – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST: “ARE YOU ABLE TO CONFIRM THE PRICE FOR WHICH THE LAND WAS ACQUIRED AS WELL AS WHETHER ANY AGENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE SALE?”

  https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ppd/search £26,335,000   https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/985457/RFI3391_-_Ifield_Golf_Club.pdf Date: 26 April 2021 Our Ref: RFI3391 Tel: 0300 1234 500 Email: infogov@homesengland.gov.uk OFFICIAL Making…

MAY 12 2021 – “HOMES ENGLAND ISSUE STATEMENT ON ‘FUTURE PLANS’ FOR BRISLINGTON MEADOWS”

    Homes England issue statement on ‘future plans’ for Brislington Meadows “We intend to work positively with all parties…

MAY 12 2021 – “IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR HOMES ENGLAND DOESN’T HAVE A CLUE WHAT IS GOOD FOR THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY WEST OF IFIELD – NOR ANY IDEA WHAT IS GOOD FOR THIS ANCIENT PARISH RICH IN WILDLIFE AND WOODLAND”

MAY 11 2021 – A TURKISH PROVERB FOR THE WEST OF IFIELD PARISH WOODLANDS

MAY 10 2021 – “THIS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES GATWICK AIRPORT LIMITED DOES NOT THINK THIS LAND [EG HOMES ENGLAND’S PROPOSED ‘MEADOWS’ DEVELOPMENT] WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR HUMAN HABITATION” – IRENE WAKEHAM

      “I understand Gatwick’s wide-spaced runway scenario is the base line for this development…This clearly demonstrates that GAL…

MAY 9 2021 – PETER LAMB LEADER OF CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL – REACTION TO ELECTION RESULTS

  Local Elections: Still No Overall Control for Crawley Borough Council Saturday 8 May 2021 Counting taking place in Crawley Credit: Crawley…

MAY 7 2021 – “THE RIVERBANK BLUEBELLS RAMBLETTE” – A SHORT WALK AROUND IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS

                                       …

MAY 7 2021 – THE HOME OF FRIENDLY DRAGON’S “WINGED FRIEND” HAS BEEN DESTROYED IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS

FRIENDS “Each morning, Friendly Dragon – known as ‘FD’ by his furry and feathered friends – ate some leaves for…

MAY 6 2021 – “THE LYCHGATE” – QUARTERLY MAGAZINE FOR ‘CARING FOR GOD’S ACRE’ – PROTECTING WILDLIFE – PRESERVING HERITAGE – INVOLVING PEOPLE

  “CARING FOR GOD’S ACRE” – PARISH CEMETERY RAMBLETTES – ST MARGARET’S CHURCH – SATURDAY JUNE 5 AND SATURDAY JUNE…

“CARING FOR GOD’S ACRE” – PARISH CEMETERY RAMBLETTES – ST MARGARET’S CHURCH – SATURDAY JUNE 5 AND SATURDAY JUNE 12 2021 – 11AM TO 1PM [MEET AT THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE]

Caring for God’s Acre – Churches Count on Nature ‘Love Your Burial Ground Week’ Saturday 5th June – Sunday 13th…

MAY 6 2021 – “THE IFIELD GREEN FLAPPER”

 

MAY 5 2021 – DISCOVER THE FOREST

https://newsletters.woodlandtrust.org.uk/2D76-1QNTL-F0BEE61DF3BA7BDA797S6W61E2966B0F48E274/cr.aspx   https://discovertheforest.org/

MAY 5 2021 – THE RUSPER PARISH COUNCIL REJECTION OF HOMES ENGLAND ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN + LETTER TO THE HOUSING MINISTER FROM THE LEADER OF CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL

  Response to Homes England “Consultation” on “West of Ifield” Proposals from Rusper Parish Council | Rusper Parish Council (rusper-pc.org.uk)…

MAY 4 2021 – LIFE’S LITTLE ADVENTURES IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS – “HONESTLY, IT’S A HIDDEN GEM” – EMMA LOUISE BLOOMFIELD

LIFE’S LITTLE ADVENTURES AT IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS – “HONESTLY, IT’S A HIDDEN GEM” – EMMA LOUISE BLOOMFIELD “Ifield, located on…

MAY 3 2021 – “THE STRONG-ARM TACTICS OF A BULLY?”

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/landowners-could-forced-sell-make-5357995 Landowners could be forced to sell to make way for Banwell Bypass North Somerset Council has until December 2022…

MAY 2 2021 – “IFIELD & BEYOND” BOOKLETTE NOW AVAILABLE

  “Ifield & Beyond” Booklette is now available ‘Ifield & Beyond – A Taste of the Sussex Countryside – A…

MAY 1 2021 – “THROUGH EVERY HARDSHIP, LIFE FINDS A WAY” – DEBI BYE

  DAZZLING DISPLAYS OF COLOUR AT THE WALLED GARDEN IN TILGATE PARK – CRAWLEY

MAY 1 2021 – PLANNING THE CREATION OF A WEST OF IFIELD LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] – PART 1: MAY DAY MILLENNIUM GREENWAY WALK – “THE MILLER’S TRAIL – A WALK BACK THROUGH TIME” – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS, MILL POND AND WATER GARDENS

The Millennium Greenway – Ifield section – Crawley Borough Council                

MAY 1 2021 – INTERNATIONAL DAWN CHORUS DAY – SUNDAY MAY 2

Source: BBC Breathing Places   Experience nature at its musical best Dawn Chorus LIVE 2 May, 5am–9am LIVE at five…

APRIL 30 2021 – “DOUBLE LIFE OF JOHNSON’S ALLY [AND FORMER HOMES ENGLAND CHAIRMAN – ED] RAISES AWKWARD CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONS” – FINANCIAL TIMES

Sir Edward Lister – Baron Udny-Lister – Lord Udny-Lister – Wiki Commons “DOUBLE LIFE OF JOHNSON’S ALLY [AND FORMER HOMES…

APRIL 30 2021 – “STAND YOUR GROUND FOR NATURE” – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST WRITES TO ALL HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCILLORS

“STAND YOUR GROUND FOR NATURE” – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST WRITES TO ALL HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCILLORS   Stand…

APRIL 30 2021 – THE GREEN PARTY SUPPORTS INDEPENDENT CALL FOR ‘ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY’ WEST OF IFIELD

We are happy to announce that if elected, our candidates will fully support any proposals to declare an Ecological Emergency…

APRIL 30 2021 – “FIELDS IN TRUST” [PROTECTING PARKS AND GREEN SPACES] – ‘PROTECTING LIVERPOOL’S GREEN SPACES FOR GOOD’

FIELDS IN TRUST AND LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL – PROTECTING LIVERPOOL’S GREEN SPACES FOR GOOD       Green Spaces for…

APRIL 28 2021 – INDEPENDENT CALL FOR WEST OF IFIELD ‘ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY’ DECLARATION + RESPONSE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE + GREEN PARTY SUPPORT FOR ‘ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY’ DECLARATION

INDEPENDENT ELECTION CANDIDATE PROPOSES DECLARATION OF ‘ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY’ WEST OF IFIELD Councillor who quit Labour Party standing again as independent…

APRIL 28 2021 – “SAVE NATURE NOW” – JOIN OVER 50 WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE CHARITIES IN CALLING FOR NATURE’S RECOVERY TO BE WRITTEN INTO LAW

SAVE NATURE NOW Sign the petition to make nature’s recovery by 2030 law Call for nature’s recovery by 2030 136,815…

APRIL 27 2021 – SOS IFIELD

SOS IFIELD Watch Julian Casablancas interview Noam Chomsky for his ‘S.O.S. — Earth Is a Mess’ series

APRIL 27 2021 – THE ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY AND FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

  https://www.facebook.com/friendsoftheearth/videos/1108515706326856   https://friendsoftheearth.uk/take-action/stand-nature-join-friends-earth-today?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_campaign=nature&utm_content=FY2021-03_nature-wildlife-focus_benefits-short-copy&source=FN2103065   Julian Casablancas Interviews Noam Chomsky on Latest ‘S.O.S. — Earth Is a Mess’

APRIL 25 2021 – “THE MILLER’S TRAIL – A WALK BACK THROUGH TIME” – IFIELD VILLAGE – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS – IFIELD MILL POND

 

APRIL 25 2021 – “IFIELD & BEYOND – A TASTE OF THE SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE” VS “THE MEADOWS” – HOMES ENGLAND WEST OF IFIELD DEVELOPMENT

“IFIELD & BEYOND – A TASTE OF THE SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE”   West of Ifield and Ifield Brook Meadows – “Ifield…

APRIL 24 2021 – FORMER HOMES ENGLAND CHAIRMAN SIR EDWARD LIST – NOW LORD UDNY-LISTER – QUITS AS PRIME MINISTER’S TOP ADVISOR AMID ‘SLEAZE’ SCANDAL

Boris Johnson’s top advisor Lord Lister quits after only two months as Gulf envoy as Downing Street lobbying row rages…

