JANUARY 17 2025 – FRIENDLY DRAGON BOOST FROM CREATIVE CRAWLEY

FRIENDLY DRAGON RECEIVES BOOST FROM CRAWLEY’S CREATIVE PLAYGROUND BOOSTED: ANNOUNCING OUR NEXT ROUND OF BOOST RECIPIENTS – We’re thrilled to announce…

JANUARY 16 2025 [THURSDAY] – PART I – THE CANCELLED WEST OF IFIELD HEARING DAY + ‘THE SEPARATE LETTER’

JANUARY 16 2025 [THURSDAY] – THE CANCELLED WEST OF IFIELD HEARING DAY + ‘THE SEPARATE LETTER’ January 16 2025 [Thursday]…

JANUARY 7 2025 – “THIS HISTORIC VILLAGE OF IFIELD – WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL ANCIENT PARISH SURROUNDING IT TO THE WEST – WILL BE RIPPED APART BY THAT INSANE DEVELOPMENT MASTERPLAN” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

http://ifieldsociety.org.uk/index.php/2025/01/07/january-7-2025-w…ichard-w-symonds/ ‎  

JANUARY 7 2025 – “‘WEST OF IFIELD’ IS, IN FACT, IFIELD PARISH – WEST [HORSHAM] – AN ANCIENT AREA WITH THE RIVER MOLE TRIBUTARIES FLOWING THROUGH ITS CENTRE AT IFIELD VILLAGE” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

  JANUARY 7 2025 – “‘WEST OF IFIELD’ IS, IN FACT, IFIELD PARISH – WEST [HORSHAM] – AN ANCIENT AREA…

JANUARY 6 2025 – “WILL SOMEONE PLEASE DROWN THAT WEST OF IFIELD INSANITY BEFORE ANY FURTHER DAMAGE IS DONE TO THIS ANCIENT PARISH?” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS [THE IFIELD SOCIETY]

BBC ARCHIVES – WEST OF IFIELD – OCTOBER 29 2022

JANUARY 4 2025 – ‘A SERIES OF NEW YEAR WALKS ARE SET TO TAKE PLACE IN CRAWLEY THIS WEEKEND’ / ‘NEW YEAR WALKS IN IFIELD’ – THE ARGUS

  ‘New year walks set to take place in Crawley this weekend’/’New year walks in Ifield’ – The Argus [online/p.…

JANUARY 3 2025 – WELCOME TO THE MAGICAL FRIENDLY DRAGON STORY

WELCOME TO THE MAGICAL FRIENDLY DRAGON STORY – BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE [BSL] AND MAKATON     MAKATON / BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE…

DECEMBER 28 2024 [SATURDAY] – ‘SIMPLY THE MOST MAGICAL RIVERBANK WALK OF 2024’ – IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS WITHIN THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT PARISH’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

  http://ifieldsociety.org.uk/index.php/2024/12/27/january-1-2025-w…-friendly-dragon/ ‎   APRIL 15 2023 – THE SATURDAY WALK – IFIELD BROOK: “PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SHORT RIVERBANK…

DECEMBER 27 2024 – RENEWED CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP OF IFIELD GOLF CLUB AND THE SURROUNDING ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ HISTORIC AREA WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH

DECEMBER 27 2024 – RENEWED CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP OF IFIELD GOLF CLUB AND…

DECEMBER 22 2024 – CAPTURING THE MAGICAL SPIRIT OF FRIENDLY DRAGON – IN SIGHT, IN SOUND, IN SILENCE

‘The Rose’ by Bette Midler – British Sign Language [BSL] Innocence, Wonder, Passion, Simplicity, Magic of Colour, Magic of Seven,…

DECEMBER 23 2024 – HAS THE PLANNING INSPECTOR PAUSED [THEN CANCELLED] THIS HORSHAM DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN OR JUST PAUSED [THEN CANCELLED] ITS EXAMINATION HEARINGS – SUCH AS HEARING DAY 9 [WEST OF IFIELD]?

FROM RICHARD W. SYMONDS [IFIELD SOCIETY CO-FOUNDER] – DECEMBER 24 2024 Extract from an email from Fenella Maitland-Smith [Chair of…

DECEMBER 18 2024 – THE FRIENDLY DRAGON CHRISTMAS PICNIC AND WEST OF IFIELD: ‘TIME TO POP THE CHAMPAGNE?’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS – DECEMBER 18 2024

THE FRIENDLY DRAGON CHRISTMAS PICNIC AND WEST OF IFIELD: ‘TIME TO POP THE CHAMPAGNE?’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS –…

DECEMBER 13 2024 – ‘IFIELD COUNTRY PARK’ PROPOSAL TO BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION BY HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL [HDC], CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL [CBC], WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL [WSCC] AND GATWICK AIRPORT LTD [GAL]

‘IFIELD COUNTRY PARK’ PROPOSAL TO BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION BY HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL [HDC], CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL [CBC],…

