The Friends of Betteshanger were hoping to legally challenge the decision by Dover District Council to grant permission for a hotel and surf lagoon at the Park. However, our legal team has advised us that the grounds they have suggested…
On March 7 Dover District Council granted planning permission for both the hotel and surf lagoon at Betteshanger Country Park to the huge disappointment of the Friends of Betteshanger, our partners, the RSPB, Kent Wildlife trust and CPRE Kent and…
After several delays we now have a date for a decision on the hotel and surf lagoon at Betteshanger. The applications will be decided at the Dover planning committee meeting on March 7th at 6pm. We will be gathering from…
Update on Hotel application. Although the Dover planning committee rejected plans for the Hotel on July 13th 2023, the applicant withdrew the application before a decision notice could be issued and has submitted an amended application. So we are back…
Betteshanger: Plan Rejected Campaigners celebrate as council rejects plan for a hotel on wildlife haven in Deal and ask that surf lagoon plans are scrapped Conservation charities and wildlife campaigners have welcomed the news that plans to build a hotel…
“The truth is, every one of us, no matter who we are, or where we live, can and must play a part in restoring nature. Though rich in places, Britain as a whole is one of the most nature-depleted countries…
“Should it stay or should it go” The Trustees of the new Kent Mining Museum have notified me of their intentions to move our Waiting Miner Statue, down into the park. The position where it is today was chosen by…
Have you seen the Lizard Orchids that grow at Betteshanger Country Park? Amazing plants up to 1m in height with a flower that looks like a Lizard with a long curling tail. Up to 600 of them would be dug…
Water Voles are in the way of the proposed Hotel so would be moved under the development proposals at Betteshanger Country Park. They are an Endangered species and the fastest declining mammal in the whole country, having disappeared from 94%…
Common Lizards. In 2016, 1,300 Common Lizards were moved from the Discovery Park in Sandwich to Betteshanger Country Park for their long term protection. Now they are in the way of the proposed Surf Lagoon and will be translocated again….