APRIL 24 2021 – “THE GOVERNMENT’S OVERALL POLICY ON AVIATION NOISE IS TO LIMIT AND, WHERE POSSIBLE, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE UK SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY AIRCRAFT NOISE…”

Aviation Policy Framework Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Transport by Command of Her Majesty March 2013…

APRIL 24 2021 – GREENPEACE

APRIL 23 2021 – LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’ AT KILNWOOD VALE

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=long+train+running&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dlong%2btrain%2brunning%26PC%3dPV01%26FORM%3dPVSBDF&view=detail&mid=5E4915266F39CD52A33B5E4915266F39CD52A33B&&FORM=VDRVRV  

APRIL 23 2021 – “WHAT DISCUSSIONS HAS…THE ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY HAD WITH…THE COMMUNITIES SECRETARY ABOUT NOT BUILDING NEW HOMES ON FLOOD-RISK AREAS, SUCH AS THE PROPOSED WEST OF IFIELD DEVELOPMENT?” – HENRY SMITH CONSERVATIVE, CRAWLEY – HOUSE OF COMMONS [APRIL 22 2021]

  https://www.henrysmith.info/news/henry-smith-mp-raises-importance-not-building-new-homes-flood-risk-areas   “WHAT DISCUSSIONS HAS…THE ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY HAD WITH…THE COMMUNITIES SECRETARY ABOUT NOT BUILDING NEW HOMES ON FLOOD-RISK AREAS, SUCH…

APRIL 23 2021 – “GREEN NEW DEAL IS ESSENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL”

Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Green New Deal Is Essential for Human Survival by: Noam Chomsky, Robert Pollin, C.J. Polychroniou April 22, 2021…

APRIL 23 2021 – “ENGLAND’S ‘HIGHLY PRIZED’ COUNTRYSIDE AREAS ARE BEING LOST TO RECKLESS DEVELOPMENT, SAY CAMPAIGNERS”

England’s ‘highly prized’ countryside areas are being lost to reckless development, say campaigners Report from countryside charity reveals the extent…

APRIL 23 2021 – WEST OF IFIELD LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] AND THE MAY ELECTIONS – THE GREEN PARTY

West Sussex County Council election – parties pitch for your votes With West Sussex County Council elections just weeks away…

APRIL 20 2021 – CRAWLEY MP HENRY SMITH STANDS UP FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN WESTMINSTER AND CRAWLEY GREEN PARTY PROPOSES A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE

CRAWLEY MP HENRY SMITH STANDS UP FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN WESTMINSTER “The ancient parish just outside Crawley is facing the…

APRIL 20 2021 – “I BELIEVE A NATURE RESERVE IS THE BEST POSSIBLE ANSWER TO THE PREDICAMENT WE ARE IN” – RICHARD KAIL – CRAWLEY GREEN PARTY

“I BELIEVE A NATURE RESERVE IS THE BEST POSSIBLE ANSWER TO THE PREDICAMENT WE ARE IN” – RICHARD KAIL –…

APRIL 19 2021 – ‘FAIRY WOOD’ TO BE REMOVED AFTER LANDOWNERS [HOMES ENGLAND] OBJECT

Lawley’s ‘fairy woods’ to be removed after landowners object | Shropshire Star Lawley’s ‘fairy woods’ to be removed after landowners…

APRIL 19 2021 – PROPOSED WEST OF IFIELD LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

  “I believe a Nature Reserve is the best possible answer to the predicament we are in”  Richard Kail –…

APRIL 19 2021 – “REJECT THE WEST OF IFIELD HOUSING PLAN AND PROPOSE A WEST OF IFIELD NATURE RESERVE” – THE GREEN PARTY PETITION

“REJECT THE WEST OF IFIELD HOUSING PLAN AND PROPOSE A WEST OF IFIELD NATURE RESERVE” THE GREEN PARTY PETITION  …

“ENJOY BLUEBELLS BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTER – APRIL 15 2021

  Dear Editor May I encourage springtime lovers of nature to visit the beauty of Ifield Wood’s hilltop bluebells in…

THE COMMUNITY CALLS ON COUNCILS TO DECLARE AN ‘ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY’ WEST OF IFIELD – AND TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH

THE COMMUNITY CALLS ON COUNCILS TO DECLARE AN ‘ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY’ WEST OF IFIELD + PETITIONS Ecological Emergency | PACT (penrithact.org.uk)…

“ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY” DECLARED BY COUNCIL REGARDING THE MEADOWS

“ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY” DECLARED BY COUNCIL Bristol Mayor Mayor Marvin Rees says no homes will be built on green field site…

APRIL 16 2021 – “WEAVE SOME MAGIC FROM THE TAPESTRY OF HISTORY” – PARISH HERITAGE CENTRES AT BISHOPSTEIGNTON, GERRANS…….AND IFIELD?

The Story of Bishopsteignton “It was great to meet you this afternoon – and what a special place Ifield village…

APRIL 16 2021 – FORMER HOMES ENGLAND CHAIRMAN SIR EDWARD LISTER: BORIS JOHNSON’S “BUSINESS FIXER”

Sir Edward Lister   EVENING STANDARD – COMMENT – ANNE MCELVOY So the messy saga of the Australian venture capitalist Lex…

ANCIENT PARISH FIELD THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT CALLED “THE MEADOWS” – AS PART OF MONSTROUS QUANGOPLAN

“THE HILLTOP BLUEBELL WALK” – PARISH RAMBLETTE OF THE YEAR – IFIELD SOCIETY – SPRING 2021 Cross the bridge and…

THE PARISH MAP OF IFIELD AND ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ AROUND THE ANCIENT PARISH BOUNDARY

THE PARISH MAP OF IFIELD AND ‘BEATING THE BOUNDS’ AROUND THE ANCIENT PARISH BOUNDARY     OCTOBER 24 2020 –…

THE BLUEBELL WALK – ROUTE

“THE HILLTOP BLUEBELL WALK” – PARISH RAMBLETTE OF THE YEAR – IFIELD SOCIETY – SPRING 2021

APRIL 13 2021 – THE BLUE TIT

APRIL 13 2021 – EVICTED GOLF COURSE TENANTS TRYING TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE NEW FAMILY HOME IN IFIELD

https://www.facebook.com/adam.pearman.3/videos/10158627431539645/

APRIL 12 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS £3BN WEST OF IFIELD QUANGOPLAN

    I don’t believe Homes England do have the power…beyond the Secretary of State giving direction (subject to judicial…

APRIL 2021 – THE HILLTOP BLUEBELLS OF IFIELD WOOD – A HIDDEN SUSSEX HERITAGE SITE

THE HILLTOP BLUEBELLS OF IFIELD WOOD – A HIDDEN SUSSEX HERITAGE SITE   Calling all springtime lovers of nature! Visit…

APRIL 10 2021 – THE ARLINGTON BLUEBELL WALK

  Arlington Bluebell Walk set to welcome visitors again from Monday By Rose Lock  @roselock22 Reporter The Arlington Bluebell Walk is set to…

APRIL 9 2021 – “YES MINISTER” AND GOVERNMENT QUANGOS

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=middle+class+rip+off+yes+minister+subtitles&docid=608041964738663958&mid=CA5B8ACE6F5D7DDB0A51CA5B8ACE6F5D7DDB0A51&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

APRIL 8 2021 – “COUNCIL BLAMES WHITEHALL FOR KNEPP DEVELOPMENT THREAT”

http://www.ancienttreeforum.co.uk/grazing-re-wilding-and-the-ancient-tree-landscapes-of-knepp/ Council blames Whitehall for Knepp development threat Gareth Simkins 08 Apr 2021 ENDS The leader of a West Sussex…

APRIL 8 2021 – “FREE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO THE BUTTERFLIES OF SUSSEX” – SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST

RSPB – GIVING NATURE A HOME https://view.email.rspb.org.uk/?qs=19c526cd2794b18b28985c9c8336fc4f6fdf7fac0c10016aaa1964f24ca04a2a09be75e6f650d744853f781951644e67a0cf5568b762401dec3bbd122e05f594044507bc42a755f1f3dd91716886ae33f6308ece35d3316e   https://view.email.rspb.org.uk/?qs=de5e9de769d9f1ebd5daaab55f09ba71fcac0fa46bd0146ab95d4fe32b55bee19d3a031604e4b38d0cfe401c997e6feacfbd702f8e763a62b12f87ffd5a9d36c02e98dadd6bda20d26b4e522bfc071a3fd1fa83268e74db3   CPRE AND KNEPP REWILDING CPRE Sussex Festival of Spring  …

APRIL 5 2021 – “THE MEADOWS” PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON THE ANCIENT PARISH FIELDS

APRIL 12 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS £3BN WEST OF IFIELD QUANGOPLAN Dear Sirs. I attended a Homes England Consultation/Presentation…

MARCH 31 2021 – “TOWN ‘DOESN’T WANT THIS HUGE NEW DEVELOPMENT’ – OPPOSITION TO HOMES ENGLAND’S HOUSING PLANS FOR WEST OF IFIELD GROWS” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – FRONT PAGE

  West of Ifield development – Crawley ‘doesn’t want another great add-on to town’ https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/politics/west-of-ifield-development-crawley-doesnt-want-another-great-add-on-to-town-3185175 Crawley residents ‘don’t want to…

MARCH 29 2021 – THE LAMB

MARCH 27 2021 – “WE’RE BUSY NEST BUILDING. PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB” – ‘REDDIE’ REDBREAST – RSPB [‘GIVING NATURE A HOME – LET IT GROW’]

Photo by Ian Mulcahy “WE’RE BUSY NEST BUILDING. PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB” – ‘REDDIE’ REDBREAST Let It Grow Eric Clapton…

MARCH 22 2021 – MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES AND CRAWLEY OBSERVER – “WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPONSE TO THE IFIELD PLAN. IF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOUR VIEWS…”

Many thanks for your email. We are currently working on an update to the west of Ifield development, which should…

MARCH 20 2021 – HAVE YOUR SAY – NOW! CRAWLEY GARDEN VILLAGE OF 10,000 HOUSES TO BE BUILT ON A FLOOD PLAIN ?

