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…

TOMORROW [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…

SEPTEMBER 8 2022 – “A POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCE” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS

    Dear Editor I write in support of the letter published recently, warning of the possible threat of subsidence…

AUGUST 31 2022 – “SERIOUS CONCERNS” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS

    Dear Editor A Walk took place on Bank Holiday Sunday around the Parish of Ifield – an ancient…

AUGUST 25 2022 – ‘HISTORIC ENGLAND’ WARNS OF POSSIBLE SUBSIDENCE AT ST. MARGARET’S CHURCH IF MASSIVE ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ DEVELOPMENT BUILT. ‘EMERGENCY PARISHIONERS’ MEETING’ CALLED.

‘HISTORIC ENGLAND’ WARNS OF POSSIBLE SUBSIDENCE AT ST. MARGARET’S CHURCH IF MASSIVE ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ DEVELOPMENT BUILT. ‘EMERGENCY PARISHIONERS’ MEETING’…

AUGUST 10 2022 – “DEVELOPMENT MASTERPLAN” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS

  Dear Editor It is becoming increasingly clear Homes England’s ‘West of Ifield’ development masterplan has not, does not, and…

AUGUST 3 2022 – “HOMES ENGLAND’S ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ DEVELOPMENT MASTERPLAN HAS NOT, DOES NOT, AND WILL NOT MEET THE NATIONAL STANDARDS REQUIRED BY HISTORIC ENGLAND OR HISTORIC ENGLAND WITHIN THIS ANCIENT PARISH”

It is becoming increasingly clear Homes England’s ‘West of Ifield’ development masterplan has not, does not, and will not meet…

AUGUST 6 2022 – THE SATURDAY WALK – “REMEMBER HIROSHIMA – HUMANITY JUSTICE PEACE” [AUGUST 6 1945] – THE TILGATE PARK PEACE GARDEN – MEET AT 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE, OR MEET AT MIDDAY FROM THE K2 SPORTS CENTRE BUS STOP IN TILGATE

AUGUST 6 2022 – THE SATURDAY WALK – “REMEMBER HIROSHIMA – HUMANITY JUSTICE PEACE” [AUGUST 6 1945] – THE TILGATE…

THE SATURDAY WALK [JULY 30] – ‘THE BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

    BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/assets/charts/butterfly-id-sheet-england.pdf https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/assets/charts/butterfly-id-sheet-england.pdf https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/ https://www.wcl.org.uk/the-big-butterfly-count-2022.asp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49041006   JUNE 18 2022 – SATURDAY BUS-WALK – THE BUTTERFLY…

JULY 27 2022 – “WILL THIS COUNCIL NOW CONSIDER A PLATINUM JUBILEE NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE AND ‘GREENWAY’ HERITAGE PARK, COMBINING WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR], IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS LOCAL GREEN SPACE [LGS] & IFIELD MILL AND BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS [SNCI]?”

“WILL THIS COUNCIL NOW CONSIDER A PLATINUM JUBILEE NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE AND ‘GREENWAY’ HERITAGE PARK, COMBINING WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE…

JULY 27 2022 – “I CALL UPON CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL, HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL AND WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL TO UNDERTAKE TOGETHER AN INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE HERITAGE ASSESSMENT” AS ADVISED BY HISTORIC ENGLAND IN NOVEMBER 2020 – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS

“I CALL UPON CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL, HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL AND WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL TO UNDERTAKE TOGETHER AN INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE…

JULY 30 2022 – THE SATURDAY WALK – “IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS LOCAL GREEN SPACE [LGS]” – ‘WALK THE GREENWAY’ IN THE PROPOSED PLATINUM JUBILEE NATURE RESERVE AND HERITAGE PARK – TO MARK THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KINDER MASS TRESPASS

  JULY 16 2022 – THIS SATURDAY – ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON TRESPASS WALK’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD…

JULY 20 2022 – CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL – PUBLIC QUESTION – FULL COUNCIL MEETING – THE CHARIS CENTRE IN WEST GREEN – 7.30PM

  JULY 20 2022 – CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL – PUBLIC QUESTION – FULL COUNCIL MEETING – THE CHARIS CENTRE IN…

JULY 5 2022 – “THERE IS NO NEED FOR A CRAWLEY WESTERN LINK ROAD” – ‘INDICATIVE SEARCH CORRIDOR FOR A WESTERN LINK ROAD’ POLICY ST4 [IN GREY] – RUNNING STRAIGHT THROUGH WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR]

  “There is no need for a Crawley Western Link Road” – Richard W. Symonds – The Ifield Society –…

JULY 6 2022 – ‘WEST OF IFIELD NATURE RESERVE AND HERITAGE PARK’ – THE PROPOSAL

Dear CBC Democratic Services I would like to ask the following Public Question at CBC’s Cabinet on Wednesday [July 6…

