Geologist, the great outdoors, countryside, landscape, nature. Acoustic ๐ŸŽถ & Americana. Values education & integrity. @CPRE @CommunityPlann1 @AlmshouseAssoc

England, UK
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Kevin Dale ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿƒ SHIMBY retweeted
.@normanlamb unveiling painting by foot artist Peter Longstaff at Lloyd Court in Cromer
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Students in @SchaeferHGES class at @HGHedgehog learned about artist Peter Longstaff with @HGESpecialists and tried to paint with his unique abilities. @WCPSS @WCPSS_SES #DHAM2018 #WhatStartsHereChangesEverything #paintingwithourfeet
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Kevin Dale ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿƒ SHIMBY retweeted
"Billions of pounds worth of new-build homes have been bought using suspicious funds because of a loophole in Britainโ€™s property sale rules, a report has found." That wouldn't help with affordability! telegraph.co.uk/money/properโ€ฆ
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And this is what we need for Norwich to Tilbury
UK's first high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables to run between Scotland and England will be capable of transporting a much higher volume of useable energy from offshore wind farms than traditional high voltage alternating current cables. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c615โ€ฆ
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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?
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This cap is still too high. An average multiple of 4.5 buys a ยฃ495k home without any help. Why donโ€™t they cap it at average house price (Zoopla ยฃ273k August) or with addtl London cap? This is set to please developers. thetimes.com/business/companโ€ฆ
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Has Andy Burnham re-ignited the Brexit debate because he knows that will hugely damage, if not destroy, the Conservative party? ๐Ÿง
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Kevin Dale ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿƒ 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 developmentโ€ฆ..every common sense reason for refusal no longer apply in the same wayโ€ฆwhatโ€™s worse the new rules apply immediately even to applications already under consideration, meaning communities hard work campaigns are now pointless. Please sign โœ๏ธ this petition. change.org/Save-the-Greenbelโ€ฆ
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Kevin Dale ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿƒ SHIMBY retweeted
๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ [๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›]: the alarming growth of private cars in height, width, length and weight at the expense of public space, the environment and overall safety.
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Kevin Dale ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿƒ SHIMBY retweeted
Brilliant illustration here of the creeping rise of SUVs, child-killing planet-choking monstrosities which are completely unnecessary but pander to some peopleโ€™s sad inadequacy. If tempted to buy one, try therapy instead, it will be cheaper for you and safer for the rest of us.
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Kevin Dale ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿƒ 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/neโ€ฆ
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Kevin Dale ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿƒ 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/EaYโ€ฆ
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Kevin Dale ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿƒ SHIMBY retweeted
In 2025, there was enough brownfield land to accommodate a minimum of 1.54 million homes across England, exceeding the governmentโ€™s 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-brโ€ฆ
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Kevin Dale ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿƒ 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.
Team Forest City seems somewhat confused ๐Ÿคฃ They want to build 400,000 homes in the countryside. Obviously that will bring one or two extra cars. Yet this is their advertising.
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