HAVE YOUR SAY – NOW! HERE AND HERE   £3BN CRAWLEY GARDEN VILLAGE OF 10,000 HOUSES TO BE BUILT ON A…

MARCH 20 2021 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [MAY 10 1933] – THE TATLER – “IFIELD GOLF LINKS, NEAR CRAWLEY…IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSES IN THE WHOLE OF THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND”

The Tatler – May 10 1933 – ‘Concerning Golf’ by Henry Longhurst A VIEW OF THE SIXTH HOLE OF THE…

MARCH 19 2021 – “SAVE OUR SKYLARKS – SOS” – ‘SKYLARK FIELD’ UNDER THREAT IN THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD [AND LIKELY LOCATION OF THE ‘QUARTER MILE’ ROMAN ROAD] – BEHIND ST MARGARET’S 13TH CENTURY PARISH CHURCH

  “SAVE OUR SKYLARKS SOS”   “The Skylark Field” [centre of picture in yellow] – and likely location of ‘The…

MARCH 19 2021 – RAINBOW OVER IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS

MARCH 19 2021 – THE DUCKS AND DEER OF IFIELD GOLF CLUB

 

MARCH 18 2021 – WEST OF IFIELD – NEW PROPOSALS BY HOMES ENGLAND FOR THE “FIRST PHASE” OF ITS MONSTROUS HOUSING MASTERPLAN – “HILLSIDE AND WOODLANDS” DEVELOPMENT ON IFIELD GOLF COURSE + “THE MEADOWS” DEVELOPMENT BY IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS

      RWS Note – 18/03/2021 If the case of the Roman Road is a dead-end, then, as I…

MARCH 18 2020 – THIRD REVOLUTION PROJECTS

Any reason why Third Revolution Projects is not on the Homes England West of Ifield Project Team List?    …

MARCH 17 2021 – “MOTHER NATURE AT ITS BEST OVER IFIELD…STUNNING” – PHOTO AND COMMENT BY JEFF GRICE

“MOTHER NATURE AT ITS BEST OVER IFIELD…STUNNING” – PHOTO AND COMMENT BY JEFF GRICE

MARCH 17 2021 – “FOR GERAINT”- ONLINE RAMBLETTE – IN REMEMBRANCE OF GERAINT THOMAS [BORN MARCH 17 1950]

Geraint Thomas [1950-2019]         “FOR GERAINT” – ONLINE RAMBLETTE – WEDNESDAY – MARCH 17 2021 IN REMEMBRANCE OF…

MARCH 14 2021 – ‘QUARTER MILE’ ROMAN ROAD IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD ?

‘Quarter Mile’ Roman Road ?

MARCH 13 2021 – EVENING SKIES OVER IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS

      PHOTOS BY RICHARD W. SYMONDS   Evening Skies over Southampton – RWS Photography

MARCH 12 2021 – THE BLUEBELL WALK…BUT NOT YET

THE BLUEBELL WALK [WITHOUT THE BLUEBELLS – BUT WITH A RAINBOW] – THE ROUTE       From the Plough…

MARCH 10 2021 – “WILDER HORSHAM DISTRICT” – SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST – ANCIENT PARISH AND MANOR OF IFIELD [‘WEST OF IFIELD’] AND ST. LEONARD’S FOREST

    Wilder Horsham District In this section About Wilder Horsham District Wilder Horsham District: Why take action? Wilder Horsham…

MARCH 10 2021 – THE VILLAGE DAFFODILS OF IFIELD

 

MARCH 8 2021 – CORRECTION [MARCH 18 2021] – CARTER JONAS WERE – NOT HAVE BEEN – “COMMISSIONED BY A CONSORTIUM OF HOMES ENGLAND, WELBECK LAND, RYDON AND WATES TO PLAN THIS…SITE AS A COMPREHENSIVE URBAN EXTENSION OF THE TOWN” – ‘CRAWLEY GARDEN VILLAGE’

MARCH 8 2021 – CARTER JONAS WERE [IN 2019] – NOT HAVE BEEN – “COMMISSIONED BY A CONSORTIUM OF HOMES…

MARCH 7 2021 – THE ANCIENT EMBLEMS OF IFIELD – THE FAMILY CREST – THE MANOR OF IFIELD

https://www.houseofnames.com/ifield-family-crest Ifield Wood

MARCH 6 2021 – “WEST OF IFIELD” AND GOLF CLUB – FIRST PHASE OF ‘THE CONSORTIUM’ MASTERPLAN OF 10,000 HOUSES

“WEST OF IFIELD” AND GOLF CLUB – FIRST PHASE OF ‘THE CONSORTIUM’ MASTERPLAN OF 10,000 HOUSES Carter Jonas have been…

MARCH 5 2021 – “VAGUE PROMISES WON’T SOLVE THIS” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS – 04/03/2021

  “VAGUE PROMISES WON’T SOLVE THIS” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTER FROM KIM THURLOWAY OF IFIELD – MARCH…

MARCH 3 2021 – “WHENEVER WE HEAR A SKYLARK SING, OR SEE A BUTTERFLY ON THE WING, WE WILL THINK OF YOU” – ON THIS DAY – 16 YEARS AGO – MARCH 3 2005 – JAMES HAVERS DIED [AGED 39] – IFIELD SOCIETY CO-FOUNDER

Flying Skylark (Alauda arvensis) in Frankfurt, Germany Quartl/Wikimedia Commons “THE MAN WHO LOVED IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS” – JAMES R. HAVERS RIP…

MARCH 1 2021 – CELEBRATING 300 YEARS OF CRICKET ON IFIELD VILLAGE GREEN [1721-2021]

Photo source; Wiki Commons Photo source: Wiki Commons   BHO – BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE – IFIELD “Cricket was played on…

FEBRUARY 25 2021 – EARLY SPRING DAFFODILS IN THE ANCIENT PARISH VILLAGE OF IFIELD

FEBRUARY 25 2021 – “PROTECTING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY” – A MESSAGE FROM THE CRAWLEY MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT HENRY SMITH

Photo: Wiki Commons Henry Smith MP – Westminster Report – February 2021 Protecting our local community: One issue I have…

FEBRUARY 18 2021 – “H. MONK – GROCER AND PORK BUTCHER” – HARROW COTTAGE BY THE OLD PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE – CIRCA 1904

Alfred Monk [1877-1937] or George Monk [1881-1952] and their sisters outside Harrow Cottage –  the family shop and home “H.…

FEBRUARY 12 2021 – ‘BANKSY’

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19083694.banksy-sussex-newhaven-a259-stencil-latest-work/?ref=ebln

FEBRUARY 10 2021 – LYCHGATE COTTAGES AT ST MARGARET’S CHURCH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [GRADE II LISTED] – THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

LYCHGATE COTTAGES AT ST MARGARET’S CHURCH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [GRADE II LISTED] – THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH…

FEBRUARY 8 2021 – ST MARGARET’S CHURCH IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

FEBRUARY 3 2021 – “IF THE BEE DISAPPEARED OFF THE SURFACE OF THE GLOBE, THEN MAN WOULD ONLY HAVE FOUR YEARS OF LIFE LEFT. NO MORE BEES, NO MORE POLLINATION, NO MORE PLANTS, NO MORE ANIMALS, NO MORE MAN” – ALBERT EINSTEIN + “STOP SACRIFICING NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ALTAR OF GROWTH” – PRINCE CHARLES [AND FUTURE KING]

  “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life…

JANUARY 31 2021 – THE GOLDFINCH

JANUARY 31 2021 – SUSSEX MOAT

JANUARY 31 2021 – SUSSEX WINDMILL

JANUARY 27 2021 – THE LYCHGATE PIGEONS OF IFIELD PARISH

JANUARY 24 2021 – ‘WILDFIRE’ MORNING SUNRISE OVER IFIELD MILL AND MILLPOND – PHOTO BY STEVEN BATTERS

   

