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Have your say on key issues and challenges facing Medway
Medway Council is preparing a Local Development Framework (LDF) that will consist of a portfolio of documents. It will be the key spatial plan for Medway, guiding development over the period to 2026 and addressing issues relevant to the area. The first and most important of the documents is the Core Strategy, that will set out the vision, strategic objectives and an overall strategic framework for Medway.
The Issues and Options report considers the key issues and challenges facing Medway, based on an analysis of the characteristics of the area. It also sets out the spatial choices about where development should go. It is being published for public consultation:
- so that everyone interested in the future development of Medway is aware of this work and has an opportunity to influence what is done in the coming months;
- to test whether the council has identified all the matters that should be addressed in what will be the LDF Core Strategy;
- to explain what broad options there are for the way in which Medway could develop and seek your views on which of those options should be reflected in the Core Strategy.
Issues
A series of issues relevant to Medway are set out in the report, grouped under the following headings:
- sub-regional context;
- population;
- housing;
- transport;
- economy;
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- education and skills;
- retailing and town centres;
- community and social infrastructure;
- leisure, culture and tourism;
- landscape, wildlife, countryside and open spaces;
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- minerals;
- waste;
- energy;
- climate change;
- Lodge Hill, Chattenden.
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Each section sets out the council's key findings, a discussion of the issues arising from these and then a series of questions on which it would welcome your views.
Options
The report also sets out five different development options (spatial choices). At this stage only one option, a new settlement at Lodge Hill, Chattenden, is supported by the council. Other options are included because interested parties have suggested them, and so that the public are able to express their views on them. These are:
- Option 1 – Lodge Hill, Chattenden (new settlement) - this is the option supported by the council;
- Option 2 - Expanded Hoo (village cluster;
- Option 3 – Capstone (urban extension);
- Option 4 – East of Rainham (urban extension);
- Option 5 – North of Rainham (urban extension).
Options 2-5 are promoted by others and are not supported by the council.
Public consultation
The council held an eight-week public consultation (27 July - 18 September 2009) and various staffed exhibitions in Medway during August and September. The council is now working on analysis of the responses to the Core Strategy Issues and Options document.The responses made by consultees are available to be viewed on the online consultation system http://medway-consult.limehouse.co.uk.
The following documents are available to download:
To use these and the other pdf files on this page, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this on your computer, please use our advice page.
Paper copies of the report are available in local libraries and council offices. Free internet access is available in libraries to give you the opportunity to view the report and comments online. The council always appreciates and welcomes your input to the future of Medway.
Workshops
These will be held on different aspects of the Core Strategy. Please fill in the form below and email or post back to the address below or simply send an email to say what subject areas that you would be interested in discussing at the workshops. Someone will then contact you with further details about the workshop programme.
- Workshop form (Word 86KB; pdf 30KB)
If you would like to be kept informed about the Medway Local Development Framework, please contact us using the details below.
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