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12 September 2024 / 15 October 2024 by Peter
STURRY PARK & RIDE: THE GREEN PARTY VERDICT A Six-monthly Performance Monitoring Report into the Sturry Road Park & Ride was presented to the Canterbury City Council Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday 11th September 2024, and it does not make encouraging reading. The Green Party have looked past the hype, at the detailed numbers presented to […]
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1 July 2024 by Peter
Today, (30 June 2024) Green Party parliamentary candidate for Canterbury, Henry Stanton, pledged that if elected as MP for Canterbury on 4 July 2024, he will do all in his power to STOP the controversial large-scale housing developments proposed for Brooklands Farm and at Blean, Tyler Hill and Rough Common. “Like most of the Local […]
22 May 2024 / 29 May 2024 by Peter
Canterbury City Council have issued a draft Canterbury District Local Plan to 2040 for consultation. The Canterbury & District Green Party have reviewed this draft plan and are disappointed that this is so similar to the Plan put forward by the previous Conservative administration. It really is a lost opportunity to make a meaningful change […]
4 May 2024 by Peter
This week the Green Party issued a Press Release regarding the recently re-opened Park & Ride on Sturry Road. The scheme has been criticised by Green Party Councillor, Andrew Harvey, for actually increasing congestion, air pollution and CO2 emissions—something Canterbury City Council says it is committed to improving. The Press Release can be found here: […]
4 May 2024 / 8 May 2024 by Peter
GORRELL NEWSLETTER - WINTER 2023/24 Green Party Councillors for Gorrell, Clare Turnbull and Steve Wheeler, have been busy in early 2024 and have issued their first newsletter of the year, covering: Supporting residents in relation to a planning decision on Canterbury Road in Whitstable Pushing for an AirBnB Review Support for the revival of a […]
WEST BAY NEWSLETTER - WINTER 2024 Green Party Councillor for West Bay, Andy Harvey has been busy in early 2024 and has issued his first newsletter of the year, covering: A visit to the Herne Bay Unit of the Sea Cadets Residents' concerns about the chaos caused by new traffic arrangements for the seafront plaza […]
25 February 2024 by Peter
Councillor Clare Turnbull makes critical points about Canterbury City council's proposed budget in Green Group's first ever Budget Response At the Canterbury City Council Meeting held on Thursday 22nd February, Councillor Clare Turnbull provided a Green Group response to the proposed budget put forward by the ruling Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition. In a passionate and bold […]
16 October 2023 / 16 October 2023 by Peter
In the May 2023 Canterbury City council elections, Keith Bothwell of the Green Party was elected to represent Swalecliffe. He is holding constituency surgeries on Wednesday 18 October and Wednesday 29 November at the Swalecliffe Community Hall between 5pm and 7pm. Here is Keith's latest Newsletter: SWALECLIFFE Autumn 2023 Newsletter
16 August 2023 / 16 August 2023 by Peter
In the May 2023 Canterbury City council elections, Andy Harvey of the Green Party was elected to represent West Bay. He is holding constituency surgeries on 17 August and 21 September at the Studd Hill Community Centre at 4.30pm.
12 June 2023 / 12 June 2023 by Peter
Elderly resident left heartbroken after Council worker destroys her floral display as Greens warn the District’s biodiversity is threatened by over-zealous maintenance Zinnia Slade in her garden with Cllr Clare Turnbull (left) and Susan Mortimer (right) Greens are calling for better protection of local green spaces and biodiversity after receiving multiple reports from angry residents […]
5 June 2023 / 10 June 2023 by Peter
Friday, 19th May 6.30-8.00pm at St Mary’s Hall, Umbrella Centre, Whitstable This public meeting had been planned to take place in September 2022 but it had to be cancelled due to the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II. Its purpose was to provide our Green Party Councillor, Clare Turnbull, with information on the impact of […]
15 May 2023 / 5 June 2023 by Peter
Despite 300% increase in Green seats won at the 4th May local elections, Labour shuts the door on Greens forming any part in a three-way coalition to run the District. An historic local election success on 4th May saw Greens quadrupling their Councillors (from one to four) and scoring the highest single vote for any […]
25 March 2023 / 10 May 2023 by Peter
25/02/23 Greens Clare Turnbull and Andrew Harvey meet Feargal Sharkey to discuss the sewage pollution crisis 10/03/23 Keith Bothwell raises concerns about possible closure of Children’s centre 22/03/23 Greens Clare Turnbull and Andrew Harvey test bathing water quality in Whitstable after eight hours of sewage discharges by Southern Water