Fantastic public response to FPOG petition

05 Nov 2006
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The people of Sittingbourne gave the clearest signal yet that they do not want the expansion proposed by the science park. The Five Parish Opposition Group set up stall in Sittingbourne high street yesterday as part of their own consultation exercise and managed to collect a staggering 734 signatures in a single day.

Monique Bonney Chairman of FPOG said “We had not even managed to erect the display before we had a queue of people lining up to sign the petition.”

Andy Hudson said “The people of Sittingbourne were obviously aware of the proposals especially through the letters page of the East Kent Gazette, but we were able to fill people in on the precise details and people were genuinely quite shocked.”

The Five Parish Opposition Group will be back in action in Sittingbourne High Street next week for anyone who missed out and would like to sign the petition. Plus we'll be out and about around the villages in the coming weeks.

Bapchild

bapchild east

Bapchild with the A2 running down the middle towards Faversham. Stones Farm (600 houses) is shown in yellow. Radfield (1,500) houses in shown in red and Meadowfield (500 houses) is shown in blue. Remember Bapchild in the centre of the photo is currently only 450 houses.

Rodmerham

Rodermsham south

Rodmersham looking down towards highest valley. Woodstock which you can just see at the top left in red is 850 houses and the orange area is Chilton which is 1,650 houses. The yellow area is the middle is the countryside park.


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