If you would like to be involved in this important project please do contact the Chairman Marjorie Findlay Stone to discuss where you could best help..

There are many ways to get involved - you could be a member of one of the committees: the steering group or management committee, the drafting group or the events group.

There are also many other roles such as delivering literature or capturing comments from residents or perhaps making tea at one of the community events.

You could help as a one off effort or perhaps help on a regular basis - it is entirely up to you....but all help is very gratefully received.

Mar 09 Steering Group meeting. Minutes available here.

Feb 09   First meeting of Steering Group The PP&DS Steering Group met on 19/02/09 in Sandgate Library to discuss the way forward and to elect a Chairman who will lead on this work. Marjorie Findlay Stone was elected as Chairman.  

Oct 08   PP&DS Public Meeting A Public Meeting was held on 30/09/08 in The Chichester Hall - Trevor Skelton from ACRE and Cllr Jan Holben presented information to Sandgate residents about a Parish Plan (or Community Plan) and Design Statement. This meeting was well attended and a number of residents agreed to form a Steering Group to drive the project forward.

Mar 08   Sustainability Appraisal - has the requirement for SA's been removed. Response received from Duncan who is part of the VDS team working on a Design Statement for Dover: "The Government's White Paper Planning for a Sustainable Future (May 2007) proposed to remove the blanket requirement for SPDs to have an SA unless they involved impacts not covered in the parent Development Plan Document (DPD). Up until the publication of the White Paper in May 2007, Dover D.C. had been citing the requirement for an SA as an obstacle to accepting and adopting our proposed VDS as an SPD. At this time I had been in correspondence for some 7 months with Emer Costello and subsequently with Marcus Howard at HMG DCLG about this issue and I was assured that the Government was determined to remove this recently erected supposed barrier to rural communities producing a VDS (as encouraged by HMG since 1996). I understand the requirement was amended accordingly in the ensuing Bill."

Jan 08   Presentation to Parish Council about Parish Plan and Design Statement Cllr Jan Holben gave an informal presentation to the parish council about a Parish Plan and Design Statement - what it is and how we can start to create one. A timeline was suggested which indicated an 18 month project. In the Planning Reform Bill of 27/11/07 The Government intends to remove the need for a sustainability appraisal to be undertaken on SPDs

A project timeline will also be published here when available.