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Chatham centre and waterfront is the centre for a population of over a quarter of a million people in Medway. It does not yet have all the attributes of a thriving and vibrant centre of a forward-looking and successful city, however. This Development Framework provides the context for future investment and will be the cornerstone of a transformation that should see Chatham reach its full potential as the heart of Medway. The underlying potential exists. Chatham is a centre with a wealth of history and its roles as a strategic centre for trade and as a naval dockyard provide townscape and civic assets to celebrate. Closure of the Dockyard and the restructuring of Chatham’s traditional economic base have created new challenges.
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It is now time to focus on the centre and its waterfront. A clear Development Framework, with specific projects and priorities can create a catalyst for attracting both public and private sector involvement to a place where, quite simply, the potential has not been optimised. This document creates the framework for that transformation and the unlocking of its potential. A regeneration strategy for Chatham centre and waterfront is set out with objectives and principles to guide regeneration, which details a number of specific deliverable projects.
The Development Framework embraces a local urgency for positive change. Public consultation, wide stakeholder involvement and close working with officers and Members of Medway Council in the preparation of the framework has identified the clear priority to reinvent a proud centre, full of character, as the heart of the emerging Medway.
As the guiding tool in this process, the Development Framework, its projects and priorities will be given added weight as Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) to the Adopted Medway Local Plan. The draft SPG was the subject of public consultation from the beginning of March to mid-April 2004.
Consequently, the Framework will become an essential tool to guide planning and investment decisions for both the public sector and developers across Chatham centre and waterfront.
The revised version of the full document, which was approved by the council's Cabinet in July 2004, is available to download: Chatham Centre and Waterfront Development Framework (pdf, 3,920 KB).
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For further information, go to Chatham is changing.
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