Geologist, the great outdoors, countryside, landscape, nature. Acoustic ๐ถ & Americana. Values education & integrity. @CPRE @CommunityPlann1 @AlmshouseAssoc
England, UK
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Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
National Grid is trying to fell a 300-year old oak it promised to save. (The farmer even checked this morning that they would keep their promise and they said yes). This afternoon he finds out they were lying and WERE going to fell it. He has stopped them - for good?
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
This cap is still too high. An average multiple of 4.5 buys a ยฃ495k home without any help.
Why donโt they cap it at average house price (Zoopla ยฃ273k August) or with addtl London cap?
This is set to please developers.
thetimes.com/business/companโฆ
Has Andy Burnham re-ignited the Brexit debate because he knows that will hugely damage, if not destroy, the Conservative party? ๐ง
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
Well, this is depressing. @KemiBadenoch I think you may have misunderstood that voters want greater protections for nature and the environment?
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5yโฆ
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
Well done him
essexlive.news/news/essex-neโฆ
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
Housebuilder Vistry will exit open market in south east thisismoney.co.uk/money/markโฆ via @MailOnline
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
@AngelaRayner and this out of touch government will not listen!
The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) rules make it even harder for communities to object to unsustainable developmentโฆ..every common sense reason for refusal no longer apply in the same wayโฆwhatโs worse the new rules apply immediately even to applications already under consideration, meaning communities hard work campaigns are now pointless.
Please sign โ๏ธ this petition.
change.org/Save-the-Greenbelโฆ
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ [๐๐๐ข๐]: the alarming growth of private cars in height, width, length and weight at the expense of public space, the environment and overall safety.
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
Brilliant illustration here of the creeping rise of SUVs, child-killing planet-choking monstrosities which are completely unnecessary but pander to some peopleโs sad inadequacy. If tempted to buy one, try therapy instead, it will be cheaper for you and safer for the rest of us.
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
18 years ago, scientists drew up 9 planetary boundaries not be transgressed if the world is to remain safe and secure. Today they report we have crossed a record seven - with ocean acidification joining others like climate change and biodiversity loss.
oceanographicmagazine.com/neโฆ
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
Today brings a new chapter for our Chair, Rosie Pearson and for Community Planning Alliance - take a look at our newsletter for Rosie's personal message and next steps for CPA
sh1.sendinblue.com/mk/sc/EaYโฆ
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
In 2025, there was enough brownfield land to accommodate a minimum of 1.54 million homes across England, exceeding the governmentโs national housing delivery pledge of 1.5 million. Over the last 4 years (2022-25), there has been a steady increase in brownfield sites, area and minimum net dwellings โ each year, there is more brownfield land that is left untapped.
cpre.org.uk/2026-state-of-brโฆ
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
The team behind Forest City are cynically trying to persuade everyone in East Anglia that their own little patches of countryside will be saved if the team are allowed to build a city for a million people somewhere else in rural Suffolk.
That's not how housing targets work.
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
County leader: Whitehall has a โtotal lack of understandingโ
Cllr Spivey criticised governmentโs approach to planning โ saying the housing crisis should be solved through โlocally-led placemaking with a commitment to building council housesโ, rather than the governmentโs โtop-down centralised housing number calculation imposed on local councilsโ.
lgcplus.com/politics/governaโฆ
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
Sign our Welcome to your New Home letter to @andyburnham
It's time for a planning system that protects green spaces, involves communities and delivers truly affordable housing.
We will hand the Letter to No. 10 on Monday morning. #handsoffgreenspaces
@mtpennycook @AngelaRayner
welcomehomeandy.com/?utm_souโฆโฆ
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
Thank you for all you have done & all the very best with your MSc๐
Kevin Dale ๐๐๐ SHIMBY retweeted
Thank you for what youโve done and good luck with the next chapter.
