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Nov 182 min read

WELCOME TO ISSUE 18 OF FAVERSHAM EYE

In a slightly shorter late Autumn issue, our main subject concerns the referendum for the Faversham Neighbourhood Plan. The binary nature...

Nov 184 min read

LOCAL PLANS – VOTE YES TO FAVERSHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

By Brian Pain It is entirely understandable that many people in the Town are wholly confused by the complexity of local planning...

Nov 187 min read

THE FAVERSHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

By John Irwin & Harold Goodwin, Faversham's Future The Faversham Neighbourhood Plan aims to protect and enhance the Town of Faversham in...

Nov 185 min read

E. COLI BACTERIA POLLUTION IN FAVERSHAM CREEK

By David Hadley and Matthew Hatchwell Photos and graphics by Ken Pugh To our shame, the UK ranks consistently as one of the worst...

Nov 183 min read

Foodbanks - who uses them and why?

By Dominic Deeson Five years’ ago, Jane (not her real name) started a relationship wIth a man who she believed would be a loving and...

Nov 181 min read

NEWS JUST IN

To be reported at length in the next edition of the Faversham Eye… Swale Green Councillors Lehmann, Gould and Thompson were devastated to...

Jun 72 min read

WELCOME TO ISSUE 17

This Summer we have a UK General Election to look forward to and, with elections going on all around the world, the big one must be the...

Jun 721 min read

GENERAL ELECTION SPECIAL 2024

Introduction By Brian Pain In a couple of weeks after publication of this issue we will have the long-anticipated election and for many...

Jun 79 min read

CLEVE HILL - The Proposed Solar Farm Battery Energy Supply System

By Brian Pain The installation of the vast array of solar panels is proceeding apace at Cleve Hill, quaintly named as Project Fortress,...

Jun 727 min read

FAVERSHAM: NEW HOUSING AND CHOICES

Note: there has been a Farms, Fields & Fresh Air Fact Checker (by Steve Atkins) added to this article since publication. See bottom of...

Jun 75 min read

FAVERSHAM WAR MEMORIAL - A CONTINUING STORY

By Brian Pain Introduction In 2016 a shadowy group called the Faversham War Memorial Garden Committee, led by the then Town and Swale...

May 26, 202315 min read

DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE…OR NOT…THE LONG READ

AN EXAMINATION OF THE GOVERNMENT’S RECORD ON MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION. By: Sue Cooper “We are facing a global catastrophe. Climate...

Nov 10, 20228 min read

FAVERSHAM CREEK - BRIDGE AND BASIN

By Brian Pain A locked harbour basin at the head of a tidal creek in the centre of a mediaeval town, whose past wealth, commercial...

Nov 10, 20221 min read

FLOODING IN FAVERSHAM

By Brian Pain Occupying Creekside houses in Faversham comes with the inevitable risk of experiencing flooding. This occurs when the...

Nov 9, 20228 min read

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE FAVERSHAM SOCIETY

By Katie Begg, Faversham Society Trustee Anyone who has spent even five minutes chatting with Harold Goodwin, Chair of the Faversham...

Nov 8, 20228 min read

IF OUR NHS IS SICK - WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?

By Laurie McMahon and Andrew Holden HOW WELL IS THE NHS Having both worked in and around the NHS for ages, we are lost in admiration for...

Nov 7, 20221 min read

TELECOM MAST - A POSSIBLE SOLUTION?

The temporary planning permission granted to EE for the telecom tower that has graced our central carpark for the past couple of years...

Jan 24, 20221 min read

WELCOME TO THE WINTER EDITION OF THE FAVERSHAM EYE

By Brian Pain 2021 was generally a pretty dreadful year. At the Eye, we made the difficult decision to cancel our planned Faversham...

Jan 24, 20227 min read

WHAT IS FAVERSHAM’S HOUSING CRISIS?

By Brian Pain At long last most people in Faversham are aware of and concerned by the deluge of new housing planned on the farmland...

Jan 23, 202221 min read

FAVERSHAM IS SPECIAL - HOW CAN WE KEEP IT THAT WAY

By Harold Goodwin, Stephen Atkins and Matthew Hatchwell Faversham people understand what is special about our town and we want to keep it...

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