March 2022 monthly members newsletter

March 2022 monthly members newsletter

Here’s a copy of the March newsletter sent to members. If you’d like to get this newsletter direct by email, why not join the society   View this email in your browser Dear *|FNAME1|*, Civic Champion Awards 2022 This year The Ramsgate Society...
March 2022 monthly members newsletter

February 2022 monthly members newsletter

Here’s a copy of the February newsletter sent to members. If you’d like to get this newsletter direct by email, why not join the society   View this email in your browser Dear *|FNAME1|*, Our Talks Programme Update Brian Daubney’s talk ‘In the Deep...
March 2022 monthly members newsletter

January 2022 monthly members newsletter

Here’s a copy of the January newsletter sent to members. If you’d like to get this newsletter direct by email, why not join the society   View this email in your browser Dear *|FNAME1|*, New Year – New Date As our very first item please note the new...
Update on the Granville Theatre / Sandcastle Project

Update on the Granville Theatre / Sandcastle Project

Local residents, representatives from local societies and civic groups and local councillors gathered at a meeting at the Churchill Tavern on Monday 7th March to hear about Thanet Council’s decision to refuse a bid from the Kent Film Foundation (KFF) to take ownership...

Conservation Area

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Thanet Local Plan Update

Thanet Local Plan Update

In the January edition of the Newsletter Richard Oades and I wrote about the “partial update” of Thanet District Council’s Local Plan, adopted in 2020, extending its timescale from 2031 to 2040, and the Society’s intention to respond to the consultation. The Society’s...
Save Our Seas

Save Our Seas

Ramsgate Society Committee member, Sue Gyde, an all-year-round sea swimmer, wrote the flyer above which was designed by local resident Ruth Rollason. As Sue says “Raw sewage is disastrous for our beautiful heritage coastline and biosphere of plants and wildlife. It...
Update on Our Conservation Area Tree Planting

Update on Our Conservation Area Tree Planting

Photo: Maxine Morgan Photo: Maxine Morgan This time last year the Society embarked on a project to plant 50 trees in the Ramsgate Conservation Area to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the designation of the Conservation Area by TDC in 1970. Of the 50 trees initially...
Ramsgate Conservation Appraisal Report by Historic England

Ramsgate Conservation Appraisal Report by Historic England

In 2017 Historic England (HE) signalled its recognition of the national importance of Ramsgate heritage as well as its vulnerability by designating the town a Heritage Action Zone (HAZ). That 5-year programme comes to an end in Spring 2022. As part of the programme HE...
TDC Local Plan Update The Elephant in the Room

TDC Local Plan Update The Elephant in the Room

The Ramsgate Society has responded to the invitation to comment on Thanet District Council’s proposals for a “partial” update of the Local Plan adopted in 2020, specifically those relating to the discussion paper “Development Strategy”. The Society recognises that a...
Chairman’s Review of 2021

Chairman’s Review of 2021

On behalf of your committee, I hope you had a very enjoyable Christmas. May we also wish you all a belated very Happy New Year.For many reasons, 2021 has been a difficult year for your Society, as it has been for many other civic societies. There have been repeated...
Levelling Up and the Clock House

Levelling Up and the Clock House

The renovation of the Clock House, the Maritime Museum and the creation of a new town square in Pier Yard were part of the TDC grant application to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund for Ramsgate earlier this year. We heard in October that the...
March 2022 monthly members newsletter

December monthly members newsletter

View this email in your browser     Dear *|FNAME1|*, Season’s Greetings Photo courtesy of On My Drone This photo is a stunning reminder of how especially attractive Ramsgate becomes in December! We wish all our members an enjoyable Christmas and a happy and...