please sign this dungie petition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Member Joined: Jan 31, 2010 Posts: 32 Location: deal,kent

I have copied this for the guy whos started the ball rolling.

Dear fellow anglers,

I had a short meeting today with Tony Hills, proprietor of Seagull Tackle at Greatstone, local councillor to Dungeness and committee member of Dungeness Angling Association.

Tony brought to my attention a new planning application by EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd (basically Dungie nuclear power station). This planning application has disastrous implications for all of us who enjoy our winter fishing at Dungie.

In summary, they are requesting a closure of all public access to the area bordering the EA road between the boats and just short of the boardwalk. Putting it simply, they want to close the point area for fishing between October and April so that they can commence shingle redistribution....not for one year but until 2023!!!!!!!!

Not good for a number of reasons but mainly:

On one level we will be losing access to some of the best cod, whiting and dab fishing in the SE, but equally importantly, while this is not good news for us able bodied anglers who can manage the two hundred yard trudge across the shingle either side of the fence, the loss of this area which is adjacent to the EA access road means any less able or more aged anglers are no longer going to be able to drive close enough to be able to fish at Dungeness.

DAA have started a paper petition, copies will be found throughout the SE tackle shops very shortly. However, objections and petitions need to be registered within 28 days of the 19th September, which basically only gives us 2 weeks to register our objections.

I have set up an e-petition here http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/18192
It takes less than 30 seconds to sign.

If you are a member of any other forums, web sites, social networks, please please copy this post to the other forums you use and ask your facebook/twitter/friends reunited contacts to sign this petition as well.
If we use the internet as it can be used, we can achieve massive numbers and have a real influence on the decisions to be soon made by Kent County Council.

We have 2 weeks to do this...starting now!

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:26 am

Have signed the petition - business wreaking a great piece of nature and the enjoyment of others

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:07 pm

done........

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:14 pm

Signed it not my area but would like to try it one day its legendary.

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:27 pm

I've signed it and posted it to facebook urging all to do the same!

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:27 pm

job done, not my area either, but next time something happens, it might be. big grin

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:30 pm

signed,not fsished there as yet but I am planning to.

DAZ cool

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:36 pm

This IS my area and I am pressing towards 68 with arthritc knees, so signed with pleasure - hope it is successful.

Cheers, Geoff worried

Member Joined: Jan 31, 2010 Posts: 32 Location: deal,kent

thanks guys...much appriciated!!!!

Occasional Joined: Jun 19, 2010 Posts: 159 Location: kent

signed it as although it is a 140 mile round trip it is one of my local beach spots! great fishing for whiting, dabs, bass in the summer and obviously the winter cod!!! happy

would be such a shame if they were to close it!
fishingnuts95

Occasional Joined: Jun 04, 2010 Posts: 113 Location: hull

manic_muppet wrote:

job done, not my area either, but next time something happens, it might be. big grin

Same here! we sea anglers have to stick together... good luck in your fight against big companies who seem to run this government...

MPM

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:53 am

All Done

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:08 pm

Done...... crying

Member Joined: Oct 28, 2010 Posts: 32

JUST SIGNED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:13 am

Signed, not my area but fished it twice, great venue, hope it works/////

Ian