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Shorne Woods Country Park Management Plan 2015-2020
MANAGEMENT PLAN 2015-2020 KENT COUNTY COUNCIL Shorne Woods Country Park Management Plan 2015-2020 Updated: November 2018 by Tim Bell- Head Ranger 851561 – SHORNE WOODS COUNTRY PARK 1 MANAGEMENT PLAN 2015-2020 KENT COUNTY COUNCIL 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................. 5 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ............................................................. 5 1.2 VISION FOR THE SITE ........................................................................ 6 1.3 CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT .......................................................... 6 1.4 HERITAGE MANAGEMENT .................................................................. 9 1.5 VISITOR MANAGEMENT ....................................................................11 1.6 EDUCATION .....................................................................................12 1.7 SITE MAINTENANCE .........................................................................12 1.8 HEALTH AND SAFETY .......................................................................13 1.9 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ...............................................................15 1.10 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW ......................................................................17 2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION .............................................................. 19 2.1 LOCATION AND SITE DESCRIPTION ....................................................19 2.1.1 Contact Details ...........................................................................19 -
Capital Space Ltd Land South of Coldharbour Road, Gravesend
Capital Space Ltd Land South of Coldharbour Road, Gravesend Transport Assessment July 2016 Gravesham Borough Council Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 2 SITE AND LOCAL AREA ........................................................................................ 2 Site Location ....................................................................................................... 2 Local Road Network ............................................................................................ 2 Public Transport .................................................................................................. 3 3 POLICY ................................................................................................................ 4 National Planning Policy Framework .................................................................. 4 Supplementary Planning Guidance SPG 4 Kent Vehicle Parking Standards (July 2006) ................................................................................................................... 4 Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy (September 2014) ................................... 5 4 BASELINE CONDITIONS ..................................................................................... 6 Existing Traffic Conditions .................................................................................. 6 5 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................. 7 Overview -
Ranscombe Farm Reserve Draft Management Plan 2013-18
Ranscombe Farm Reserve Draft Management Plan 2013-18 Summary document This document gives a summary of the draft management plan for Ranscombe Farm Reserve for the period 2013 to 2018. The aim of the document is to give a clear indication of what management work is proposed, including both ongoing and new work, and the reasoning behind it. It is hoped that this will allow readers to get an idea how Ranscombe might change over the five years of the plan. A full, detailed version of the management plan, upon which this document is based, is also available. Contents 1. About Ranscombe Farm Reserve .............................................................................................................. 2 2. Managing the farmed environment ......................................................................................................... 4 3. Managing grassland ................................................................................................................................... 6 4. Managing woodland ................................................................................................................................... 8 5. Managing for people ................................................................................................................................ 10 6. Making management more effective ..................................................................................................... 12 7. Managing our obligations ....................................................................................................................... -
Cuxton Along the North Downs Way
