Plans years in the making to build a 1,800-home village to help cope with soaring housing demand have been labelled “devastating” and “dreadful”. The Winterbourne Fields development between Faversham and Canterbury could see almost 220 acres of “poor-quality” farmland transformed into a village boasting shops, restaurants and a primary school. But news developer Shaptor Capital hopes to break ground next year triggered a strong backlash over the project’s size and environmental effects. Objecting to Swale Borough Council, Rebecca Croll, of Herne Bay, wrote: “This is a dreadful proposal which w…
