Faversham Creek consultation – have your say by the 24th June
Faversham Creek urgently needs our help once again. Readers will remember that a little while ago I appealed to readers to sign a petition calling for action to save Standard Quay as a working boatyard...
View ArticleFaversham Creek and the carbuncle – object now!
Local planners are considering an application to build the residential development shown in this drawing. In my mind, the description ‘carbuncle’ seems very apt. It’s too big and bulky for the site,...
View ArticleYour chance to object to the developers’ plans for Standard Quay – there are...
This is reposted because the deadline for objecting to the plans to gentrify Standard Quay has been put back – there is still time for intheboatshed.net readers to make a difference! How would you...
View ArticleFaversham’s Standard Quay in happier times – filmed by Simon Evans
Barges at Faversham’s Standard Quay, filmed by local historian, folklorist, author, photographer and BBC radio presenter Simon Evans. Simon made the film some time before the maritime industries and...
View ArticleLast chance to oppose the restaurant proposal for Standard Quay – and have...
Standard Quay Swale Borough Council planners meet on the 11th April to discuss the proposed conversion of Standard Quay’s listed ‘black building’ into a restaurant and gallery and function room. This...
View ArticleSwale Borough Council meets at the Black Building, Standard Quay
Sad, isn’t it, that they could even consider turning this into a restaurant. I hope they make the right decision, but the hostility shown to the chap with the camera may not be a good sign… By the way,...
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