JUNE 29 2022AD – ‘HISTORY AND MYSTERY’ EXHIBITION’ – IFIELD BARN THEATRE – ‘AN ANCIENT MONUMENT’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS

Dear Editor Ifield’s ‘Ancient History and Mystery Exhibition’ was well attended last Tuesday at the Barn Theatre on Summer Solstice…

SPOTTED! THE FRIENDLY DRAGON OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS ON ‘THE GREENWAY-TRESPASS SATURDAY WALK’ – JULY 2 2022 – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE

SPOTTED! THE FRIENDLY DRAGON OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS – ‘THE GREENWAY-TRESPASS SATURDAY WALK’      “THE FRIENDLY DRAGON OF IFIELD…

JUNE 21 2022 – ‘ANOTHER CONSULTATION ON WEST OF IFIELD DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR LATER THIS YEAR’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER

    Another consultation on West of Ifield development planned for later this year The next consultation about plans to…

JUNE 15 2022 – HENRY SMITH MP FOR CRAWLEY IN WESTMINSTER AND IFIELD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION JENNY FROST ON THE BBC

  HENRY SMITH MP https://www.henrysmith.info/news/henry-smith-mp-questions-prime-minister-over-homes-england-west-ifield-proposals Hansard Engagements Volume 716: debated on Wednesday 15 June 2022 Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con) Sharethis…

JUNE 7 2022 – HOMES ENGLAND – “THIS CONSULTATION WAS WITHDRAWN ON 10 MAY ON 10 MAY 2022”

Closed consultation West of Ifield This consultation was withdrawn on 10 May 2022 This content has been withdrawn as this consultation…

‘PLATINUM JUBILEE NATURE RESERVE AND HERITAGE PARK – WEST OF IFIELD’ – PUBLIC QUESTION AT THE CABINET MEETING OF CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL [RE-SCHEDULED]

CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL CABINET MEETING – WEDNESDAY – JULY 6 2022 – 7PM PUBLIC QUESTION: RICHARD SYMONDS – THE IFIELD…

MAY 30 2022 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [MAY 30 2013] – ‘LOCAL NATURE RESERVE’ [LNR] APPLICATION BY SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST – SUPPORTED BY CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL

  “Crawley Borough Council wanted this part of West of Ifield as a Local Nature Reserve 9 years ago to…

JUNE 2 2022 – THE QUEEN’S ANNIVERSARY WALK – ‘IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND MILL POND’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

  A walk to celebrate the Queen’s Anniversary will take place this Thursday from the Plough in Ifield village from 11am to…

MAY 4 2022 – ‘TREKKERS TAKE ON THE DAWN CHORUS WALK’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER

   

APRIL 27 2022 – THE CRAWLEY MILLENNIUM GREENWAY – HIGHLIGHTING THE PROPOSED WEST OF IFIELD LOCAL NATURE RESERVE – LNR [WILLOUGHBY FIELDS-IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS-IFIELD MILL POND]

      Walk The Greenway                    

MAY 1 2022 – TRIPLE-BILL OF WALKS IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS OVER THE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND 1. THE FRIENDLY DRAGON MORNING WALK [THIS SATURDAY] 2. THE DAWN CHORUS EARLY MORNING WALK [THIS SUNDAY MAY 1] 3. THE FRIENDLY DRAGON EVENING WALK [THIS MONDAY MAY 2]

TRIPLE-BILL OF WALKS IN IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS OVER THE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND  1. THE FRIENDLY DRAGON MORNING WALK [THIS SATURDAY] …

APRIL 6 2022 – SAVE WEST OF IFIELD AND THE BLUEBELL WALK – CRAWLEY OBSERVER LETTERS

  APRIL 9 2022 [THIS SATURDAY] – “THE BLUEBELL WALK” – 11AM FROM POETS’ CORNER – OPPOSITE THE PLOUGH –…

MARCH 23 2022 – “LEGALITY VERSUS MORALITY…” – WEST SUSSEX GAZETTE – LETTERS – LOUISE GOLDSMITH [FORMER LEADER OF WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL]

  Dear Editor Regarding a planning appeal, Louise Goldsmith – former Leader of West Sussex County Council – says [‘Legality…

FEBRUARY 23 2022 – IN SEARCH OF THE ‘QUARTER MILE’ ROMAN ROAD AND THE ANCIENT CELTIC PATHS AND SYMBOLS OF THE DRUIDS

                            Dark Age Boats – British Boats…

SATURDAY THE 26TH – “IN SEARCH OF THE FRIENDLY DRAGON OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS” – CHILDREN OF ALL AGES WELCOME – INCLUDING DOGS [BUT NO ELEPHANTS PLEASE!] – 11AM FROM POETS’ CORNER [OPPOSITE THE PLOUGH] IN IFIELD VILLAGE – RETURN BY 1PM

