This refers to Section 122 (2A) Local Government Act 1972 and Section 233(4) Town and County Planning Act 1990 (Disposal of Open Spaces).

Eastcourt Green in Gillingham and Woodchurch Crescent in Gillingham

Notice is hereby given that Medway Council intends to appropriate 2 parcels of land which are for identification described in the schedule to this notice.

Download the Eastcourt Green plan

Download the Woodchurch Crescent plan

If the land is appropriated, it is intended to develop it for:

  • 14 houses for use as council houses for those in housing need on the land at Eastcourt Green
  •  9 bungalows for use as council houses for those in housing need on the land at Woodchurch Crescent

This is a formal notice given insofar as the parcels of land consist or form part of an open space within the meaning of the above sections, being any land used for the purposes of public recreation.

Any objections to the intended appropriation and disposal must be made in writing and addressed to:
Housing Enquires, Gun Wharf Dock Road, Chatham ME4 4TR or tenant.participation@medway.gov.uk no later than 4pm 25 June 2020. You should quote the reference AS/HRA4.

The schedule

Land at Woodchurch Crescent will have an area of 2,775 square metres.

Land at Eastcourt Green will have an area of 3,264 square metres.

Signed by:

Richard Hick

Deputy Chief Executive

2 June 2020
Medway Council
Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TR