Paul Pattison, Chairman of the Guardians of the Cuxton Countryside outlines the reasons behind their opposition to plans for an "enormous" winery in North Kent Downs.
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00:00Inappropriate development in our eyes and in the eyes nationally of something
00:07called the National Policy Planning Framework is development that is in the
00:11wrong place and there are a number of rules and regulations and guidelines
00:16which help local authorities determine whether a location is appropriate or it
00:23isn't. The problem with this one is that it's so enormous. It is already the
00:31biggest vineyard in the UK and will get bigger and the building proposed when we
00:38saw the plans was so enormous and of such a scale that it would seriously
00:44impact the national landscape here on the North Kent Downs in all
00:51sorts of ways but to sum up the inspector at the public inquiry
00:56effectively said that it would be a major urbanizing element within an
01:02unspoilt rural landscape and it would spoil and damage the reasons for which
01:08that landscape was designated.