Local guides
No generic hedging blog posts. These are the rules, species choices and coastal quirks that actually apply to Deal, Walmer, Kingsdown and Mill Hill. Written by someone who works the CT14 shore.
Rules & paperwork
Seven CAs cover most of central Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown, including Middle Street — Kent's first, designated in 1968. When Dover District Council needs six weeks' written notice, when they do not, and where Article 4 quietly changes the rules.
Read the guideSpecies & planting
Deal is shingle and coastal alluvium, not chalk, and the salt wind off the Downs Roads decides what will actually survive. My working rank of species for seafront, second-line and inland Mill Hill gardens.
Read the guideWildlife & the law
WCA 1981 covers every active nest from 1 March to 31 August. On the Kingsdown cliffs, backing onto the SSSI, the calendar is tighter than the law and the wind decides your window. When I will and will not run a machine.
Read the guideMore on the way
DDC Garden Waste is £66.20/yr for a 240L bin, fortnightly, up to 25 collections. When it is worth signing up, and when the Dover Recycling Centre at Honeywood Road, Whitfield is the better call. Coming soon.