SATURDAY THE 26TH – “IN SEARCH OF THE FRIENDLY DRAGON OF IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS” – 11AM FROM POETS’ CORNER [OPPOSITE…

FEBRUARY 12 2022 – THE SATURDAY VALENTINE WALK [FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS] – 11AM FROM POETS’ CORNER [OPPOSITE THE PLOUGH] IN IFIELD VILLAGE – RETURN BY 1PM – LED BY RAY BALDRY

The Walk will be led by Ray Baldry and a Poem read by Ray Baldry Thank you Ray! ‘LITTLE ROBIN’S…

SATURDAY WALK [JANUARY 15 2022] – “THE PARISH VILLAGE HERITAGE TRAIL” – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

      https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/08/how-community-rescued-our-village-trawden-lancashire/?WT.mc_id=e_DM1538841&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Edi_New_Sub&utmsource=email&utm_medium=Edi_Edi_New_Sub20220110&utm_campaign=DM1538841     Photo by Mark Rouson   RWS Photography   Frost on Ifield Green – RWS…

DECEMBER 30 2021 – IFIELD VILLAGE CONSERVATION AREA ADVISORY COMMITTEE [IVCAAC] – ANNUAL MEETING UPDATE

  Update from the annual meeting held on 2nd November Many thanks to those of you who attended IVCAAC’s  annual meeting…

JANUARY 1 2022 – THE NEW YEAR’S DAY SATURDAY WALK – “IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND BEYOND” – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM APPROX]

“The silent voices of history speak loudest in a village church cemetery” ~ Richard W. Symonds   “IFIELD – The old…

DECEMBER 10 2021 – WITH CONCERN GROWING AT THE LACK OF CLARITY BY HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL’S LEADERSHIP REGARDING THE LARGE SCALE STRATEGIC SITE PROPOSED AT WEST OF IFIELD, THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF IFIELD RESUMES WITH A WALK TO IFIELD GOLF COURSE TOMORROW [SATURDAY DECEMBER 11 – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH – RETURN BY 1PM]

WITH CONCERN GROWING AT THE LACK OF CLARITY BY HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL’S LEADERSHIP REGARDING THE LARGE SCALE STRATEGIC SITE PROPOSED…

NOVEMBER 15 2021 – “WHAT IS HOMES ENGLAND FOR?” – PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE – INQUIRY – THE WORK OF HOMES ENGLAND

  Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Formal meeting (oral evidence session) Formal meeting (oral evidence session): Work of Homes…

NOVEMBER 20 2021 – THE SATURDAY WALK – “THE PARISH ROAD LESS TRAVELLED” – IFIELD VILLAGE TO WEST GREEN VILLAGE [WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] – TO A DICKENSIAN CHRISTMAS FAYRE – FROM ST MARGARET’S IFIELD TO ST PETER’S WEST GREEN – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 2PM]

“THE PARISH ROAD LESS TRAVELLED” – IFIELD VILLAGE TO WEST GREEN VILLAGE [WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] – TO…

NOVEMBER 10 2021 – “ONE OF THE THINGS I’VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH HOMES ENGLAND IS HOW WE CAN INVEST IN PROPER URBAN REGENERATION PROJECTS OUTSIDE LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST” – SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL GOVE [TO THE HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE]

Gove hinted at policy rethinks, but will he be bold enough to undo the knots he has been handed?

NOVEMBER 4 2021 – “PLANS DEAD IN THE WATER / TIME FOR MP TO STAND UP. TOO” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTERS

  Dear Editor BigStand’s Julian Trumper concludes [‘Boris must keep to his word’, WSCT Letters, Oct 28]: “Horsham District Council,…

OCTOBER 31 2021 – A GUIDE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CRISIS

A GUIDE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CRISIS Report: The Climate Crisis – a guide for local authorities…

OCTOBER 30 2021 – WATER NEUTRALITY AND SEWAGE POLLUTION – “SURELY THESE TWO ISSUES ARE ONE AND THE SAME THING?” – JAMES PHILLIPS + “TO SEE WHAT IS IN FRONT OF ONE’S NOSE NEEDS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE” – GEORGE ORWELL

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle” – George Orwell “The Will To See”  …

OCTOBER 28 2021 – QUESTION: WHO OWNS AND CONTROLS SOUTHERN WATER? ANSWER: ‘A CONSORTIUM OF CONSORTIUMS’

  WHO OWNS AND CONTROLS SOUTHERN WATER? Southern Water is privately owned (through a series of holding companies) by the…

OCTOBER 20 2021 – TONIGHT [WEDNESDAY] – CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL – FULL COUNCIL MEETING [7.30] – CHARIS CENTRE, WEST GREEN – PUBLIC QUESTION TIME – WEST OF IFIELD

