With all due respect, the above comment is misleading and incendiary. The application has NOT been approved! The full details will be on DDC's Planning list the week after next. Until such time ,when the full plans are shown and the facts known, it may be time to slow the rumour mill down. I have had first hand experience of an unpopular planning application literally on my doorstep, and know the unnecessary angst and upset unfounded comments like this can make. No-one in the immediate area wants this and we will all do our best to make sure it does not happen.

The latest update regarding the status of the application. This is from a very reliable source. "The main application is now in but needs to be validated by Dover before they publish it. Then there will be a consultation period and you can object if you wish. There is another prior application which is decided but this was what is known as a "screening application" to decide if an environmental impact assessment is needed. Plenty of time to digest the plans when they come, be a good while before this goes to planning committee to be decided" Hope this helps. Debbie

Hi Julia As I understand it, DDC felt there was no need for an Environmental Impact Statement, which is, ludicrous. I have spoken to Chris Saville, who sits on GMPC and apparently this is under investigation with several parties including Natalie Elphicke, our esteemed MP. There will be lots of wild rumours flying about, including the fact that permission has already been given, hence the activity at Manor Farm. There has to be some platform for the public to have their say, otherwise the whole planning system is flawed, which most intelligent people realise it is anyway. I shall contact Chris, ask for clarification and feed back to this page.