Stones Farm

Disdainful commentary from Mr Sharpe the Doubleday’s planning consultant regarding the Parish Council is not helpful is resolving the significant differences of opinion that still exist in relation to the preparation of the Development Brief for Stones Farm.

Freedom of Information request reveals secret timescales for progressing Stones Farm. Quite why senior officers from Swale Borough Council felt the need to keep this information from the Parish Council is still something of a mystery.

It may not have escaped your attention that in last weeks East Kent Gazette Mr Sharpe denied there was any disparity between the proposed route of the new road and the layout of the Stones Farm development.

As promised here is the Parish Councils response to the consultation on the Draft Development Brief for Stones Farm.

OBJECTING to the principle of new houses being built on farmland on the edge of Sittingbourne is a waste of time, residents have been warned.

Once again a big thank you to those of you turned up today and managed to endure the best part of two hours of me boring you to death.

Here are the details of where to send your responses to

FARMLAND on the edge of Sitting-bourne has been urgently earmarked for 600 homes by Swale council. Proposals for the development on Stones Farm in Bapchild have been drawn up and building work could begin at the end of next year.

We're having an estate slapped in our faces say residents. The construction of 600 homes on farmland on the edge of Sittingbourne could begin as soon as the end of next year.

Following the publication of the consultation draft of the Stones Farm Development Brief SPD, the Council has had an opportunity to consider its position on the way forward.