QUESTION – FROM RICHARD SYMONDS OF THE IFIELD SOCIETY “Is the ‘Water Neutrality’ Directive from Natural England a ‘show-stopper’ when…

OCTOBER 14 2021 – “THE LOCAL PLAN PROCESS IS PAUSED” – CLLR CHRIS BROWN – HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL

Chris Brown Councillor for Billingshurst THE LOCAL PLAN PROCESS IS PAUSED: Water Neutrality in Horsham District and its planning implications…

OCTOBER 14 2021 – “NOT ON GREEN FIELDS, NOT JUST JAMMED IN THE SOUTH EAST, BUT…HOMES ON BROWNFIELD SITES IN PLACES WHERE HOMES MAKE SENSE” – PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON

   Boris Johson addressing the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester last week (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Boris Johnson says…

OCTOBER 13 2021 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – JOINT STATEMENT FROM SAVE WEST OF IFIELD AND IFIELD SOCIETY REGARDING NATURAL ENGLAND’S DIRECTIVE ON ‘WATER NEUTRALITY’

  NEWS RELEASE Joint Statement – Save West of Ifield and Ifield Society – October 13 2021 Natural England’s Directive…

OCTOBER 8 2021 – “UNITED IN ANGER OVER HOUSING” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – LETTER BY FENELLA MAITLAND-SMITH – ON BEHALF OF THE SAVE WEST OF IFIELD CAMPAIGN

“UNITED IN ANGER OVER HOUSING” – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES [OCT 7 2021] – LETTER BY FENELLA MAITLAND-SMITH [ON BEHALF…

OCTOBER 4 2021 – “WE WILL GIVE PEOPLE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ENHANCE THE PRIDE THEY FEEL IN THE PLACE THEY LIVE” – RT HON MICHAEL GOVE MP AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES [DLUHC] – AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT?

“We will give people the resources necessary to enhance the pride they feel in the place they live” – Michael Gove…

SEPTEMBER 28 2021 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [SEPTEMBER 28 2019] – LYCHGATE VINTAGE TEA ROOMS AND THE ‘BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF IFIELD’ DISPLAY PRESENTATION

  Display Presentation “Battle For Ifield’s Soul: The Ancient Parish of Ifield” – The ‘Lychgate Vintage Tea & Cake’ event…

SEPTEMBER 17 2021 – HOUSE OF LORDS BUILT ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE – CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON MEETING THE UK’S HOUSING DEMAND – REPORT SUBMISSION BY FENELLA MAITLAND-SMITH AND DAVID BLAIR [COMMITTEE TO SAVE THE WEST OF IFIELD]

House of Lords Built Environment Committee – Call for Evidence on Meeting the UK’s housing demand Response from the Committee…

SEPTEMBER 17 2021 – “IT IS NOT FOR GATWICK AIRPORT LIMITED – A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF IVY HOLDCO LIMITED [A PRIVATE GLOBAL CONSORTIUM] – TO DECIDE WHAT IS IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST”

“IT IS NOT FOR GATWICK AIRPORT LIMITED – A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF IVY HOLDCO LIMITED [A PRIVATE GLOBAL CONSORTIUM] –…

SEPTEMBER 11 2021 – GOVERNMENT U-TURN ON PLANNING REFORMS: “I HAVE REAL ISSUES WITH PROPOSED PLANNING REFORMS AND UNLESS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WILL HAVE TO OPPOSE THEM IN PARLIAMENT. THE WEST OF IFIELD PLANS ARE A SALIENT REMINDER OF THAT” – HENRY SMITH – MP FOR CRAWLEY

“Personally, I have real issues with proposed planning reforms and unless there are significant changes will have to oppose them…

SEPTEMBER 11 2021 – GATWICK AIRPORT LIMITED “CONSIDERS IT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST FOR LAND TO CONTINUE TO BE SAFEGUARDED TO ALLOW FOR A NEW RUNWAY TO BE CONSTRUCTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, IF IT IS REQUIRED FOR THE FUTURE” [SOURCE: GATWICK CONSULTATION 2021 – ‘PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REPORT [PEIR] – NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY’ – SECTION 3.2.1-5]

GATWICK AIRPORT LIMITED “CONSIDERS IT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST FOR LAND TO CONTINUE TO BE SAFEGUARDED TO ALLOW FOR A…

SEPTEMBER 9 2021 – “THE LAWS, SUCH AS THEY ARE, AGAINST WILDLIFE CRIME ARE ROUTINELY BROKEN IN OUR COUNTRYSIDE” – BRIAN MAY [CO-FOUNDER: ‘SAVE ME TRUST – GIVING WILD ANIMALS A VOICE’] – “THOSE IN BREACH MUST BE HELD CRIMINALLY ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY BREAK THE LAW” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [CO-FOUNDER: THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

