High Weald National Landscape

Mm.

Same thing with the High Weald, which I'm really close to, where they've got a lot of clay.

Same thing there.

You don't need to go too far down before you do hit water that trees have access to.

Mm.

Out on the Romney Marsh, I mean, sycamores are dropping like flies.

And we're right on the edge, again, of the High Weald where- which historically was, um, orchard country.

I mean, apples, pears, hops.

In essence, what this does is land designated as metropolitan Greenbelt is way harder to get planning permission there.

Seven Oaks is 93% metropolitan Greenbelt and then most of the rest of it is within either the High Weald or Kent Downs national landscapes where other strict planning restrictions apply.

So in short, it's the fact that more than 90% of the Seven Oaks districts is especially protected from housing development.

The council can't really give planning permission there if they want to and also, frankly, they obviously didn't want to for a long time because they weren't getting enough houses built.