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TONY ORTEGA
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[A great crested newt, just minding its own business]
With this year’s IAS gala looming, Scientology’s back-door attempt to get permission to erect its giant tent for the three-day annual event at its UK headquarters, Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, England, has run into yet another obstacle, and this one is warty indeed!
Former Scientology staffer Alex Barnes-Ross has led protests at the last two IAS events, which started up again in 2023 after a break for the pandemic. And it was Alex who discovered that Scientology had not been applying for formal permission with local government officials to put up the giant “marquee” on one of its empty lots.
So this year, Scientology has asked permission, in a roundabout way, by submitting to the Mid Sussex District Council a rather massive planning application to put in a carpark for 619 spaces, some permanent bathrooms, and also a permanent footing for the tent.
Alex immediately raised serious issues with Scientology’s plan, and he’s kept us updated as letters of support have come in, the East Grinstead Town Council refused to endorse the plan, and the West Sussex County Council raised objections over the lack of flood measures.
And now, Alex forwarded to us perhaps the biggest obstacle to Scientology leader David Miscavige’s plans yet.
And it has to do with an adorable little amphibian!
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Excerpt:
[A great crested newt, just minding its own business]
With this year’s IAS gala looming, Scientology’s back-door attempt to get permission to erect its giant tent for the three-day annual event at its UK headquarters, Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, England, has run into yet another obstacle, and this one is warty indeed!
Former Scientology staffer Alex Barnes-Ross has led protests at the last two IAS events, which started up again in 2023 after a break for the pandemic. And it was Alex who discovered that Scientology had not been applying for formal permission with local government officials to put up the giant “marquee” on one of its empty lots.
So this year, Scientology has asked permission, in a roundabout way, by submitting to the Mid Sussex District Council a rather massive planning application to put in a carpark for 619 spaces, some permanent bathrooms, and also a permanent footing for the tent.
Alex immediately raised serious issues with Scientology’s plan, and he’s kept us updated as letters of support have come in, the East Grinstead Town Council refused to endorse the plan, and the West Sussex County Council raised objections over the lack of flood measures.
And now, Alex forwarded to us perhaps the biggest obstacle to Scientology leader David Miscavige’s plans yet.
And it has to do with an adorable little amphibian!
READ MORE
Scientology plans run into ecological quagmire: Meet the Great Crested Newt!
With this year’s IAS gala looming, Scientology’s back-door attempt to get permission to erect its giant tent for the three-day annual event at its UK headquarters, Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, England, has run into yet another obstacle, and this one is warty indeed!