LostLost Landscapesandscapes HERITAGEL TRAIL A shrunken hamlet,some of the rarest wild flowers in Britain and a tomb in the middle of a large woodland.These are just some of the highlights on this Lost Landscapes Heritage Trail,a new circular walk Cuxton along the North Downs Way. The main trail explores the parish of Cuxton,a place of ancient woodlands and historic settlements,with spectacular views over the Medway and a network of dry valleys.Cuxton's heritage really does span the whole of human history - from a Stone Age axe factory to the building of the Medway Bridge . If you wish, you can extend the trail by taking the 'Darnley diversion' into the Cobham Estate. The main text of the booklet consists of detailed directions and information on points of interest along the trail.The back pages of the booklet cover other important local heritage themes. The Lost Landscapes project With grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund (through the Local Heritage Initiative) and the Rail Link Countryside Initiative, the Lost Landscapes project,organised by the North Downs Way National Trail,has been taking place in six communities along the North Downs. People in these communities have been looking into the heritage and history of their area and discovering what it is that makes their parishes special.Their contributions are the backbone of this booklet. The Cuxton Heritage Trail has been carefully chosen to take in the best of the heritage features of the area. As you walk you will find that the history has been brought back to life by the wonderful recollections and memories of local people. -
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REPRESENTATIONS TO MEDWAY COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN 2012 – 2035 Development Options Consultation Document Submitted on Behalf of The Landowners April 2017 REPRESENTATIONS TO MEDWAY COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN 2012 – 2035 Development Options Consultation Document Submitted on Behalf of The Landowners Project Ref: 25973/A5/JM/kf Status: Final Issue/Rev: 01 Date: 03 April 2017 Prepared by: Joshua Mellor Checked by: Andrew Wilford Authorised by: Andrew Wilford Barton Willmore LLP The Observatory Southfleet Road Ebbsfleet Dartford Kent DA10 0DF Tel: Ref: 25973/A5/JM/kf E-mail: Date: 03 April 2017 COPYRIGHT The contents of this document must not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of the Barton Willmore LLP. All Barton Willmore stationery is produced using recycled or FSC paper and vegetable oil based inks. CONTENTS PAGE NO. 1.0 INTRODUCTION 01 2.0 NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY 03 i) National Policy & Plan Making 03 ii) National Policy & Housing Need 05 iii) Duty to Co-operate 05 iv) The Housing White Paper – Fixing Our Broken Housing Market (February 2017) 06 3.0 VISION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 07 4.0 DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - OPTIONS 08 i) Objectively Assessed Need 08 ii) Identified Supply of Development Land 08 iii) Options for Growth 09 5.0 LAND SOUTH OF SUNDRIDGE HILL, CUXTON 12 i) Site Suitability - Overall 19 6.0 CONCLUSIONS 21 APPENDICES Appendix 1: Sundridge Hill, Cuxton Location Plan. Appendix 2: Land South of Sundridge Hill – Site Proforma (Medway Council, November 2015). Appendix 3: Accessibility Appraisal (dha transport, March 2017). Appendix 4: Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (KB Ecology, March 2017). -
Runners Information
Runners Information 30 June 2019 RUNNERS INFORMATION Sunday 30 June 2019 – 10.30 am start Cascades Leisure Centre, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent DA12 4LG (Held under UK Athletics Rules. Licence no 2019-36060) On behalf of Istead & Ifield Harriers we are pleased to welcome you to the 36th running of this popular and successful 30km event. First staged in 1984 from Istead Rise, the NDR continues to go from strength to strength. Over many years in the Runners World magazine annual poll of the best organised races the NDR has been consistently rated amongst the top races of any distance held in the UK. In November 2012 it was described by the magazine as ‘one of the most iconic trail races in the UK and Europe’. For the sixth year running, we have received the BARR Gold Grading for race organisation. In 2016 we were very proud recipients of the BARR Bill Reynolds award for the most improved race in the UK. For the fourth year in succession this year’s race incorporates the British Masters trail championships. The 2019 NDR will again provide much needed financial support to various local charities. We pledge a minimum of 50% of any surplus made from operating the run to charities carefully selected by the Race Committee. Once again, there will be a Children’s Fun Run. This will consist of a 1km course wholly within the grounds of Cascades Leisure Centre. Medals and refreshments will be given to all children who finish. The start will be at 11.00am. This can be entered on the day or by post using the form on our website (www.isteadandifield.org.uk) Thank you for entering our event. -
Ranscombe Farm Reserve
