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    <title>PROTECT BEARSTED - save Lilk Meadow Petition: Signature List Feed</title>
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      <title>Mrs Elaine Pyke [Signature #743]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Elaine Pyke, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom<p>Despite now living in Norfolk we still take a keen interest in what&#039;s happening in and around Maidstone.    This area should not be built on, the land is just not suitable.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2015 09:39:38 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Belinda Lawrence [Signature #742]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Belinda Lawrence<p>Totally object to housing development on Milk Meadow,it&#039;s a flood plain it&#039;s a ludicrous idea, in an areaof outstanding natural beauty that should be protected, and not enough infinfrastructure in what was once a small village when I was a child 30 years ago, we already can&#039;t cope, roads, schools and doctor&#039;s surgery over subscribed!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2015 06:40:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Terry Worby [Signature #741]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Terry Worby, bearsted, maidstone, kent, United Kingdom<p>Protect the lovely village of Bearsted from further development and protect its resources</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:17:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Dawn Fagg [Signature #740]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Dawn Fagg, Maidstone, United Kingdom]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 06:18:09 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Marie Beard [Signature #739]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Marie Beard, Maidstone, Kent<p>Let&#039;s keep it, we need open space - once it&#039;s gone it will never get it back!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:12:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Diana Weeds [Signature #738]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Diana Weeds, Chichester, Sussex<p>We cannot keep raping the countryside&#039;s beauty. Every small individual village is being eaten up by surrounding larger towns when green spaces are built on. Once the houses are built we then have neat little rows of trees planted on manicured grass and signs that say &quot;No ball games&quot;,where once there was a natural diverse space inhabited by flora and fauna. This latter space is important to all whether animal or human. A space to watch birds and butterflies, learn about dragonflies and beetles, picnic and play make believe games. Interesting places with dips and little hills, wild flowers and boggy patches, odd trees and funny looking stumps of wood, and a variety of trees to climb. Please save this precious piece for all to enjoy.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 06:44:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MRS SUE PALMER [Signature #737]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MRS SUE PALMER, ASHFORD, KENT, United Kingdom<p>No more large development of houses in villages, leave us alone. The local people can not afford them, the urban people buy, extend, sell at a hugh profit and leave. The Council/Government do not do anything about the infrustructer - already our doctors/schools/drainage is grossly neglected.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 06:00:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Abbie Carter [Signature #736]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Abbie Carter, Bearsted, United Kingdom<p>Don&#039;t ruin the land!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:35:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #735]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous<p>With all the problems associated with flooding it seems so silly not to leave this piece of land as a small green strip to be enjoyed by wild life.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:51:42 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr KEN HALL [Signature #734]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr KEN HALL, MAIDSTONE, KENT, United Kingdom<p>There are sufficient brown field sites yet to be built on, build on these first before destroying open countryside.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:32:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Samantha Baker [Signature #733]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Samantha Baker, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom<p>Bearsted is not big enough to cope with more houses. It is a beautiful area of land and would be a disater to build on it.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:25:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Paula Balse [Signature #732]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Paula Balse<p>My parents lived in the village in the 60&#039;s &amp; were told then by a v.old resident that Lilk Meadow was a flood plain, he had lived in Bearsted all his life.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:33:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Nicola Wharrier [Signature #731]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nicola Wharrier<p>This is an area of natural beauty and shouldn&#039;t be spoilt by housing.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:00:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs wendy pantony [Signature #730]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs wendy pantony, bearsted, kent]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:47:31 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr matthew lee [Signature #729]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr matthew lee, bearsted, kent, United Kingdom<p>This an a wonderful, beautiful part of our village and should be preserved, not built upon</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:43:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Carrie Allen [Signature #728]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Carrie Allen<p>I object to this proposed planning application</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:34:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Maree Desmond [Signature #727]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Maree Desmond, Bearsted, Kent, United Kingdom<p>Bearsted doesn&#039;t need more housing!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:24:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms rebecca butcher [Signature #726]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms rebecca butcher, Bearsted, kent, United Kingdom<p>Please save Bearsted</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:31:04 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs lisa smith [Signature #725]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs lisa smith<p>Please stop builders popping up houses and spoiling the beautiful village where I grew up!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:30:23 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Nicola Hutchins [Signature #724]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Nicola Hutchins<p>Absolutely ridiculous planning.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:21:03 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr James Baker [Signature #723]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr James Baker, Maidstone, United Kingdom]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 06:50:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Joanne Pollock [Signature #722]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Joanne Pollock, maidstone, kent<p>The village of Bearsted cannot sustain any more development. The roads, schools, doctors etc are already full to bursting with a 2 week wait for doctor appointments, lack of local school places any extra houses will make matters worse.  