“THE LAWS, SUCH AS THEY ARE, AGAINST WILDLIFE CRIME ARE ROUTINELY BROKEN IN OUR COUNTRYSIDE” – BRIAN MAY [CO-FOUNDER: ‘SAVE…

SEPTEMBER 5 2021 – PLANNING VISION FOR GATWICK LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [GATWICK LNR]

SYNTHESIZED PLANNING VISION FOR GATWICK CITY LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR – GATWICK] GATWICK CITY INDEPENDENT PLANNING      https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/machine-designed-natural-product-syntheses-pass-turing-test-for-chemistry/4012727.article  …

SEPTEMBER 2 2021 – “FARMER APPOINTED CHARITY’S FIRST CHAMPION OF HEDGEROW” – WEST SUSSEX GAZETTE – “IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO REMOVE A HEDGEROW”

  AUGUST 15 2021 – “IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO REMOVE A HEDGEROW”   AUGUST 12 2021 – “HOMES…

AUGUST 29 2021 – BIODIVERSITY OPPORTUNITY AREA [BOA] WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD – INCLUDING IFIELD GOLF COURSE, ST MARGARET’S PARISH FIELDS, IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS LOCAL GREEN SPACE [LNR], IFIELD MILL POND AND BEWBUSH WATER GARDENS, AND WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE [LNR]

  file:///C:/Users/Symonds/Downloads/Green-Infrastructure-Study%20(1).pdf file:///C:/Users/Symonds/Downloads/ADDENDUM-to-2014-GI-strtgy-Jan2021%20(1).pdf     “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” Seneca

AUGUST 27 2021 – IFIELD BROOK – BIODIVERSITY OPPORTUNITY AREA [BOA] – WILDLIFE CORRIDORS – NATURE RECOVERY NETWORK [NRN] PROJECT – A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL AND SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST – AUGUST 2021

Wilder Horsham District – August 2021 1 Horsham District Nature Recovery Network – Version 1 – August 2021 Introduction Nature…

AUGUST 26 2021 – IFIELD GOLF CLUB: “NOT SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTER BY DENIS TAYLOR + “HOMES ENGLAND CONSORTIUM LAND-GRAB ‘BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER’ BY SHOW-STOPPERS [NPPF, ENVIRONMENT BILL, HEDGEROW REGULATIONS & CLIMATE & ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY BIL]?” + “CRAWLEY MP HENRY SMITH WARNS OF ‘ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE’…….”

  AUGUST 25 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND CONSORTIUM LAND-GRAB ‘BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER’ BY NPPF AND ENVIRONMENT BILL SHOW-STOPPERS?…

AUGUST 26 2021 – CRAWLEY MP HENRY SMITH WARNS OF “ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE” UNLESS LEGAL COMMITMENT MADE TO HALT NATURE’S DECLINE

The potential of nature: Halting wildlife decline will also protect 750,000 jobs, says MP A leading Tory MP yesterday urged…

AUGUST 25 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND CONSORTIUM LAND-GRAB ‘BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER’ BY NPPF AND ENVIRONMENT BILL SHOW-STOPPERS? – AN ANALYSIS

  AUGUST 25 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND CONSORTIUM LAND-GRAB ‘BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER’ BY NPPF AND ENVIRONMENT BILL SHOW-STOPPERS?…

AUGUST 24 2021 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [APRIL 15 2009] – “CONSORTIUM EYES UP GOLF LAND FOR HOMES – DEVELOPERS WANT TO CONCRETE OVER IFIELD GOLF CLUB” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER

  AUGUST 25 2021 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [AUGUST 15 2007] – “WREATHS LAID FOR THREATENED GOLF COURSE” – CRAWLEY…

AUGUST 23 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND’S RESPONSE TO A CONSTITUENT OF THE CRAWLEY MP HENRY SMITH – CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY INTO HOMES ENGLAND AND THE WEST OF IFIELD DEVELOPMENT + THE CONSTITUENT’S RESPONSE

  Dear Richard Symonds Further to our previous correspondence regarding your concerns over the actions of Homes England with reference…

THE SATURDAY WALK [AUGUST 28] – ‘IFIELD VILLAGE & OLD POUND COTTAGE TRAIL’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD [RETURN BY 1PM APPROX]

THE SATURDAY WALK [AUGUST 28] – ‘IFIELD VILLAGE & OLD POUND COTTAGE TRAIL’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD…

AUGUST 21 2021 – “GREAT WALK ALONG ‘THE MILLERS TRAIL’. HAD TO FIND CROSSING PLACES, AS HOMES ENGLAND HAD DESTROYED THE BRIDGES” – ALEX CAMERON

Great walk along The Millers Trail. Had to find crossing places, as Homes England had destroyed the bridges Alex Cameron…