WPG Management Plan Ranscombe Farm Reserve Date (from/to) 2012 - 2032 Date of last review August 2012 [UKWAS 2.1.3] Owner/tenant Plantlife Agent/contact Ben Sweeney (Ranscombe Farm Reserve Warden) Ranscombe Farm Reserve Project Office, Unit 37, Medway Space Business Centre, Knight Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 2BF Signed declaration of tenure rights and agreements to public availability of the plan [UKWAS 1.1.3/1.1.5/2.1.2] 1 Background information 1.1 Location Nearest town, village or feature Cuxton / Strood Grid reference TQ 705680 Total area (ha) 129.66 1.2 Description of the woodland(s) in the landscape The woodland is a very prominent feature within the landscape of the North Downs in this part of Kent, overlooking the Medway Valley and settlements below. It fits a very typical pattern found elsewhere along the Downs, that of large dense coppice woodlands on the deeper sand and clay soils on the ridge tops, and smaller shaws comprising mixed woodland and scrub on the south facing chalk slopes. ______________________________________________________________________ WPG MPTemplate V3.1 issued 11.06.22 | Grants & Regulations | 1 Woodland Management Plan 1.3 History of Management The ancient woodlands on the site appear to have been actively coppiced for many years. Great Wood (dominating the northern half of the site), along with Magpie Shaw, Head Barn Wood and Merrals Shaw, were almost entirely replanted with Sweet Chestnut at some time in the past, perhaps around the end of the 1700s, and have undoubtedly been managed as coppice since that time. Great Wood once formed part of the Cobham Hall Estate, and the western part (Birch Wood) was once included within the landscaped park; most of the remaining large parkland trees in this area were probably felled and removed in the 1960s immediately prior to the land being sold. -
Commemoration of Those Who Died in World War 2 St Peter & St Paul
Commemoration of those who died in World War 2 Researched by Luddesdowne PCC and parishioners in 2014 in memory of all those mentioned in this booklet who made the ultimate sacrifice for King and Country. St Peter & St Paul Printed by Cobham & Luddesdowne Churches Luddesdowne www.cobham-luddesdowne.org 1939 -1945 houses a reception room for visitors and other offices. In addition to the Commonwealth plots, the cemetery also contains David Alastair Sparrow French, Polish, Czechoslovakian, Belgian and Italian sections, and a number of war graves of other nationalities all cared for by the Rank: Flying Officer Commission. The American Military Cemetery is the responsibility of Number: (Pilot) 126770 the American Battle Monuments Commission. Regiment: 151 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died: 20th April 1943 aged 21 yrs Brookwood Military Cemetery now contains 1,601 Commonwealth Cause: Killed in Action Netherlands burials of the First World War and 3,476 from the Second World War. Of the Second World War burials 5 are unidentified, 3 being members of the R.A.F. and 2 being members of the R.C.A.F. Additional information: Son of Joseph Albert and Janet Marian Sparrow, of Gravesend, Kent. The war graves of other nationalities in the Commission's care number 786 including 28 unidentified French. Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot A. Row E2. Grave 9. Cemetery: Onstwedde General Cemetery, Netherlands. There are As an agency service on behalf of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, the only two British War Graves in this cemetery. Commission also maintains a plot of the graves of Chelsea Pensioners, which is situated adjacent to the Military Cemetery, and a small plot Location Information containing the graves of 12 members of the nursing services in the Onstwedde is 56 kilometres east of Groningen and 15 kilometres adjoining Brookwood Cemetery is also in the Commission's care. -
Medway Heritage Asset Review 2017 Final Draft: November 2017
Medway Heritage Asset Review 2017 Final Draft: November 2017 Executive Summary The Medway Heritage Asset Review intends to provide a comprehensive overview of the heritage assets in Medway in order to inform the development of a Heritage Strategy to support the emerging Medway Local Plan 2015. Medway benefits from a rich heritage spanning millennia, underpinning the local distinctiveness and creating a unique and special character that can be readily interpreted through the historic environment. The main report is broken down into sections, initially looking at the topography of Medway and how this influenced human settlement in the area, then looking at the development of the key settlements in Medway; taking into consideration the key drivers for their establishment and identifying existing heritage assets. Furthermore, the main influences to development in the area are also considered; including Chatham Dockyard and the military, the brick, cement and lime industry, agriculture, maritime and religion. Through investigating Medway’s history both geographically and thematically, the significance of heritage assets and the importance of historic landscapes can be readily identified; enabling a better understanding and providing opportunities to enhance their enjoyment. Non-designated heritage assets are also identified using a broad range of sources; providing a deeper knowledge of what shapes the distinct local character experienced in Medway and the how this identity is of great importance to the local community. The report concludes with suggestions for additional areas of research and identifies themes to be considered to inform the development of a coherent and robust Heritage Strategy that will help enhance, understand and celebrate Medway’s heritage for years to come. -
