Revenge of the newts: Scientology gets more bad news about its plans at UK headquarters

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TONY ORTEGA
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[Dave is running into more issues with newts at Saint Hill!]

Paperwork continues to come in regarding Scientology leader David Miscavige’s grand plans to tear up some rural fields in order to accommodate parking for his annual big tent party at the autumn IAS gala at Saint Hill, the church’s UK headquarters in East Grinstead, England.
Not surprisingly, various environmental groups have been expressing their concerns to the Mid Sussex District Council, which will have to make a decision about whether to allow Dave to bulldoze an “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty” in order to park a few more cars for an event that takes place for only three days of the year.
We’ve told you in the past that one particular concern is that Saint Hill is located in critical Great Crested Newt territory, which is taken very seriously in that country.
And Alex Barnes-Ross, who started this entire mess when he noticed that Dave had never applied for the proper permits for his big tent each year, tells us that there’s another development on the amphibian front.
After it was pointed out that paving over some fields where newts were living and procreating might be detrimental to the little creatures, Scientology said that a certain amount of newt death was unavoidable, but they would do their best to be careful.
Not good enough, the environmental group NatureSpace now says, and is requiring that if the District Council approves the plans, Scientology is going to have to apply for a special license so the environmentalists can monitor every step of the process. And also, that it won’t happen immediately.
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