JANUARY 24 2021 – ‘WILDFIRE’ MORNING SUNRISE OVER IFIELD MILL AND MILLPOND – PHOTO BY ELAINE CODE

Tilgate Lake – Photo source: ‘Tilgate Residents’ Facebook site  

JANUARY 24 2021 – A POEM IN PICTURES [ON SEEING FALLING SNOW EARLY ONE SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VILLAGE OF IFIELD]

  Snow, oh falling snow! Oh, thank you! Welcome snow! Lifting weary hearts Dooming dreary thoughts Rise, oh broken soul!…

JANUARY 22 2021 – IFIELD GOLF COURSE IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY IAN MULCAHY

                                 

JANUARY 18 2021 – WOOD PIGEON KEEPS WARM ON A COLD MONDAY MORNING IN IFIELD VILLAGE

   

JANUARY 13 2021 – LOCALIZATION AND LOCAL FUTURES

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JANUARY 12 2021 – “ALL GONE” – SARAH ROBINSON SCHOOL AND PLAYING FIELDS IN IFIELD [AND ROBINSON ROAD] – ‘LEARNING BY DOING’ – 1961 [HAT-TIP: VAUGHAN CREQUER]

https://www.facebook.com/belgranohobbies/videos/2012087329030478 SARAH ROBINSONS SCHOOL AND PLAYING FIELDS IN IFIELD – ‘LEARNING BY DOING’ – 1961 [HAT-TIP: VAUGHAN CREQUER] ROBINSON ROAD…

JANUARY 10 2021 – “BLESSED ARE WE WHO IN IFIELD DWELLETH” – 13TH CENTURY CHURCH OF ST MARGARET’S AT THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

JANUARY 9 2021 – BLUE TIT

JANUARY 8 2021 – CRAWLEY AND HORSHAM LOCAL PLANS 2030

CRAWLEY LOCAL PLAN 2030 https://crawley.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/local-plan/about-local-plan https://crawley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/PUB271702.pdf  

JANUARY 5 2021 – ST MARGARET’S 13TH CENTURY CHURCH – GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

Boundary of Ancient Parish – marked in red

DECEMBER 31 2020 – “THE DEER TREE” IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS – PHOTO BY JO LING

  THE FRIENDLY DRAGON OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS   

DECEMBER 28 2020 – “THE SUN” [NOW DEMOLISHED] AND ITS LANDLORD IN CRAWLEY – WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

      Picture provided by Maurice Kelly – with thanks  

DECEMBER 27 2020 – “WE WUNT BE DRUV” – AN ODE TO IFIELD

“We Wunt Be Druv” – Motto & Poem of Sussex [adapted by Richard W. Symonds – “An Ode To Ifield”]…

DECEMBER 26 2020 – “WHERE THERE ARE DAFFODILS AND PRIMROSES, THERE IS HOPE”

DECEMBER 25 2020 – NEW YEAR’S DAY SELF-GUIDED WALK 2021 – THE IFIELD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION [SUBJECT TO COVID-19 TIER 4 RESTRICTIONS]

  THE IFIELD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION NEW YEAR WALK 2021 WE’RE NOT ABLE TO LEAD THE TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR’S DAY WALK…

DECEMBER 24 2020 – IFIELD WATERMILL AND TED HENBERY RIP

https://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/people/tributes-paid-ifield-watermills-ted-3076690    

DECEMBER 24 2020 – ‘WHISPERING’ BATS ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION

BACK FROM THE BRINK The projects – Back From The Brink (naturebftb.co.uk) Rare photos reveal UK’s disappearing ‘whispering’ bats National Geographic Fewer…

THE HIDDEN PLAQUE OF REMEMBRANCE TO ROBINSON ROAD [WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD]

  This plaque is in memory of the Crawley and Ifield Hospital 1896-1938, the Bethnal [Bethel- Ed] Chapel 1858-2002, the…

DECEMBER 21 2020 – THE WINDMILL [NOW DEMOLISHED] AT THE END OF MILL LANE + THE STEAM MILL AND CHIMNEY – IFIELD GREEN [WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD]

ALL PHOTOS PROVIDED BY IAN MULCAHY – WITH THANKS     Lowfield Heath Windmill Map – Surrey, England – Mapcarta

DECEMBER 21 2020 – THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD [WITH ST. MARGARET’S 13TH CENTURY CHURCH IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE]

DECEMBER 18 2020 – CEMETERIES AS GATEKEEPERS OF HISTORY – 1. ST MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH CEMETERY IN IFIELD VILLAGE

  DECEMBER 18 2020 – LATE BRONZE AGE TO ROMAN ERA SETTLEMENT WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD [CIRCA 1200BC…

DECEMBER 18 2020 – LATE BRONZE AGE TO ROMAN ERA SETTLEMENT WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD [CIRCA 1200BC – 410AD] ?

THREE-AGE SYSTEM [STONE AGE – BRONZE AGE – IRON AGE] – THEN ROMAN OCCUPATION https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36912891     Here [above] is…

DECEMBER 18 2020 – HEDGEHOG-SPOTTING IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

A prickly combination Pictured with a sprig of prickly seasonal holly, this festive little hedgehog should really be wrapped up…

DECEMBER 17 2020 – DEER-SPOTTING IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

DECEMBER 17 2020 – COUNTY OAK COTTAGE [GRADE II LISTED] IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

DECEMBER 16 2020 – THE BLUEBELL WOOD IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

Photo by Craig Denford

DECEMBER 15 2020 – “JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL”

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DECEMBER 14 2020 – “HELP ME” 2

“HELP ME” 2   “HELP ME” 1

DECEMBER 14 2020 – LECTURETTE 1: “THE DEATH OF RURAL IFIELD?” [OR, “THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD?”] – DELIVERED BY DAVID MOON

“TALKING THE WALK AND WALKING THE TALK” ‘OPEN-AIR IFIELD’ SERIES OF LECTURETTES – SPEAKERS’ CORNER – IFIELD VILLAGE LECTURETTE 1 …

DECEMBER 12 2020 – THE RAINBOW IN DARKENED SKIES

     

DECEMBER 6 2020 – THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] – FROM THE ARCHIVES – CHRISTMAS 2014

THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] – FROM THE ARCHIVES – CHRISTMAS 2014

DECEMBER 5 2020 – ‘LANDSCAPE CAPACITY OF STUDY AREAS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT’ – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL

‘LANDSCAPE CAPACITY OF STUDY AREAS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT’ – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL [HAT-TIP: HS]   KILNWOOD VALE – IN LARGE…

DECEMBER 4 2020 – “DESTRUCTION OF PROTECTED RIVER ‘CRIME AGAINST ENVIRONMENT’, SAYS WILDLIFE TRUST”

  Destruction of protected river ‘crime against environment’, says wildlife trust PA Dec 4th 2020 4:12AM A wildlife trust has…

DECEMBER 4 2020 – ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – WITH THE 13TH CENTURY VILLAGE CHURCH IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE – “THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SPACE TO THINK, TO FIND SOLACE TO RELAX, TO HAVE FUN, TO KEEP FIT AND SPACE TO HAVE FUN AND ENJOY TOGETHER THESE BEAUTIFUL OPEN SPACES RICH IN HISTORY AND HERITAGE, SURROUNDED BY NATURE’S BEAUTY”

THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD: “THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SPACE TO THINK, TO FIND SOLACE TO RELAX, TO HAVE FUN,…

DECEMBER 2 2020 – FIELDS IN TRUST

  https://r1.technology-trust-news.org/6LZN-4AYC-D4011ADDA26439901OMFFPAF09B965A0C1B21F/cr.aspx?v=1   Tell us about your local park. View this email online Green Spaces for Good My park is…

DECEMBER 2 2020 – FINAL APPROVAL SOUGHT FOR “LATEST PHASE” IN THE KILNWOOD VALE DEVELOPMENT

Final approval sought for 168 new homes at Faygate Final planning approval is being sought from Horsham District Council for…

DECEMBER 2 2020 – “HELP ME” 1

“HELP ME” 1   [ALL PHOTOS BY ELAINE CODE – WITH GREAT THANKS]  

NOVEMBER 29 2020 – “HOMES ENGLAND PURCHASE IFIELD GOLF CLUB LAND” [WITH PUBLIC MONEY – OUR MONEY AS TAXPAYERS]

“HOMES ENGLAND PURCHASE IFIELD GOLF CLUB LAND” [WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY] CBC have been notified by Homes England that they have…

NOVEMBER 29 2020 – “SUNRISE STILLNESS” – IFIELD MILL POND – PHOTO BY HELEN AXON

NOVEMBER 25 2020 – “WE HAVE BOUGHT THE LAND OF IFIELD GOLF CLUB TO HELP ENSURE WE CAN BUILD THE NEW HOMES THAT ARE NEEDED…” – KEN GLENDINNING – HOMES ENGLAND PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN – WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25 2020 – 5.35PM – ON TWITTER

