The Dover Society Response to the DDC First Draft Local Plan
by Background Dover District Council published the first draft of its new Local Plan on 20 January 2021 setting out the vision and framework for development …
Category: Dover News
Ode to a Park Bench!
Connect with Nature in Mental Health Awareness Week Sitting on a park bench has always been a place for quiet reflection and now visitors to …
Celebrating Thomas Hayton Mawson born 5th May 1861
This article was released by DDC on 5th May 2021 It was on 5th May 1861 the celebrated landscape architect Thomas Hayton Mawson was born. …
Kearsney Parks April/May Update
General update The landscaping works in Russell Gardens are now complete and the gardens were opened just before the Easter holidays. The new natural …
Maison Dieu Repairs
Maison Dieu Repairs Ahead of £9m Lottery Funded Restoration A £400,000 programme of repairs to the Maison Dieu in Dover is getting underway ahead of …
Planning Applications w/e 30th April 2021
An abbreviated list of the planning applications concerning the Dover Society area will be posted here each week. They can be viewed in full, along …
Russell Gardens
Natural Play Area Opens at Russell Gardens New area designed in keeping with Grade II Listed gardens A new natural play area sympathetic to the …
Hotel From Shipping Containers at Docks
by The scheme to provide a 90-room hotel from shipping containers at Dover’s western docks is set to receive a boost on Thursday April 22 when …
Restoration of Russell Gardens Press Release
An historic orchard is being restored at Russell Gardens in Dover in the latest phase of the Lottery funded restoration of Thomas Mawson’s c.1900 design for Kearsney …
Fishing Close Season
Reminder England – Fishing Close Season 15th March to 15th June Inclusive This is a period when fishing is not allowed on rivers, streams, drains …