MRS BARBARA A KINGSFORD

  Babara A Kingsford was a tree enforcement officer for Wealden District Council

Barbara Kingsford was involved in the making of tree preservation orders for Wealden District Council against weed sycamore specimens that were known to be a danger to the historic generating buildings at Hersmonceux in East Sussex.

A number of the civil servants at Wealden were involved in this conspiracy, including Ashley Brown, Ian Kay, Rex Pettigrew (tree warden) Tim Dowsett. So too was poor old Stephanie Wallis, but we found that she was honest and not part of the corruption that is the making of these Tree Preservation Orders, that were not to protect specimen trees, but to cause as much harm as it is possible to inflict - using positions of trust - to seek to prevent restoration of a very rare historic building and/or part the then occupier from his occupation to the benefit of near neighbours.

No doubt once Wealden's officers had secured ownership for neighbours in Lime Park, as in Lime Park Estate Ltd, or one of their directors, then once that had been achieved we feel sure that suddenly the objections to restoration or conversion, would have evaporated. In other words it is/was property procurement to order.

We have no idea if this involved any of the Parish Council, where there are property developers on the committee, or family of property developers, or whether some of the Parish Council were good mates with the other residents in Lime Park. The telling facts are that Herstmonceux Parish Council have always voted for enforcement action. Not once has the Parish Council come forward to tell what we think they must have known; that the building they were enforcing against had no reasonable or beneficial use. Oh, and by the way the present occupier is correct, it is the old generating station dating from C. 1900.

1999 - Barbara Kingsford was part of the administration that sought to include sycamore trees in an Order for preservation in the full knowledge that they would threaten the structural integrity of the old generating buildings that they surrounded. This is nothing short of irresponsible and a carry over from the days when this Council thought they had safely masked the originality of the historic asset having tried to seal their lies with third party acquiescence - having lied to the Secretary of State twice and a number of High Court Judges.

Give them their dues, they almost got away with it. If this had been a nobler cause one might have looked the other way at the manner in which their story had been set in stone. Then along came the historians to chisel the truth in fresh masonry untainted with Weadenisms. These civil servants must live in a world that Alice would be proud of - it is so far removed from reality. 

As liars go we'd rate Ian Kay as the lead, with Ashley Brown close behind and David Phillips a close third. Doug Moss is not that good at lying, especially when on the stand on oath. David Phillips simply did not answer the questions put to him - with one Inspector not taking him to task over that. Naughty inspector. He was the Inspector who awarded Wealden costs. We'll get to him later. We'd love to get Victorio Scarpa, Christine Nuttall or Charles Lant on the stand on oath. That would be really amusing, watching them squirm, knowing that they were being recorded for later dissection and reporting. We are sure each party would try to blame the other - or maybe try to pass off their behaviour as just a series of innocent mistakes. Mistakes spanning 30 years. Yes, well, er, maybe that would be stretching the patience of the Judges just a little.

WRITING ON THE WALL - The would be appellant pushed Wealden into making the a threatened TPO so that at some point in the future the Order could be challenged. If he'd not done so they would have sat on their hands for as long as they could get away with it. An Order has to be confirmed or it cannot be challenged. Meantime the trees posed an unacceptable danger to the historic remains that would be best to challenge by pulling their teeth one at a time.

Bear in mind that these trees should never have been in any order at any time. This was part of the vendetta against the then occupier that started in 1983 and is still unresolved in 2018.

What kind of a civil servant bastard must you be to deliberately abuse your position of authority to cause any member of the public such harm. A pretty big one, perhaps abandoned at birth and raised by Nanny (Myra) Hindley. What is needed for residents in Wealden suffering high council taxes is Nanny McPhee.

The closest you can come to Nanny McPhee in Wealden is Nelson Kruschandl. He has a habit of winning difficult appeals for clients. It seems to us that he might look closer to home and win a few more for himself. We are sure that such a determined chap will obtain justice in his own good time.

Wealden's agenda in relation to these Tree Preservation Orders was both fraudulent and discriminatory. Any person who helps Wealden and the responsible executive officers to cover up any fraud is guilty of an offence under the Accessories and Abettors Act of 1861, where they become an accessory to the crime.

That is the trouble with telling the truth in an area of Sussex where cover-ups are routine. The council concerned targets you again and again, in doing so digging themselves even deeper into the mire. All the while spending legitimate ratepayer's money pursuing a malicious course of conduct.

Eventually, cases like this end up getting an airing in court, such as the case of Kelly Davis V Wansdyke District Council, where discrimination by Wansdyle council led to a payout of £790,000. With such sums at stake, officers caught up in the conspiracy will do almost anything to keep their jobs for another few years, to milk the system while the going is good - and then opt for early retirement. Or, as in the case of David Phillips, hang in there doing whatever job is offered to get a retirement package. In Phillips case Wealden voted to give him and enhanced package, presumably, in return for keeping his mouth shut about all of his dirty dealings.

It is not possible that an intelligent officer like Barbara Kingsford would not know when her council was acting above the law. Not once she has read this page and the other pages that this page links to - and we know that she and other officers of this council are reading them regularly.

You are more than welcome to justify your actions Barbara. We will print any comment you would care to make or we will work with you in confidence if you would prefer. Remaining silent will be taken as an admission by ourselves, and we are sure, any other person reading about this Council's antics.

Did you know about the toilet case in the High Court? You must know from working at a council that the Health & Safety Regulations mean that every person in the United Kingdom is entitled to a porcelain bowl and washing facilities.

If that is not enough, take a look at the Bushy Wood demolition or the Petition that was tucked under the carpet with the willing help of Sussex Police and the CPS. The CPS and Sussex Police are riddled with Masons. Just be sure that you are not their next target. Then you will not be so happy about towing the party line.

What we need in England is laws to stop such abuses of authority. We need a special planning fraud squad.

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