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Keep this fight going: the message is clear at Lower Thames Crossing walk
Monday 18 July 2022
“This is not a done deal – the Lower Thames Crossing is hanging by a thread.” Becca from Transport Action Network had travelled from Hampshire to join a range of campaigners for last week’s Woodland Trust walk at Shorne Woods Country Park and Ashenbank Wood near Gravesend. Both sites (they comprise part of the same […] Read more >
Lower Thames Crossing consultation: read the response from our colleagues across the river
Monday 6 June 2022
We reported here that what is likely to be the final consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing ends on Monday, June 20. Our friends on the Gravesham committee of CPRE Kent have been working on their response to the consultation and you can read that here – it might help you with your own. Read more >
Lower Thames Crossing: what might be the final consultation begins tomorrow
Wednesday 11 May 2022
Lower Thames Crossing. Consultations. We’ve been here before, right? Well, yes, the build-up to the potential building of the new road does seem to have been around a long time, but the next consultation is, we suspect, likely to be the last before National Highways resubmits its plans. The Local Refinement Consultation begins tomorrow (Thursday, […] Read more >
London Resort plans withdrawn…
Monday 4 April 2022
“…and for this relief, much thanks”, as Shakespeare might have said. The plans for a ‘world-class’ theme park on the post-industrial landscape of the Swanscombe peninsula have been withdrawn, just before the formal public examination was due to begin. For a whole decade the proposals have been discussed and amended and discussed again, but it […] Read more >
At last, the meeting to get examination of London Resort under way has a date
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Whisper it quietly (or not), but we are finally seeing progress with examination of the proposed London Resort theme park at Swanscombe. After delays and uncertainty caused by developer LRCH asking for more time to address both transport issues and the peninsula’s designation as a Site of Scientific Interest – together with its failure to […] Read more >
Lower Thames Crossing: learn the latest about the scheme at four drop-in events
Friday 11 February 2022
In one of our longer-running sagas, National Highways (formerly Highways England) has announced four Lower Thames Crossing drop-in events at which visitors can learn about project updates and ask any questions they have. We are told there will be information about proposed routes for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders, along with news of how the government […] Read more >
Time to ditch London Resort: wildlife charities call for withdrawal of theme park application after Swanscombe wins special protection status
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Wildlife charities are calling for the withdrawal of the London Resort theme park planning application that would destroy a nationally important wildlife site in north Kent, after the site was awarded special conservation protection today (Wednesday, November 10). Swanscombe Marshes, which sits on the bank of the River Thames, has now received confirmation of official […] Read more >
Swanscombe: will Natural England confirm SSSI status?
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Today (Wednesday, November 10) Natural England decides on the SSSI designation for Swanscombe peninsula, the biodiverse haven in north Kent under threat from the London Resort theme park. CPRE believes the UK must demonstrate the right approach at home as we host COP26. This is our chance to protect and restore habitats, creating wildlife-rich, climate-resilient […] Read more >
Lower Thames Crossing: Community Impacts Consultation begins this month
Monday 5 July 2021
The next round of public consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing begins on Wednesday, July 14, and runs for eight weeks until Wednesday, September 8. Highways England says: “This Community Impacts Consultation will give people the opportunity to review and comment on our plans to build and operate the Lower Thames Crossing, and how we […] Read more >
High Court challenge puts Lower Thames Crossing in the spotlight
Thursday 1 July 2021
The future of the proposed Lower Thames Crossing was highlighted this week (Tuesday and Wednesday, June 29-30) when a legal challenge against the government’s roadbuilding programme was heard in the High Court. The challenge was brought by the Transport Action Network and targeted the Department for Transport’s £27.4 billion roadbuilding scheme (labelled Road Investment Strategy […] Read more >