Save Kemsing Village and Countryside

30/06/2026

Great turn out this evening at the Sevenoaks District Council Office for the Development and Infrastructure Advisory Committee Meeting.
# SaveOurGreenBelt 💚🌳

26/06/2026

Please see attached details for a planned peaceful protest at the SDC DIAC meeting on the 30th of June 💚🌳

25/06/2026

Please take a few minutes to sign this Petition. We need to ensure that the correct infrastructure is in place before any proposed development even begins.
Water supply, for us and across Kent is clearly a current issue, without the addition of another 17,000 houses across the Sevenoaks District!

Sign the petition today.

18/06/2026

Please take the time to sign this petition, it literally takes 30 seconds. Hopefully this one will get some traction across the UK

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762214?fbclid=IwdGRjcASgwo9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe-5BQqSx7WYXts2CFnj6N8i-fchwVOFAU5Eid0zRccX8fPY-g0ZZ_-7Vhmxg_aem_pEsNVP9IfjMjzg6LiwVzqw&utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e227_tv2_tp1_a1dennhb8f2916 -content

We ask the government to pause housebuilding targets and consult local communities to identify where substantial house building is needed, not where developers prefer to build. We worry about developers appealing rejected applications and councils and communities often having no funds for a defence.

30/05/2026

And we plan to increase housing numbers?!

Some residents of Kemsing have been without water for 6 days. A problem that South East Water puts down to increased usage because of the warmer weather. Res...

30/05/2026

We are now into our sixth day of intermittent or no water for some residents in the village!

This is totally unacceptable. The excuse of dealing with exceptionally high demand during a heatwave, with low reservoir levels is just ridiculous when you think that they want to build another 373 houses here and over 17,000 in the Sevenoaks district.
The water company is apparently telling the council that they can meet the supply demand for the houses proposed in the local plan!

I suggest that we all email MP Laura Trott, SE Water (on the link below), Hannah Gooden SDC planning policy manager who appears to have a key role in the SHELAA process, determining those sites that will be deemed as grey belt (suitable for development).
Outline to them, why Kemsing is not!

[email protected]

[email protected]

https://myaccount.southeastwater.co.uk/contact-us

08/04/2026

Good Morning,

Just a reminder that there are only two days left to comment on the planning application for the 8 houses opposite the Library on West End. Please make sure to have your say before the deadline on the 10th.

19/03/2026

Amazing work, almost £2000 has been donated since yesterday! Thank you Kemising 👏🏽
To contribute towards our campaign, please see the link on our FB page 🙏🏽

18/03/2026

KEM2 PLANNING APPLICATION UPDATE

Following a vote in our community chat, most people are in favour of using our remaining funds from the fundraiser last year to instruct the planning consultant to compile a report, specifically based upon the KEM2 application.

The Planning Consultant has stated that a report for each site (if and when planning is applied for) would cost a similar amount, which is £800 plus VAT.
Therefore, to have the ability to challenge each one we would need to raise another £5000 pounds.

We don’t have the luxury of funds in waiting, such as the Otford society who have a paid membership that they will use to fight theirs.
So it is down to us to all play our part and meet the target once again.

Please donate what ever you can, it all counts 🙏🏽
Our new target on the fund raising page will be £12,500.

The £7205 shown currently is what was raised last time. So we now need to raise another approx £5000.

We came together and came top of the charts in responding to the public consultation. Let’s keep the up the enthusiasm to fight this and not roll over!

Please donate on the link attached🤞🏽

Raising funds for professional & legal support to oppose major housing developments planned in our small, rural, historic village of Kemsing