DECEMBER 12 2024 [THURSDAY] – PLANNING INSPECTOR CONSIDERING AN IMMEDIATE “PAUSE” OF HORSHAM LOCAL PLAN EXAMINATION

‘INSPECTOR EXAMINING HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL’S LOCAL PLAN IS CONSIDERING PAUSING PROCEEEDINGS’ – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES-SUSSEX WORLD – DECEMBER 13…

THIS SATURDAY [DEC 14] – FRIENDLY DRAGON CHRISTMAS WALK – ‘THE ENCHANTED WOOD WHERE MAGICAL THINGS HAPPEN’ [WITHIN THE PROPOSED IFIELD COUNTRY PARK] – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

Friendly Dragon of Ifield Brook Meadows   A ‘Friendly Dragon’ Christmas Walk will take place this Saturday [Dec 14] –…

CANCELLED – JANUARY 16 2025 [THURSDAY] – THE IFIELD SOCIETY ‘WEST OF IFIELD/HA2’ HEARING STATEMENT [1187258]

http://ifieldsociety.org.uk/index.php/2025/01/08/january-8-2025-f…y-observer-jan-8/ ‎ DECEMBER 23 2024 – HAS THE PLANNING INSPECTOR PAUSED [THEN CANCELLED] THIS HORSHAM DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN OR JUST…

SATURDAY [NOVEMBER 30 2024] – PRE-CHRISTMAS WALK: ‘FRIENDLY ROBIN WELCOMES FRIENDLY DRAGON WALKERS TO IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

SATURDAY [NOVEMBER 30 2024] – PRE-CHRISTMAS WALK: ‘FRIENDLY ROBIN WELCOMES FRIENDLY DRAGON WALKERS TO IFIELD BROOK MEADOWS’ – 11AM FROM…

NOVEMBER 20 2024 – ‘LOCAL PLAN IN JEOPARDY’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS

  ‘LOCAL PLAN IN JEOPARDY’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS – NOVEMBRR 20 2024   Dear Editor Horsham District Council…

NOVEMBER 23 2024] – SATURDAY -‘DAVID MOON’S BIRTHDAY WALK TO IFIELD WOOD’S MIGHTY OAK’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

‘DAVID MOON’S BIRTHDAY WALK TO IFIELD WOOD’S MIGHTY DRUID OAK’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY…

NOVEMBER 16 2024 [SATURDAY] – IFIELD WOOD CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS TO LEAD ‘PARISH WAR HORSE WALK’ WITHIN IFIELD COURT FARM HERITAGE SITE – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1.30PM]

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16 2024 – IFIELD WOOD CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS TO LEAD ‘PARISH WAR HORSE WALK’ WITHIN IFIELD COURT FARM HERITAGE SITE – 11AM…

NOVEMBER 1 2024 – HOMES ENGLAND’S WEST OF IFIELD PANIC RESPONSE TO NATURAL ENGLAND’S STATUTORY ‘WATER NEUTRALITY’ DIRECTIVE FOR LARGE DEVELOPMENTS: DRILL INTO UNDERGROUND NATURAL WATER SYSTEM [AQUIFERS]. DRILLING FOR WATER.

HOMES ENGLAND’S WEST OF IFIELD PANIC RESPONSE TO NATURAL ENGLAND’S STATUTORY ‘WATER NEUTRALITY’ DIRECTIVE FOR LARGE DEVELOPMENTS: DRILL INTO THE…

OCTOBER 31ST 2024 – ‘WE PUMP TOO MUCH WATER OUT OF THE GROUND – AND THAT’S KILLING OUR RIVERS’ – NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

  OCTOBER 27 2024 – ‘FRACKING FOR WATER’ EMERGENCY SUNDAY WALK – “DRILLING FOR WATER AROUND THE PUBLIC FOOTPATHS –…

OCTOBER 28 2024 – IS THIS WHAT MASTER-DEVELOPERS HOMES ENGLAND DO NOT WANT US TO SEE IN THEIR INSANE WEST OF IFIELD MASTERPLAN [THE PLANNING APPLICATION OF WHICH HAS YET TO BE SUBMITTED]?

IS THIS WHAT MASTER-DEVELOPERS HOMES ENGLAND DO NOT WANT US TO SEE IN THEIR INSANE WEST OF IFIELD MASTERPLAN [THE…

OCTOBER 27 2024 – ‘FRACKING FOR WATER?’ EMERGENCY SUNDAY WALK – “DRILLING FOR WATER AROUND THE PUBLIC FOOTPATHS – WHO IS FOOTING THE BILL? THE FIRST STEP TO RIPPING OUT THE HEART OF THIS PARISH AND CREATING A BUILDING SITE. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN” – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH [RETURN BY 12.30PM]

EMERGENCY SUNDAY WALK – “DRILLING FOR WATER AROUND THE PUBLIC FOOTPATHS – WHO IS FOOTING THE BILL? THE FIRST STEP…

OCTOBER 25 2024 – ‘THE RECTORY FIELDS AND IFIELD COURT’ – THE SUNDAY WALK OF FEBRUARY 1927 [HAT-TIP: RAY BALDRY]