Homes England – Autumn Engagement Event   PETITION https://www.change.org/p/horsham-borough-council-stop-the-build-of-10-000-houses-across-ifield-west?   Homes England revamps land disposal process to help SMEs  …

NOVEMBER 24 2020 – SHOCKED RESIDENTS ‘DISTRAUGHT’ AFTER TREES CUT DOWN ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18893212.residents-distraught-trees-removed-cala-homes-development-lancing/?ref=ebln Residents ‘distraught’ as trees removed for Cala Homes development in Lancing By Rose Lock  @roselock22 Reporter  (5) A RESIDENT and her neighbours…

NOVEMBER 23 2020 – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL URGED TO ABANDON HOMES ENGLAND ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN – AFTER REFUSAL TO COOPERATE WITH MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

    5th November 2020 Dear Henry Thank you for your correspondence from wildlife and traffic surveys undertaken in [sic]…

NOVEMBER 22 2020 – “WE MUST PUT THE LOCAL PLAN ON HOLD”

  The Prime Minister has pledged to invest a further £40m to protect the environment, address the biodiversity loss, create…

NOVEMBER 18 2020 – IFIELD GOLF CLUB – CHAIRMAN’S REPORT ON HOMES ENGLAND

IFIELD GOLF CLUB – CHAIRMAN’S REPORT ON HOMES ENGLAND   Our fight to secure the future of Ifield Golf Club…

NOVEMBER 18 2020 – HORSHAM HERITAGE TRAILS

https://horshammuseum.org/learn/heritage-trails?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

NOVEMBER 16 2020 – “IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE ACT NOW TO ENHANCE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS WILDLIFE AND BIODIVERSITY” – PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON

  Extra £40m for green spaces in England, Boris Johnson pledges By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst A further £40m…

NOVEMBER 16 2020 – “GOOD TO SEE REFERENCE IN TELEGRAPH ABOUT ROBERT JENRICK LOOKING TO…REBALANCED DEMAND FOR HOUSING OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH EAST” – SIMON DUDLEY – HOMES ENGLAND

Simon Dudley  @MrSimonDudley 15 Nov 2020 “Good to see reference in @Telegraph about @RobertJenrick looking to locate a significant amount of @mhclg in the @midsengine. #LevellingUp means decentralising…

NOVEMBER 15 2020 – “THIS IS NOT ABOUT MP’S OBJECTING TO DEVELOPMENT. IT IS HOW DEVELOPMENT IS DONE SENSITIVELY…CONCRETING OVER LARGE PARTS OF RURAL AND SUBURBAN ENGLAND, WITH NO DEMOCRATIC RIGHT OF COMMUNITIES TO APPEAL, AS THE ALGORITHM AND WHITE PAPER SUGGEST, WILL UNDERMINE MUCH OF THE GOOD WE ARE INTENDING TO DO” – BOB SEELY MP

New homes plan revised after Tory backlash By Jessica Parker BBC political correspondent IMAGE COPYRIGHT GETTY IMAGES The government is set…

NOVEMBER 15 2020 – “TORY REVOLT FORCES PLANNING U-TURN FOR NEW HOMES” – SUNDAY TELEGRAPH – FRONT PAGE

Tory revolt forces planning u-turn for new homes TA formula used to produce targets across England is to be “rebalanced”…

NOVEMBER 15 2020 – SUSSEX SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS

SUSSEX SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS   Sussex Search and Rescue Team out in force this morning…

NOVEMBER 14 2020 – CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL ENGLAND [CPRE] – UPDATE

CPRE https://e-activist.com/page/email?mid=a950f5b2bf2d46bd8c901e5b7e512f2a In this issue: Mobilising councillors, rural homelessness and hedgerows through the seasons Trouble viewing email? Open it in browser…

NOVEMBER 13 2020 – THE IFIELD PARISHIONERS REVOLT – BATTLE FOR THE PARISH SOUL AND BEYOND

“CALL TO GET IFIELD PLAN REMOVED” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES “Call to get Ifield plan removed”, West Sussex County…

NOVEMBER 13 2020 – “SUSSEX AREAS OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY MUST BE PROTECTED” – ARGUS LETTER

  Argus Letter: Sussex areas of outstanding natural beauty must be protected   By Letters to The Argus The South Downs…

NOVEMBER 11 2020 – PREDATORY DEVELOPERS LOOKING TO BUILD ON COTTESMORE GOLF CLUB – SOUTH WEST OF CRAWLEY AND SOUTH OF IFIELD GOLF CLUB

PREDATORY DEVELOPERS LOOKING TO BUILD ON COTTESMORE GOLF CLUB – SOUTH WEST OF CRAWLEY AND SOUTH OF IFIELD GOLF CLUB…

NOVEMBER 11 2020 – “THE OBSESSION WITH BUILDING MORE HOMES IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST ISN’T THE ANSWER TO OUR HOUSING WORRIES”… ‘SOUTH IS GETTING TOO MUCH OF THE GOVERNMENT’S HOUSEBUILDING FUNDS…WE KNOW THAT DEVELOPERS ARE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO TAKE ON MORE PROJECTS IN THE SOUTH SINCE THE PROFIT MARGINS ARE EVEN HEALTHIER’

Opinion: South is getting too much of the Government’s housebuilding funds MORTGAGES AND HOME John Fitzsimons Updated on 10 November…

NOVEMBER 8 2020 – “YEARS’ WORTH OF LAND AVAILABLE TO AVOID HOMES ON GREEN SPACES” – WEST SUSSEX GAZETTE – FRONT PAGE – NOVEMBER 4 2020

“YEARS’ WORTH OF LAND AVAILABLE TO AVOID HOMES ON GREEN SPACES” – WEST SUSSEX GAZETTE – FRONT PAGE – NOVEMBER…

NOVEMBER 8 2020 – “IFIELD AND BEYOND – A 4 MILE WALK – A TASTE OF THE SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE” [THE 1996 ‘KINGFISHER’ BROCHURE]

   

NOVEMBER 7 2020 – SIMON DUDLEY AND THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE BETWEEN DEVELOPER AND GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE COMMUNITY

SIMON DUDLEY AND THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE BETWEEN DEVELOPER AND GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE COMMUITY – FORMER COUNCIL LEADER & HOMES ENGLAND…

NOVEMBER 6 2020 – HOW MANY HISTORIC FOOTPATHS ARE THREATENED BY THE PROPOSED ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ DEVELOPMENT?

  HOW MANY HISTORIC FOOTPATHS ARE THREATENED BY THE PROPOSED ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ DEVELOPMENT ? ‘DON’T LOSE YOUR WAY’ –…

NOVEMBER 6 2020 – THE BATTLE FOR IFIELD GOLF CLUB AND BEYOND

Ifield Golf Club “Homes England do not own the Golf Course yet but they are getting close. We are fighting…

NOVEMBER 5 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ UPDATE

NOVEMBER 5 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ UPDATE [HAT-TIP: ‘M’ and ‘I’] We are still in the process…

OCTOBER 31 2020 – BIODIVERSITY SUMMIT 2020 [GLOBAL] + BIODIVERSITY STUDY 2020 [LOCAL]

https://www.cbd.int/article/Summit-on-Biodiversity-2020 SEPTEMBER 4 2020 – BIODIVERSITY STUDY 2020 – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND – TO MARK THE 1ST ANNIVERSARY…

OCTOBER 29 2020 – REQUEST FROM HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL TO CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS ON THE SUBMITTED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCOPING OPINION FOR DEVELOPMENT ON LAND WEST OF IFIELD (HDC REF EIA/20/0004)

1 ECONOMY AND PLANNING SERVICES Contact: Mrs J. McPherson Our Ref: CR/2020/3002/EIA Direct Line: (01293) 438577  Email: development.control@crawley.gov.uk Direct Fax:…

OCTOBER 28 2020 – IFIELD GOLF CLUB – CHAIRMAN’S NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 28 2020

Chairman’s Newsletter 023 Wednesday 28th October 2020 HOMES ENGLAND’S PLANS FOR LAND WEST OF IFIELD Dear Member, The Trustees and…

OCTOBER 27 2020 – PARISHES UNITE TO FIGHT DEVELOPERS – CALLING ON HOUSING SECRETARY ROBERT JENRICK TO INTERVENE TO REMOVE HOMES ENGLAND’S MASTERPLAN FROM THE LOCAL PLAN OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL

  Parishes united in opposing new town A LETTER supported by 23 parishes opposed to plans for 3,000 new homes on Chalgrove…

OCTOBER 25 2020 – GOLDFINCH

OCTOBER 24 2020 – MAP OF IFIELD PARISH – WEST OF IFIELD

Picture 1 – West of Ifield/Land West of Crawley, Rusper [in dark orange – centre of picture] and the ancient Parish…

OCTOBER 22 2020 – PLANNING TO FAIL WILDLIFE

PLANNING TO FAIL WILDLIFE Planning to fail wildlife England’s planning system is changing – and not for the better. The new changes…

OCTOBER 22 2020 – “LIVING WITH TREES” BY ROBIN WALTER

Little Toller Books Nature | Landscape | Culture Published November 5th LIVING WITH TREES Grow, protect and celebrate the trees and woods in your…

OCTOBER 17 2020 – LEGAL ACTION AGAINST HOMES ENGLAND CONSORTIUM FOR PROMOTING ‘LAND WEST OF IFIELD’ WHICH DAMAGES HEALTHY COMMUNITIES NEAR GATWICK ?

