Department for Transport to 'pave paradise' for Brexit border parks at Whitfield and Sevington sparking pollution concerns from residents Published: 06:00, 31 December 2020 We have been bringing you a series of features looking back at our strained relationship with Europe and exploring how we reached this point. With a day to go, we meet those living in the shadow of Brexit. "It's like the Joni Mitchell song: 'They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot'." This is David Dunford's fear for the view from his front door after July 1 when a post-Brexit Inland Border Point Facility becomes operational. The private land, often silhouetted by glorious sunsets, has been sold to the Department for Transport which plans to build a customs clearance facility there for 1,200 lorries.