  Source: The West Sussex County Times and Standard – Saturday edition – February 12th 1927 – page 5   February…

THIS SATURDAY [OCTOBER 26 2024] – CAR-BUS WALK – ‘CRAWLEY’S DISAPPEARING ANCIENT PARISH VILLAGE WITHIN WORTH WAY COUNTRY PARK’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD PARISH VILLAGE [RETURN BY 2PM]

CAR-BUS WALK – ‘CRAWLEY’S DISAPPEARING ANCIENT PARISH VILLAGE WITHIN WORTH WAY COUNTRY PARK’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD…

OCTOBER 19 2024 [SATURDAY] – ‘WALK THE MILLENNIUM GREENWAY TO WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

SATURDAY – OCTOBER 19 2024 – ‘WALK THE MILLENNIUM GREENWAY TO WILLOUGHBY FIELDS LOCAL NATURE RESERVE’ – 11AM FROM THE…

SEPTEMBER 27 2024 – ON THIS DAY [12 YEARS AGO] – FROM THE ARCHIVES [SEPTEMBER 27 2012]: ‘NEW PLAN “MONSTROUS” SAYS CAMPAIGNER’ – WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES [SEPT 27 2012]

  SEPTEMBER 27 2024 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [JUNE 6 2013] – ‘NATURE RESERVE PLANS FOR MEADOW’ – WEST SUSSEX…

SEPTEMBER 27 2024 – FROM THE ARCHIVES [2014] – GATWICK AIRPORT LTD: “WE HAVE SHOWN A NEW FACILITY WEST OF IFIELD…IT COULD…PROVIDE A VISITORS CENTRE TO DISPLAY ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS…HERITAGE…EDUCATION…NATURE CONSERVATION…” [GATWICK AIRPORT LIMITED – APPENDIX 13 – ‘DEVELOPMENT OF A HABITAT AND LANDSCAPE PLAN…’

      SEPTEMBER 26 2024 – MAKING THE CASE FOR ‘IFIELD COUNTRY PARK – GATWICK’

THE SATURDAY WALK [SEPTEMBER 28 2024] – DISCOVER ‘THE QUARTER MILE’ WITHIN THE PROPOSED IFIELD COUNTRY PARK [AND THE VILLAGE GROCER & PORK BUTCHER SHOP] – A SHORT WALK LED BY GLENNYS MARKS OF IFIELD WOOD – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1.30PM]

DISCOVER ‘THE QUARTER MILE’ WITHIN THE PROPOSED IFIELD COUNTRY PARK – A SHORT WALK LED BY GLENNYS MARKS OF IFIELD…

SEPTEMBER 18 2024 – ‘THE SHOW-STOPPER’? – WATER NEUTRALITY AND WEST OF IFIELD – ‘OPPOSITION TO IFIELD PLANS?’ + ‘LONGHORN DISCOVERY’ + ‘CAMPAIGN GROUP AT KNEPP ESTATE’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER/WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES [SEPT 18/19] – ADDENDUM: “THERE IS REAL AND UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ON LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICES, PRECIOUS HABITAT AND HERITAGE”

  ‘OPPOSITION TO IFIELD PLANS?’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER LETTERS – SEPTEMBER 18 2024 Dear Editor “We were glad to hear…

SEPTEMBER 16 2024 – HOW TO APPLY FOR AN SSSI [SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST] FOR LONGHORN BEETLES WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD AND BEYOND

HOW TO APPLY FOR AN SSSI [SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST] FOR LONGHORN BEETLES WITHININ THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD…

SATURDAY [SEPTEMBER 14 2024] – ‘THE DAVID MOON LONGHORN SHORT WALK OF DISCOVERY’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

LAST YEAR’S WALK [MAY 2023] – THE DISCOVERY OF A RARE LONGHORN BEETLE     SEPTEMBER 13 2024 – RARE…

SEPTEMBER 13 2024 – ‘SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST’ [SSSI] AND LONGHORN BEETLES OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF IFIELD

  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/protected-areas-sites-of-special-scientific-interest#:~:text=access%20your%20land.-,Natural%20England%20will%20’notify’%20(or%20designate)%20the%20land,statutory%20power%20to%20protect%20SSSIs%20.   MAY 27 2023 – THE SATURDAY MOON-WALK – HEDGEROW HUNT FOR THE LONGHORN BEETLE [LED BY DAVID…

SEPTEMBER 11 2024 – WATER NEUTRALITY: ‘DISTURBING READ’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – LETTERS – SEPT 11

  LETTER [PUBLISHED] – ‘DISTURBING READ’ – CRAWLEY OBSERVER – SEPTEMBER 11 2024 Dear Editor As this Water Neutrality article was written…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    FACEBOOK: FRIENDS OF [PROPOSED] IFIELD PARK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

APRIL 12 2024 – IFIELD PARK – AN ALTERNATIVE VISION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                     

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  SEPTEMBER 21 2024 – IFIELD COUNTRY PARK [PROPOSED] = WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE [POLICY CL8] = SITE OF…

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…