LEGAL ACTION AGAINST HOMES ENGLAND CONSORTIUM FOR PROMOTING ‘LAND WEST OF IFIELD’ WHICH DAMAGES HEALTHY COMMUNITIES NEAR GATWICK ?

‘LAND WEST OF IFIELD’ – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT [EIA] – HOMES ENGLAND/ARCADIS

01648012 ‘LAND WEST OF IFIELD’ – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT [EIA] – HOMES ENGLAND/ARCADIS – Assessment of the effects of certain…

OCTOBER 16 2020 – AUTUMN COLOURS

OCTOBER 16 2020 – IFIELD SOCIETY CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO £3BN ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ CONSORTIUM LAND DEAL – INCLUDING THE SALE OF IFIELD GOLF CLUB TO DEVELOPER HOMES ENGLAND

IFIELD SOCIETY CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO £3BN ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ CONSORTIUM LAND DEAL – INCLUDING THE SALE OF IFIELD GOLF…

OCTOBER 15 2020 – RELAUNCH OF CPRI [CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL IFIELD] – LAUNCHED BY THE LATE GERAINT THOMAS IN 1999 – TO FIGHT THE MONSTROUS HOMES ENGLAND ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN

OCTOBER 15 2020 – RELAUNCH OF CPRI [CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL IFIELD] – LAUNCHED BY THE LATE GERAINT…

HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE – ‘PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE’ WHITE PAPER

Urgent Ask your MP to act We’ve just heard that MPs will be debating the government’s damaging proposals to deregulate planning on Thursday 8…

OCTOBER 4 2020 – FLOOD WARNING – WEST OF IFIELD FLOOD PLAIN

  FLOOD WARNING – WEST OF IFIELD FLOOD PLAIN    GOV.UK Flood information service Coronavirus (COVID-19): how we’re protecting our…

CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL IFIELD [CPRI] RE-LAUNCHED TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF GERAINT THOMAS [1950-2019]

OCTOBER 3 2020 – CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL TURNS DOWN HOMES ENGLAND PLAN [FOR 150 HOUSES]

  Plans for 150 homes Crawley turned down Plans to build up to 150 homes east of Tinsley Lane have…

CRAWLEY MP HENRY SMITH ON THE PLANNING WHITE PAPER AND HOMES ENGLAND’S £3BN MASTERPLAN WEST OF IFIELD FOR 10,000 HOUSES

Dear Richard Thank you for contacting me regarding planning reforms. I welcome the Government recently announcing that all new streets…

SEPTEMBER 28 2020 – MICHAEL LUNN’S CORRESPONDENCE WITH HOMES ENGLAND [ONE-WAY ONLY]

Dear Homes England “On Sept 11th [2020], I sent yourselves an email in response to your latest post re this…

SEPTEMBER 28 2020 – “NO COMMUNITY WANTS THIS ON THEIR DOORSTEP”

‘No community wants this’: Sussex new town plans anger local Tories Kingswood scheme for nearly 3,000 new homes assembled by…

SEPTEMBER 27 2020 – “EXPERTS CALL FOR NEW ERA FOR WILDLIFE IN UK” – BBC NEWS

  “EXPERTS CALL FOR NEW ERA FOR WILDLIFE IN UK” – BBC NEWS Experts call for new era for wildlife…

SEPTEMBER 27 2020 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [2012] – ‘THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF IFIELD AND BEYOND” – PARISH OF IFIELD vs WELBECK LAND – “ACT FAST, DECISIVELY, FEROCIOUSLY, LEGALLY AND TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY”

FROM THE ARCHIVES [2012] – ‘THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF IFIELD AND BEYOND” – PARISH OF IFIELD vs WELBECK…

SEPTEMBER 26 2020 – FIELDS IN TRUST – PEOPLE NEED PARKS AND OPEN SPACES

  25th September 2020 POLICY: People need parks Following the release of several new pieces of research relating to parks…

SEPTEMBER 25 2020 – ACT NOW AND ASK YOUR MP TO REJECT PLANNING REFORMS – CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL ENGLAND [CPRE]

  Act now and ask your MP to reject planning reforms  – which are a major threat to our countryside…

SEPTEMBER 24 2020 – FROM THE ARCHIVES – CRAWLEY NEWS – MARCH 23 2005 – “NATURE LOVER JAMES [HAVERS] DIES, AGED 39”

  FROM THE ARCHIVES – CRAWLEY NEWS – MARCH 23 20o5 – “NATURE LOVER JAMES [HAVERS] DIES, AGED 39”

SEPTEMBER 24 2020 – PROTECTING WILDLIFE’S ‘GREEN CORRIDOR’ WEST OF IFIELD AND WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE

  PROTECTING WILDLIFE’S ‘GREEN CORRIDOR’ WEST OF IFIELD AND WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE LETTER SUBMISSION – UNPUBLISHED 24/09/2020 Dear…

SEPTEMBER 24 2020 – BADGER TRUST

BADGER TRUST  

SEPTEMBER 24 2020 – ENGLAND’S PLANNING SYSTEM IS CHANGING – AND NOT FOR THE BETTER IN WEST SUSSEX

https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/campaign/planning-reforms?utm_source=Sussex+Wildlife+Trust+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e5a946df60-24_Sept2020MEM&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9f7e3b5ad3-e5a946df60-292617185&mc_cid=e5a946df60&mc_eid=681053a1c0 September 2020 View in browser Planning to fail wildlife England’s planning system is changing – and not for the…

SEPTEMBER 24 2020 – COUNCIL LEADER UPSET BY PLAN INSPECTOR’S VERDICT

Council leader upset by plan inspector’s verdict THE leader of South Oxfordshire District Council says she is disappointed by the…

SEPTEMBER 24 2020 – PLANS TO ‘REWILD’ GOLF COURSE

  Plans to rewild Waterhall golf course in Brighton By Sarah Booker-Lewis  @BHDemocracyNews Local Democracy Reporter Waterhill course      24 comments THE city council could…

SEPTEMBER 24 2020 – “PLANNING SHOULD PUT PEOPLE FIRST…WE WOULD NOT WANT THE PRINCIPLE OF DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY USURPED BY THE POWER OF MONEY”- CHURCH TIMES

Planning should put people first CHURCH TIMES – 18 SEPTEMBER 2020 The PM’s plan for ‘radical reform’ ought to be…

SEPTEMBER 11 2020 – “FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS” IN GOVERNMENT’S ‘PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE’ WHITE PAPER

  WEST SUSSEX’S HUGE HOUSING TARGETS BLAMED ON ‘MUTANT ALGORITHM’ West Sussex’s huge housing targets blamed on ‘mutant algorithm’ Huge…

SEPTEMBER 11 2020 – WHY DID HOMES ENGLAND CHOOSE WEST OF IFIELD FOR 10,000 HOUSES?

WHY DID HOMES ENGLAND CHOOSE WEST OF IFIELD FOR 10,000 HOUSES?   News update on West of Ifield Housing Posted on Sep…

AUGUST 10 2020 – WHITEHAWK HILL LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] AND POLITICAL BETRAYAL – THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME ?

WHITEHAWK HILL LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] AND POLITICAL BETRAYAL – THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME? SAVE WHITEHAWK HILL NATURE…

SEPTEMBER 10 2020 – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING [SEPTEMBER 18 2020] – AGENDA 7b – MOTION ON GOVERNMENT PLANNING CONSULTATION

WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING [SEPTEMBER 18 2020] – AGENDA 7b – MOTION ON GOVERNMENT PLANNING CONSULTATION 7b 7b Motion…

‘CRAWLEY MP HENRY SMITH RAISED THE THREAT OF 10,000 HOMES WEST OF IFIELD IN “UNSUSTAINABLE CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE FLOODPLAIN…….WE MUST HAVE THE ENVIRONMENT PARAMOUNT IN OUR CONSIDERATIONS”‘

  WEST SUSSEX’S HUGE HOUSING TARGETS BLAMED ON ‘MUTANT ALGORITHM’ West Sussex’s huge housing targets blamed on ‘mutant algorithm’ Huge…

SEPTEMBER 8 2020 – PROTECT THE ENDANGERED SPECIES IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND: THE HEDGEHOG

PROTECT THE ENDANGERED SPECIES IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND: THE HEDGEHOG PETITION UPDATE Ghost Hedgehogs! Hugh Warwick Oxford, ENG,…

SEPTEMBER 8 2020 – “GRENFELL SURVIVORS REFUSE MEETING WITH JENRICK OVER WESTFERRY DEVELOPMENT SCANDAL” – MORNING STAR

“GRENFELL SURVIVORS REFUSE MEETING WITH JENRICK OVER WESTFERRY DEVELOPMENT SCANDAL” – MORNING STAR Grenfell survivors refuse meeting with Jenrick over…