AUGUST 20 2021 – “WE…TARGET LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHOSE PLANNING IS IN…DISARRAY AND VULNERABLE TO QUICK APPLICATION FOR A SUITABLE SITE…” – DAVID GLADMAN – CHAIRMAN OF GLADMAN DEVELOPERS

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

AUGUST 19 2021 – HOMES ENGLAND AND HEDGEROW DESTRUCTION – “IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO REMOVE A HEDGEROW”

  HOMES ENGLAND AND HEDGEROW DESTRUCTION – “IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO REMOVE A HEDGEROW”   ‘HOMES ENGLAND &…

TRESPASS WALK IV – SATURDAY AUGUST 21 – ‘THE GREENWAY MILLER’S TRAIL’ – “PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RIVERBANK WALK IN SUSSEX” – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM APPROX]

TRESPASS WALK IV – SATURDAY AUGUST 21 – ‘THE GREENWAY MILLER’S TRAIL’ – “PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RIVERBANK WALK IN…

AUGUST 15 2021 – “IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO REMOVE A HEDGEROW”

  “THE DEATH OF RURAL IFIELD AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ANCIENT PARISH?” BY DAVID MOON   “THE DEATH OF…

“NEXT TRESPASS WALK’ PLANNED / IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS – AUGUST 11 2021

AUGUST 13 2021 – RECORD AND REGISTER UNRECORDED AND UNREGISTERED ANCIENT PARISH PATHS – NOW – STARTING WITH ‘THE MILLERS TRAIL’

RECORD AND REGISTER UNRECORDED AND UNREGISTERED ANCIENT PARISH PATHS – NOW – STARTING WITH ‘THE MILLERS TRAIL’     https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-simplify-recording-rights-of-way…

AUGUST 13 2021 – ENGLISH COUNCILS WHICH HAVE NOT DECLARED A CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY – ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN WEST SUSSEX ARE CALLING FOR COUNCILS TO HAVE A LEGAL DUTY TO CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE IN PLANNING APPLICATIONS – AHEAD OF THE GLASGOW CLIMATE SUMMIT 2021 + ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION

Council policies often inconsistent with climate goals By Shelley Phelps BBC News August 13 2021 – Published 5 hours ago Climate…

FROM THE ARCHIVES [10 YEARS AGO] – AUGUST 31 2011 – “ANCIENT AREA IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER [REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED FOOTPATHS]

Dear Editor By not registering unregistered footpaths at County Hall Chichester, Ifield Brook Meadows – in the ancient Parish of…

AUGUST 12 2021 – “HOMES ENGLAND ARE BREAKING THE LAW WHEN PREVENTING ACCESS TO ANCIENT FIELD PATHS AND DESTROYING OLD HEDGEROWS, WILDLIFE HABITATS AND ANCIENT WOODLAND. BIODIVERSITY IS DECREASED BY THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIONS” – DAVID MOON – COMMUNITY AWARD WINNER

“HOMES ENGLAND ARE BREAKING THE LAW WHEN PREVENTING ACCESS TO ANCIENT FIELD PATHS AND DESTROYING OLD HEDGEROWS, WILDLIFE HABITATS AND…

AUGUST 12 2021 – “NEXT ‘TRESPASS WALK’ PLANNED” – LETTERS – CRAWLEY OBSERVER [AUGUST 11] AND WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES [AUGUST 12]

  West Sussex County Council Public Footpaths [in purple]. Other paths [in yellow]. Homes England ‘Private Land’ signage [in letters].…

AUGUST 8 2021 – “WE COMPLETELY APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR NEW HOUSES, BUT THEY NEED TO BE BUILT ON BROWNFIELD SITES…NOT ON GREENFIELD SITES OF HIGH NATURE VALUE” – SIR CHARLES BURRELL AND ISABELLA TREE – “THE KING AND QUEEN OF REWILDING” AT KNEPP CASTLE ESTATE IN WEST SUSSEX – THE TELEGRAPH – AUGUST 8 2021

King and Queen of rewilding: ‘We are not hypocrites’  Charles Burrell and Isabella Tree have been criticised for selling off…

AUGUST 5 2021 – “JOHNSON AND JENRICK SHOULD BE CALLED UPON TO RESIGN, AND HOMES ENGLAND DISBANDED AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY. PUT SIMPLY, HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL WAS BEING SET UP TO FAIL BY THE GOVERNMENT”

“JOHNSON AND JENRICK SHOULD BE CALLED UPON TO RESIGN, AND HOMES ENGLAND DISBANDED AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY. PUT SIMPLY, HORSHAM…

AUGUST 4 2021 – “PROTEST AGAINST THOUSANDS OF NEW HOMES GOES AHEAD DESPITE LOCAL PLAN MEETING’S CANCELLATION” – CRAWLEY OBSERVER + WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES

  Protest against thousands of new homes goes ahead despite local plan meeting’s cancellation A last-minute change in government planning…

AUGUST 2 2021 – “‘BEING SEEN AS THE PARTY CONCRETING OVER OUR COUNTRYSIDE , OR RAMMING HOUSING ESTATES INTO SUBURBAN GREEN SPACES, WILL BE ELECTORAL SUICIDE. BORIS NEEDS TO GET A GRIP ON THIS’ – LEADING TORY REBEL” [DAILY MAIL ARTICLE] + “THIS TORY GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET A GRIP ON ONE OF ITS OUT-OF-CONTROL QUANGOS – HOMES ENGLAND” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

“BEING SEEN AS THE PARTY CONCRETING OVER OUR COUNTRYSIDE , OR RAMMING HOUSING ESTATES INTO SUBURBAN GREEN SPACES, WILL BE…

JULY 30 2021 – “IF THE LEGAL TEAM AT HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL [HDC] HAD NOT COURAGEOUSLY STEPPED IN AT THE ‘ELEVENTH HOUR’, AND THE FULL COUNCIL HAD ‘GREEN-LIGHTED’ ITS CABINET RECOMMENDATIONS, THE GOVERNMENT’S PLANNING INSPECTOR WOULD HAVE REJECTED HDC’S LOCAL PLAN. WHY? BECAUSE THE PLAN WOULD NOT HAVE CONFORMED TO THE GOVERNMENT’S NEW NPPF REQUIREMENTS. THE GOVERNMENT’S HOUSING QUANGO HOMES ENGLAND – ALONG WITH THEIR DEVELOPERS – WOULD THEN HAVE HAD THE POWER TO DO EXACTLY AS THEY PLEASED – AND ‘GO HANG’ LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND THE COMMUNITY. HDC’S LEGAL TEAM SHOULD BE HONOURED BY THE QUEEN FOR SAVING WHAT IS LEFT OF OUR DEMOCRACY. JOHNSON AND JENRICK SHOULD BE CALLED UPON TO RESIGN. AND HOMES ENGLAND DISBANDED, AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

“IF THE LEGAL TEAM AT HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL [HDC] HAD NOT COURAGEOUSLY STEPPED IN AT THE ‘ELEVENTH HOUR’, AND THE…

JULY 29 2021 – “DEVELOPERS TO BE BANNED FROM BUILDING ON LAND IN DANGER OF FLOODING” – DAILY TELEGRAPH + “WHICH PART OF ‘NOT CURRENTLY DEVELOPABLE’ DID HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL CABINET FAIL TO UNDERSTAND” + HDPF/NPPF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS + “TO MY MIND, IT’S ALL OVER FOR THE HOMES ENGLAND WEST OF IFIELD MASTERPLAN. DEAD IN THE WATER” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY + ‘THE TRESPASS SATURDAY WALK’ + BBC COVERAGE

  Developers to be banned from building on land in danger of flooding By Lucy Fisher, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR 29 July 2021 •…

JULY 28 2021 – ‘IN TATTERS’ – HOMES ENGLAND’S ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN AND BORIS JOHNSON’S NEW PLANNING REFORMS

‘IN TATTERS’ – HOMES ENGLAND’S ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ MASTERPLAN AND BORIS JOHNSON’S NEW PLANNING REFORMS   “I think those in…

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

‘THE TRESPASS WALK’ – PARISHIONERS’ REVOLT III – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS AND ST MARGARET’S PARISH FIELDS – SATURDAY – JULY…

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 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…

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 – 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 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…

MAY 31 2021 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [JANUARY 10 2012] – 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” – REVD JOHN WALL – CHURCH TIMES

  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 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 SIR EDWARD LISTER https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-udny-listers-property-paymasters-handed-another-150m-loan-237w807bx

“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 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 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 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 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                

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 – 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 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 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 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 – 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 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  …

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 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  …

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 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 – 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 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 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 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…

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 10 2021 – LYCHGATE COTTAGE 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…

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!…

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 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…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 – 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…

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 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…

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 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 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 – 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 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 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 – “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…

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,…

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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 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…

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 – “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],…

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 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 – 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 – 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…

AUGUST 6 2020 – 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 – “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 – 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…

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 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 – “‘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 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…

THIS FRIDAY [JUNE 19 2020] IN CRAWLEY – A SHORT PROTEST AT THE HOMES ENGLAND OFFICE WITHIN CRAWLEY TOWN HALL – BETWEEN MIDDAY AND 12.30PM

  A short protest – ‘Beyond Bullying’ – will take place this Friday [June 19 2020] at the Homes England…

