Why the Thanet Green Belt Matters More Than Ever for Local Communities
The fight over the thanet green belt is not some abstract planning dispute tucked away in a council chamber. It is about the kind of place people want to live in, raise their kids in, and eventually retire to. I have spent enough time walking the fields between Margate and Ramsgate to know that once you build on that land, you never get it back. And right now, the pressure to concrete over it is greater than I have seen in decades. Thanet has always been a bit of a battlegr
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The fight over the thanet green belt is not some abstract planning dispute tucked away in a council chamber. It is about the kind of place people want to live in, raise their kids in, and eventually retire to. I have spent enough time walking the fields between Margate and Ramsgate to know that once you build on that land, you never get it back. And right now, the pressure to concrete over it is greater than I have seen in decades. Thanet has always been a bit of a battlegr
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