‘REWILDING’ IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND

  Toads, spiders, daddy long legs, even mice: let them all share our homes Ros Coward Species decline is being…

SEPTEMBER 4 2020 – BIODIVERSITY STUDY 2020 – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND – TO MARK THE 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF GERAINT THOMAS [1950-2019]

  LETTER SUBMISSION [UNPUBLISHED]   Dear Editor   To mark the first anniversary of the passing of Geraint Thomas of Ifield,…

SEPTEMBER 4 2020 – “JENRICK’S PLANNING REFORMS WILL BE A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE FOR WEST SUSSEX – ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH WEST OF IFIELD”

“JENRICK’S PLANNING REFORMS WILL BE A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE FOR WEST SUSSEX – ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH…

SEPTEMBER 4 2020 – “JENRICK’S NEW PLANNING FRAMEWORK ‘A DISASTER FOR CORNWALL’

Jenrick’s new planning framework ‘a disaster for Cornwall’ Jenrick’s new planning framework ‘a disaster for Cornwall’ The government’s new planning…

SEPTEMBER 4 2020 – ROBERT JENRICK “SAYS THAT THE GOVERNMENT’S PLANNED SHAKE-UP OF THE PLANNING SYSTEM WILL HELP LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE MORE SAY ON WHERE HOUSES SHOULD BE BUILT AND WHAT THEY SHOULD LOOK LIKE”

  Minister: People should “embrace” planning reforms Minister: People should “embrace” planning reforms September 3, 2020 Conservative, Cornish Politics, Features, Latest News, Planning The Secretary…

SEPTEMBER 4 2020 – “ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE” – I.F. STONE

 “ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE” – I.F. STONE “PLANNING REFORMS OUT OF JENRICK’S HANDS” – DAILY TELEGRAPH – FRONT PAGE – JUNE…

SEPTEMBER 4 2020 – “A GREEN SPACE WHICH WAS PUT FORWARD FOR A MAJOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WILL INSTEAD BE PRESERVED AS A NATURE RESERVE” – THE ARGUS

New Salts Farm in Shoreham to be bought and kept as a nature reserve By Rose Lock  @roselock22 Reporter   A GREEN space…

SEPTEMBER 3 2020 – “HELP THE COUNCIL RESPOND TO THE ‘PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE’ CONSULTATION” – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL [CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 4 2020]

  Help the Council respond to the ‘Planning for the future’ consultation The Government announced last week that it was…

SEPTEMBER 3 2020 – “HASTY PLANNING REFORM” – DAILY TELEGRAPH – LETTERS [14 SIGNATORIES]

Hasty planning reform SIR – As a broad coalition of planning, heritage and environmental organisations, we are united in our…

SEPTEMBER 3 2020 – “URGE ALL TO LOOK AT CONSULTATIONS” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS [DR ROGER F. SMITH – CPRE SUSSEX]

  “Urge all to look at consultations” – West Sussex County Times – Letter – September 3 2020 Unfortunately, Mr…

SEPTEMBER 1 2020 – HENRY SMITH MP – BRITAIN MUST SHOW INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON WILDLIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Britain must show international leadership on wildlife and the environment Thursday, 23 July, 2020 Last year, Lord Ashcroft published a…

AUGUST 29 2020 – CORPORATIONS HAVE THEIR LOBBYISTS. THE PEOPLE NEED ADVOCATES TOO. DEMOCRACY [OF, BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE] IS NOT FOR SALE – NOR IS IT A CORPORATE LOGO

AUGUST 28 2020 – THE IFIELD SOCIETY BIODIVERSITY STUDY: “MAKING THE CASE FOR A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] IN THE ANCIENT PARISH AND BEYOND”

THE IFIELD SOCIETY BIODIVERSITY STUDY: “MAKING THE CASE FOR A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR] IN THE ANCIENT PARISH AND BEYOND”

AUGUST 27 2020 – “MAKE IT A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE” / “WHO WILL GIVE LEGAL ADVICE?” / “‘BUILD, BUILD, BUILD’ CHARTER” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES + CHICHESTER OBSERVER

      LETTER PUBLISHED – “MAKE IT A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE”   Dear Editor   According to a Daily…

AUGUST 27 2020 – “CROYDON SEEKS FINANCIAL AID AS COUNCILS SUFFER CRISIS PAIN” – FINANCIAL TIMES. WHO’S NEXT?

AUGUST 27 2020 – “NO GROWTH AT GATWICK = NO HOMES ENGLAND MASTERPLAN WEST OF IFIELD”

“NO GROWTH AT GATWICK = NO HOMES ENGLAND MASTERPLAN WEST OF IFIELD” ~ RICHARD W. SYMONDS   Gatwick airport to…

AUGUST 23 2020 – “OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE, WHEN WE FIRST PRACTICE TO DECEIVE” – SIR WALTER SCOTT

LETTER SUBMISSIONS Dear Editor  According to your front page report last June [“Planning reforms out of Jenrick’s hands”, 26 June],…

THE RAMBLETTES ARE BACK! – SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 5 2020 – ‘THE GOLF CLUB WALK’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

THE RAMBLETTES ARE BACK! – SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 5 2020 – ‘THE GOLF CLUB WALK’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH…

AUGUST 21 2020 – “APPARENTLY NOT POLICY TO BY-PASS” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS

Dear Editor In his critique of the Government’s White Paper ‘Planning for the Future’ [“Measures are seriously flawed”, WSCT Letters, Aug…

AUGUST 21 2020 – “COUNCIL SAYS NO TO PROVIDING FOR 1,715 HOMES EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS” – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL

Council says NO to providing for 1,715 homes every year for the next 10 years 17 Aug 2020 The Government…

AUGUST 20 2020 – “ECOLOGICAL STUDY SHOWS ROOKWOOD GOLF COURSE IS ‘WRONG PLACE TO BUILD HOUSE'” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES

“ECOLOGICAL STUDY SHOWS ROOKWOOD GOLF COURSE IS ‘WRONG PLACE TO BUILD HOUSE’” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES Ecological study shows…

AUGUST 16 2020 – “WE SHOULD BE SCRAPPING HOMES ENGLAND, NOT HEALTH ENGLAND” ~ RICHARD W. SYMONDS

“WE SHOULD BE SCRAPPING HOMES ENGLAND, NOT HEALTH ENGLAND” RICHARD W. SYMONDS   HOMES ENGLAND’S £3BN MASTERPLAN FOR 10,000 HOUSES…

AUGUST 15 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND’S £3BN MASTERPLAN ‘BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER’ BY VIRUS – LAND WEST OF CRAWLEY [SA 101 & SA 291] – LETTER AND REPRESENTATIONS FROM HOMES ENGLAND TO HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL – MARCH 30 2020 [PRE-VIRUS]

HOMES ENGLAND’S £3BN MASTERPLAN FOR 10,000 HOUSES WEST OF IFIELD ‘BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER’ BY VIRUS LAND WEST OF…

AUGUST 15 2020 – “MEASURES ARE SERIOUSLY FLAWED” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS – AUGUST 13 2020

AUGUST 15 2020 – GLADMAN DEVELOPMENTS LTD – “A PREDATORY WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND”

  GLADMAN DEVELOPMENTS LTD – “A PREDATORY WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND” RICHARD W. SYMONDS

AUGUST 15 2020 – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS UNDER THREAT FROM HOMES ENGLAND DEVELOPER – AND ‘ASSOCIATES’?

AUGUST 15 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND – WEST OF IFIELD UPDATES – INFRASTRUCTURE

HOMES ENGLAND – WEST OF IFIELD UPDATES – INFRASTRUCTURE “Another statement from them. I do believe that they are only…

AUG 13 2020 “HOUSING RULES ADJUSTED TO ALLOW MULTIPLE STORIES” – PRIVATE EYE

AUGUST 4 2020 – ‘STICK & BALL RENTAL’ – WHAT A GREAT IDEA !

WHAT A GREAT IDEA !

AUGUST 3 2020 – GREEN BELT AND AREAS OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY [AONB] – MAPS COVERING HORSHAM & CRAWLEY

IS MY LAND IN A GREEN BELT   Green Belt Map: Find out if your land is in the Green…

AUGUST 2 2020 – DEVELOPERS AND THE KILNWOOD VALE SEWAGE PIPE BURST

“Sewage pipe burst. Kilnwood Vale developers at it again, this is the third environmental issue since they’ve started. They clearly…

AUGUST 2 2020 – “AREAS OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY AND THE GREEN BELT WILL BE PROTECTED” – [‘NEW HOMES TO GET “AUTOMATIC” PERMISSION IN ENGLAND PLANNING SHAKE UP’ – BBC NEWS]

“NEW HOMES TO GET ‘AUTOMATIC’ PERMISSION IN ENGLAND PLANNING SHAKE UP” – BBC NEWS “Areas of outstanding natural beauty and…

AUGUST 1 2020 – SUNSET AND SKIES OVER IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS

AUGUST 1 2020 – PEERAGE FOR SIR EDWARD LISTER [FORMER HOMES ENGLAND CHAIRMAN AND NOW CHIEF STRATEGIC ADVISER TO PM BORIS JOHNSON]

PEERAGE FOR SIR EDWARD LISTER [FORMER HOMES ENGLAND CHAIRMAN AND NOW CHIEF STRATEGIC ADVISER TO PM BORIS JOHNSON]    …

AUGUST 31 2020 – THE ORCHARDS – IFIELD GREEN – CRAWLEY

AUGUST 31 2020 – A BAT-CATCHER ?