Shorter Notes
http://kentarchaeology.org.uk/research/archaeologia-cantiana/ Kent Archaeological Society is a registered charity number 223382 © 2017 Kent Archaeological Society SHORTER NOTES UPPER BUSH HALL HOUSE Ax account of this structure, now known as 'Barrow Hill House', has previously appeared in this journa1,1 and useful supporting evidence of the dating postulated therein (p. 157) has since been obtained by excavation. EXCAVATION The house has been restored by the present owners Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Knott, and during the course of restoration in 1965 it was possible to excavate an area within the limits of the hall (Fig. 1) before the builders laid down a new concrete floor. A hearth was found in the position likely to have been used for a central fire in an open hall, and with the hearth were associated two clay floors and a layer of rubbish 'sandwiched' between them (Fig. 2). The hearth was evidenced by a quantity of packed hard clay, burnt red and associated with a dark rubbish layer containing tile fragments, oyster shells and sherds. The hearth was contiguous with the earliest clay floor found which overlaid a close-packed layer of flints. The sherds from the rubbish layer are datable to a period extending from the mid-fourteenth to the fifteenth century, and being contemporaneous with the hearth seem to confirm the suggested date of the fourteenth century for the erection of the extant hall-house. This is based on the assumption that the hearth discovered was in fact used in the existing house and not in some earlier structure; this unfortunately cannot be archmologically proved for the following reason: The earlier, and lower, clay floor designated 1 in Fig. -
Kent Downs AONB Management Plan 2014-2019
Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2014 - 2019 Second revision April 2014 1 Ministerial Foreword Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) are some of our finest This Management Plan also makes the important connection between landscapes. They are cherished by residents and visitors alike and people and nature. I am pleased to hear that local communities have allow millions of people from all walks of life to understand and been central to the development of the plan, and will be at the heart connect with nature. of its delivery. From volunteers on nature conservation projects, to businesses working to promote sustainable tourism, it’s great to hear I am pleased to see that this Management Plan demonstrates how of the enthusiasm and commitment of the local people who hold their AONB Partnerships can continue to protect these precious AONBs so dear. environments despite the significant challenges they face. With a changing climate, the increasing demands of a growing population AONBs are, and will continue to be, landscapes of change. and in difficult economic times, I believe AONBs represent just the Management Plans such as this are vital in ensuring these changes sort of community driven, collaborative approach needed to ensure are for the better. I would like to thank all those who were involved our natural environment is maintained for generations to come. in bringing this plan together and I wish you every success in bringing it to fruition. AONB Partnerships have been the architects of a landscape-scale approach to land management. This approach is a key feature of the Government’s Natural Environment White Paper and emphasises the need to manage ecosystems in an integrated fashion, linking goals on wildlife, water, soil and landscape, and working at a scale that respects natural systems. -
Cuxton Train Station
MEDWAY VALLEY RAIL TRAILS A coppice is a wood where the trees are grown for coppicing which means cutting the trees down to a low level and allowing multi-stems to regrow to provide a continuing supply of timber. Sweet chestnut coppice was Distance: 5 miles / 8km. primarily planted for hop poles and the fencing trades Coppice because the timber grew quick and straight. Time: 3 hours approximately. & a At the end of this recently coppiced area turn left so Terrain: Paths can become muddy and some uphill the open field is on your right and woodland (Clay Pond walking. Two stiles, some gates and one train line crossing. One flight of five steps. Corncockle Wood) is on your left. Follow the footpath around the edge of the field. Go past a gate and then past another Start/end point: Cuxton train station. Cuxton turning along a grassed path on your left. Just before you head uphill you will see a path through woodland A 5 mile / 8km circular walk through stunning chalk (Head Barn Wood) on your left. Follow this path which OS Explorer Map: 148. downland and farmland of Ranscombe Farm, past the starts to veer round to the right. impressive Darnley Mausoleum and through the village of Cuxton. s On leaving the woodland turn left down the field edge. You will shortly come to a junction with another footpath coming from Strood. Turn right and head up this footpath taking you across the middle of the field away from the motorway. Follow this path for 500 metres then cross the road leading to houses and continue straight on at the crossroads.