JUNE 6 2020 – IFIELD SOCIETY’S “BEYOND BULLYING” PROTEST TOOK PLACE AS PLANNED OUTSIDE 4 THEATRE LANE IN CHICHESTER – LAST FRIDAY – THE SAME DAY HOMES ENGLAND [A SUBSIDIARY OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT] PRESENTED TO HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL THEIR INSANE £3BN MASTERPLAN FOR 10,000 HOUSES WEST OF CRAWLEY

IFIELD SOCIETY’S “BEYOND BULLYING” PROTEST TOOK PLACE AS PLANNED OUTSIDE 4 THEATRE LANE IN CHICHESTER – LAST FRIDAY – THE…

JUNE 5 2020 – ‘ENGLAND’S SITES STAYED OPEN DURING LOCKDOWN AND HUNDREDS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DIED’ [THE DEVELOPER] – “IT’S MANSLAUGHTER. IT’S SOCIAL MURDER” – “WHO WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE…?”

England’s sites stayed open during lockdown and hundreds of construction workers died 27/05/20 During the peak, construction sites in England…

JUNE 1 2020 – A SHORT PROTEST – ‘BEYOND BULLYING’ – IS PLANNED THIS FRIDAY [JUNE 5 2020] OUTSIDE THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THEATRE LANE, CHICHESTER BETWEEN MIDDAY AND 12.30PM

A short protest – ‘Beyond Bullying’ – is planned this Friday [June 5 2020] outside the Ministry of Housing, Communities…

“THE MILLER’S TRAIL – A WALK BACK THROUGH TIME” – THE SATURDAY RAMBLETTE – JUNE 13 2020

“THE MILLER’S TRAIL – A WALK BACK THROUGH TIME” – THE SATURDAY RAMBLETTE – JUNE 13 2020  “I mount the…

PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO HOMES ENGLAND’S £3BN MASTERPLAN FOR 10,000 HOUSES WEST OF CRAWLEY ?

Dear Henry Smith MP Please could you initiate a Public Inquiry into Homes England’s £3bn masterplan for 10,000 houses West…

“WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP FIGHT” – THE SATURDAY REMEMBRANCE RAMBLETTE – JUNE 6 2020 – FROM 11AM AT THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE

    “WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP FIGHT” – THE SATURDAY REMEMBRANCE RAMBLETTE [June 6 2020] – FROM 11AM AT…

“ANOTHER WALK [‘PURPLE POPPY’ RAMBLETTE] TO BE HELD BY GROUP” [IFIELD SOCIETY] – THIS SATURDAY [MAY 23 2020] – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES – MAY 21 2020

Dear Editor As a follow-up to last Saturday’s ‘Friendly Dragon Ramblette’ (“Society bringing back short walk”, WSCT, May 14 2020), the ‘Purple Poppy Ramblette’ is planned…

SATURDAY [MAY 23 2020] – ‘THE PURPLE POPPY’ RAMBLETTE [ALONG ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON TRAIL’] – IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FOUR-LEGGED AND FEATHERED FRIENDS – FROM 11AM ONWARDS – STARTING FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE

‘THE PURPLE POPPY’ RAMBLETTE [ALONG ‘THE FRIENDLY DRAGON TRAIL‘] – IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FOUR-LEGGED AND FEATHERED FRIENDS  – SATURDAY…

“HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS £3BN PLAN WEST OF CRAWLEY [IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] IS NOW ‘DEAD IN THE WATER’, BUT THERE WILL BE NO REJOICING HERE – IF GATWICK DIES, CRAWLEY DIES WITH IT”

  “HOMES ENGLAND’S MONSTROUS £3BN PLAN WEST OF CRAWLEY [IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD] IS NOW ‘DEAD IN THE WATER’,…

“WEST OF IFIELD – YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” BY HOMES ENGLAND DEVELOPER + RESPONSES TO HOMES ENGLAND DEVELOPER

“WEST OF IFIELD – YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” BY HOMES ENGLAND DEVELOPER   RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTIONS – APRIL 1 2020…

“THE MAN WHO LOVED IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS” – JAMES R. HAVERS RIP – JULY 21ST 1965 – MARCH 3 2005 [AGED 39] – IFIELD SOCIETY CO-FOUNDER

  James Roger Havers 1965 – 2005 Aged 39 years Loved and missed by family and friends Whenever we hear…

THE CHRISTMAS RAMBLETTE 2020 ONLINE – DEDICATED TO GERAINT THOMAS [1950-2019] – THIS SATURDAY – DECEMBER 5 2020 – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE – RETURN BY 1PM [COVID RULES – AND COMMON-SENSE – WILL BE FOLLOWED AT ALL TIMES]

    THE CHRISTMAS RAMBLETTE 2020 WILL BE DEDICATED TO GERAINT THOMAS [1950-2019] – SATURDAY – DECEMBER 5 2020 –…