I have ridden horses on the roads for over 30 years with no problem but now find myself  riding out earlier and earlier to try and avoid the worst of the traffic which is becoming impossible. So much for encouraging people to get out exercising in the coutryside!! I imagine it is a similar problem for cyclists too. History of flooding on the land is also an issue.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 06:32:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Joanna Sheppard [Signature #721]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Joanna Sheppard, Bearsted]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 05:52:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Heather Cochrane [Signature #720]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Heather Cochrane, Maidstone, Kent., KENT, United Kingdom<p>We moved to Bearsted because of the place it is, quite, in the countryside, country walks, great views of green fields, to raise a family.. NOT to view 50 houses and Sunday walks around a housing estate - dreadful.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 05:34:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mrs toni Drury [Signature #719]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mrs toni Drury, Maidstone, kent, United Kingdom<p>We don&#039;t need more house in the village.if you build 50 house there it will mess with the quite and calm of the village</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:33:20 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Simon Crumpton [Signature #718]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Simon Crumpton, Maidstone<p>The area we live in is already over populated!!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:11:47 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Jo Cruse [Signature #717]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Jo Cruse<p>I support this campaign.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:09:31 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Karhryn Strable [Signature #716]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Karhryn Strable<p>Bearsted is a village and needs to be kept as one. All this buildings being built are losing the status and the community feel of why people moved here. To build on a flood plain is asking for trouble.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:05:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs PENNY DANCH [Signature #715]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs PENNY DANCH, MAIDSTONE, KENT<p>Save Lilk Meadoe</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 01:39:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr John Gregory [Signature #714]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr John Gregory, Maidstone, United Kingdom<p>This must not be built on. It is a natural flood prevention plain.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 01:30:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Pat catt [Signature #713]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pat catt]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 01:19:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Katherine Longhurst [Signature #712]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Katherine Longhurst<p>I have lived in Bearsted for the past 20yrs either physically or through my parents who also live there. I want to bring my family up here and one of the huge benefits are the existing green spaces. Trying to buy a house in Bearsted is almost impossible for young families but I won&#039;t support houses built on this green!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 01:00:10 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Anonymous [Signature #711]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Aylesford, Kent, United Kingdom<p>For goodness sake you seem intent on destroying Bearsted again.  Leave this lovely village alone.  In fact leave all of Kent alone.  You are buildjng everywhere in this beautiful county destroying wildlife and natural habitats.  Shame on you.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 11:16:14 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Suzanne Nightingale [Signature #710]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Suzanne Nightingale, Maidstone, Kent]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 07:55:28 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms sophia looney [Signature #709]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms sophia looney, weavering<p>Further development of flood prone area is nonsensical</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 05:01:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>chris ashby-zwozdiak [Signature #708]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[chris ashby-zwozdiak<p>The key words here are wetland and area of natural beauty. Wetland is wet for a reason. Houses and wetland do not mix. Wetlands are important and threatened habitats and require preservation and protection. I find this application completely inappropriate and ecologically damaging. Please reconsider!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 04:59:59 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr guy eaton [Signature #707]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr guy eaton<p>please put a stop to this building development. We do not need or support it.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 04:56:04 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs allison evans [Signature #706]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs allison evans, United Kingdom]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 03:56:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Anonymous [Signature #705]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Bearsted, United Kingdom<p>Building on these natural flood plains would cause not only damage to the local wildlife but cause flooding problems .</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 03:50:39 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Anonymous [Signature #704]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom<p>I  the undersigned people and friends of Bearsted, call on Maidstone Borough Council to decline the application for 50 houses to be built on Lilk Meadow, a wetland and area of natural beauty.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 03:36:55 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Maria Hamer [Signature #703]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Maria Hamer<p>Absolute madness to want to develop on a flood plain area. Where will all the rainwater/floodwater go????</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 03:18:46 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Cerwyn Phillips [Signature #702]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cerwyn Phillips, MAIDSTONE, Kent, United Kingdom<p>Houses are being built on green belt.<br />
It&#039;s an area of outstanding beauty.<br />
Destoying natural habitat.<br />
Increased traffic.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 02:45:59 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #701]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, MAIDSTONE, Kent, United Kingdom<p>Water from area will divert to other properties.<br />
Rural view will be full of houses.<br />