JULY 30 2020 – RECLAIMING THE RAT-RUN ROADS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

  RECLAIMING THE RAT-RUN ROADS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY    

AUGUST 6 2020 [THURSDAY] – THE HIROSHIMA REMEMBRANCE AT TILGATE PARK – 75TH ANNIVERSARY – 9PM [TWO-MINUTE SILENCE] – UNDER THE GINKGO TREE [BY SMITH AND WESTERN]

  AUGUST 6 2020 [THURSDAY] – THE HIROSHIMA REMEMBRANCE AT TILGATE PARK – 75TH ANNIVERSARY – 9PM [TWO-MINUTE SILENCE] –…

SUNDAY [AUGUST 9 2020] – THE NAGASAKI RAMBLETTE IN TILGATE PARK- A SHORT WALK OF SILENT REMEMBRANCE [TO THE PEACE GARDEN] – 75TH ANNIVERSARY – 11AM – FROM THE GINKGO TREE [BY SMITH AND WESTERN]

 THE NAGASAKI RAMBLETTE IN TILGATE PARK- A SHORT WALK OF SILENT REMEMBRANCE [TO THE PEACE GARDEN] – 75TH ANNIVERSARY –…

JULY 30 2020 – “THE REVEREND CHRISTINE SPENCER IS TO BE THE NEW RECTOR OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD”

“THE REVEREND CHRISTINE SPENCER IS TO BE THE NEW RECTOR OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD”  

JULY 27 2020 – RESTORING THE LOST WOODS OF SUSSEX – STRETCHING FROM PULBOROUGH TO LEWES

RESTORING THE LOST WOODS OF SUSSEX – STRETCHING FROM PULBOROUGH TO LEWES Rangers restore ‘lost’ Sussex woods the size of…

JULY 25 2020 – PRECIOUS LIVES LIVED AND REMEMBERED IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – ST MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH CEMETERY

PRECIOUS LIVES LIVED AND REMEMBERED IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – ST MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH CEMETERY      …

JULY 24 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND’S WEST OF IFIELD UPDATE: TRANSPORT

https://westofifield.commonplace.is/news/24/07/2020/transport West of Ifield news Community engagement is vital to help us understand your concerns and get your input on…

JULY 23 2020 – “COUNCILS SHOULD CREATE JOINT PLAN” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTER

Dear Editor   Cllr John Milne states (“District ‘is far from being the only victim’”, WSCT, July 16]:   “We…

JULY 23 2020 – THE NAGASAKI RAMBLETTE TO THE PEACE GARDEN IN TILGATE PARK – 75TH ANNIVERSARY – SUNDAY – AUGUST 9 2020 – 11AM FROM THE GINKGO TREE BY SMITH & WESTERN [RETURN BY 1PM]

JULY 23 2020 – “THE STENCH OF THIS GRUBBY AFFAIR WON’T GO AWAY UNTIL MR JENRICK COMES CLEAN” – MIKE AMESBURY – SHADOW HOUSING AND PLANNING MINISTER

  GUARDIAN Following Jenrick’s appearance before the committee, the shadow housing and planning minister , Mike Amesbury, said: “The stench…

JULY 21 2020 – “COUNCIL STILL OPPOSED TO MASSIVE HOUSEBUILDING WEST OF CRAWLEY” – ‘CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL HAS REPEATED ITS OPPOSITION TO PLANS FOR 10,000 WEST OF THE TOWN’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER

      “COUNCIL STILL OPPOSED TO MASSIVE HOUSEBUILDING WEST OF CRAWLEY” – ‘CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL HAS REPEATED ITS OPPOSITION…

JULY 20 2020 – ST. JOHN’S – THE PARISH CHURCH OF CRAWLEY

“ST CUTHBERT’S GARDEN VILLAGE IS ONE OF FOURTEEN GARDEN VILLAGES BACKED BY THE GOVERNMENT” [HOMES ENGLAND]

Councils Seek £102m For 10,000 homes community BE Built Environment Network Posted on: July 18th, 2020 Posted by: Nathan Spencer Categories: North…

JULY 18 2020 – STAN THE STARLING – MY FRIEND – AT THE LYCHGATE COTTAGE WINDOW

JULY 18 2020 – JAY – ANOTHER REGULAR VISITOR TO THE LYCHGATE COTTAGE GARDEN

JULY 18 2020 – ROBIN – A REGULAR VISITOR TO THE LYCHGATE COTTAGE GARDEN

JULY 18 2020 – AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR TO THE LYCHGATE COTTAGE GARDEN

JULY 18 2020 – BEWARE THE PREDATOR

JULY 16 2020 – “WE ARE TAKING LEGAL ADVICE” – CLLR CLAIRE VICKERS – CABINET MEMBER FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL

JULY 16 2020 – “DISTRICT ‘IS FAR FROM BEING THE ONLY VICTIM’” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES Karen Dunn –…

JULY 15 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND MEET RESISTANCE FROM RESIDENTS IN RIPON

HOMES ENGLAND MEET RESISTANCE FROM RESIDENTS IN RIPON  

JULY 14 2020 – HOMES ENGLAND CANNOT DELIVER ON ITS £3BN WEST OF IFIELD PROMISE – IT’S THAT SIMPLE.

HOMES ENGLAND CANNOT DELIVER ON ITS £3BN WEST OF IFIELD PROMISE – IT’S THAT SIMPLE.  

JULY 14 2020 – HOUSING SECRETARY ROBERT JENRICK “TO FACE GRILLING” OVER APPROVAL OF £1BN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT “IN THE WEEK OF 20 JULY”

  HOUSING SECRETARY ROBERT JENRICK “TO FACE GRILLING” OVER APPROVAL OF £1BN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT “IN THE WEEK OF 20 JULY”…

JULY 13 2020 – WEST OF IFIELD – JOBS UPDATE FROM HOMES ENGLAND

WEST OF IFIELD – JOBS UPDATE FROM HOMES ENGLAND  

JULY 13 2020 – DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AND THE HOMES ENGLAND £3BN ‘CRAWLEY GARDEN VILLAGE’ MASTERPLAN “BUILT ON SAND AND HUBRIS”

  JULY 13 2020 – DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AND THE HOMES ENGLAND £3BN ‘CRAWLEY GARDEN VILLAGE’ MASTERPLAN “BUILT ON SAND AND HUBRIS”…

‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS’ RAMBLETTE – TODAY – SATURDAY – 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 at…

JULY 11 2020 – ‘NATURE, NATURE, NATURE’ VS ‘BUILD, BUILD, BUILD’

MASS OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO ‘BUILD, BUILD, BUILD’   A comment on UK Government plans to “build, build, build”…

JULY 10 2020 – THE SEVEN EMPTY PROMISES OF HOMES ENGLAND FOR WEST OF IFIELD – 2. “50% GREEN SPACE”

West of Ifield – Open spaces Posted on Jun 22nd 2020 by West of Ifield View post and share In January 2020, we…

JULY 10 2020 – THE SEVEN EMPTY PROMISES OF HOMES ENGLAND FOR WEST OF IFIELD – 1. “10,000 NEW JOBS TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND GATWICK DIAMOND”

THE SEVEN EMPTY PROMISES OF HOMES ENGLAND FOR WEST OF IFIELD – 1. “10,000 NEW JOBS TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL…

JULY 9 2020 – “IT’S ALL OVER FOR HOMES ENGLAND?” – LETTER SUBMISSION + PUBLIC QUESTION AT CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL FULL COUNCIL

LETTER SUBMISSION Dear Editor If Development Corporation status was a pre-condition for the £3bn West of Ifield development, then it’s…

JULY 6 2020 – THE DEER

 

JULY 5 2020 – “IF DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STATUS WAS A PRE-CONDITION FOR THE £3BN WEST OF IFIELD DEVELOPMENT, THEN IT’S ALL OVER FOR HOMES ENGLAND” ~ RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

“IF DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STATUS WAS A PRE-CONDITION FOR THE £3BN WEST OF IFIELD DEVELOPMENT, THEN IT’S ALL OVER FOR HOMES…

JULY 2 2020 – DEER IN TILGATE PARK

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…

REJECTED – BROWNS ‘CONCRETE CRUSHER’ AT KILMARNOCK FARM IN IFIELD WOOD

  Ifield concrete crushing plant refused Plans to build a temporary concrete crushing plant in Ifield have been refused by…

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…