Will need another school as all local ones are oversubscribed already.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 02:42:48 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mrs lyn vella [Signature #700]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mrs lyn vella, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom<p>Leave well alone it&#039;s a beautiful place and in need of the beauty to stay.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 02:41:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs joanna bisson [Signature #699]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs joanna bisson, bearsted, Kent]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 02:39:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs samantha Brooks [Signature #698]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs samantha Brooks, Downswood, Maidstone, United Kingdom]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 02:29:53 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mrs Bee Styche [Signature #697]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mrs Bee Styche, Bearsted, Maidstone, United Kingdom<p>Bearsted is being spoilt by all these new developments. There is no infrastructure for roads to cope with the impact of more cars and it has to be halted.  We moved to a quiet countryside location and this is turning into any thing but. Shame on you.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:26:21 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Sarah Rhodes [Signature #696]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Sarah Rhodes, Bearsted, Kent, United Kingdom<p>Ludicrous idea to build on there. It always floods. It would mean the redirected water would end up else where, in a place it would not naturally have collected.<br />
Our local schools are already heavily over subscribed as is our doctors.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>mrs Clare Ellam [Signature #695]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mrs Clare Ellam, MAIDSTONE, Kent, United Kingdom]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:44:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss fiona bates [Signature #694]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:38:24 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Michelle Mackey [Signature #693]</title>
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      <title>alison Goodsell [Signature #692]</title>
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      <title>Mr Dan Conner [Signature #691]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Dan Conner<p>I call on Maidstone Borough Council to decline the application for 50 houses to be built on Lilk Meadow, a wetland and area of natural beauty. It is far from suitable form a community perspective and has far reaching implications on many areas. Totally unsuitable.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Ewan Macpherson [Signature #690]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Ewan Macpherson<p>Please, no more development in the quickly disappearing green fields of a much loved and  now almost spoiled part of Kent.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ms Jennifer Austin, Birmingham<p>Grew up in Bearsted and walked dog here. leave lilk meadow alone!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Karen Bruce, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Isls.<p>My parents &amp; aunt lived in Bearsted for many years. It is a lovely historical spot &amp; needs to be preserved.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Richard Bowdrey, Ringmer, East Sussex, United Kingdom<p>I think its a ridiculous decision to plan to build on a known flood plain. Should never go ahead!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Daisy Jefferys, Bristol<p>I strongly oppose the building of these houses. Areas of natural beauty should be preserved at all costs.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Peter Geer [Signature #675]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Peter Geer<p>More houses, more cars,<br />
Parking is nightmare already.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr John Ramus<p>Please Help save part of our Beautiful Country side</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Georgine Lewis, Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom<p>To build on wet lands is clearly madness apart from the damage to an important natural habitat.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[M Lisa sargison, rainham, kent, United Kingdom<p>I object to considerations being given for building on this land</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Karen Geer<p>More houses, more cars,<br />
Parking is nightmare already.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Samuel Coleman, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom<p>Stop ruining are beautiful countryside</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Amanda McKenna, United Kingdom<p>Dont agree with these houses being built</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Helen Cassell, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom]]></description>
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      <title>Ms Gemma Howell [Signature #665]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Gemma Howell<p>What a shame for bearsted if this happens. The council probably haven&#039;t even asked anyone they&#039;ve just made their figures up as usual.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr George Harvey [Signature #664]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr George Harvey<p>This land is not suitable for this or any development!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mrs Anonymous [Signature #663]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous<p>This land is totally unsuitable for building houses,<br />
It is a natural flood plain and thus protects the existing houses in the vicinity.Building here potentially will increase the risk to all the existing homes.<br />
Also this land is an essential part of the rural nature of old Bearsted village, to build on this is another step in Bearsted losing its village character and status, it will just become a joined up suburb of Maidstone.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Robert Dundas<p>Lilk meadow is a valued rural aspect enjoyed by all Bearsted residents and it is integral to the character of Bearsted village which distinguishes it from surburban estates such as  are found at Grove Green and Vinters Park.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss sue tate, maidstone, kent, United Kingdom<p>Don&#039;t want to lose another</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss julie daniel, Maidstone, kent, United Kingdom<p>Enough building !<br />
No new water services, doctors or schools also being built to cope with all the development</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Sheila Rogers, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom<p>A terrible plan to build on this water meadow</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Carlisle Rogers, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom<p>This is a totally unsuitable site for this application.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Chris Eves<p>We, the undersigned people and friends of Bearsted, call on Maidstone Borough Council to decline the application for 50 houses to be built on Lilk Meadow, a wetland and area of natural beauty.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Nigel Barham, Bearsted, Kent, United Kingdom<p>I strongly oppose this application which would represent a further erosion of the precious envrionment and landscape in and around Bearsted, put additional pressure on already overloaded ammenities and create potential traffic hazards due to the location and nature of the access.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[MR matthew baseden, maidstone, United Kingdom<p>I am strongly opposed to the building of homes in the only idillic village left in Maidstone. Please keep it this way and source alternative sites</p>]]></description>
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