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A. Core Submission Documents

acrobat reader icon A1 Submission Medway Local Plan 2041 (13.26 MB)

acrobat reader icon A2.1 Submission Policies Map - Urban Core (15.97 MB)

acrobat reader icon A2.2 Submission Policies Map - North West (11.39 MB)

acrobat reader icon A2.3 Submission Policies Map - North East (11.12 MB)

acrobat reader icon A2.4 Submission Policies Map - South West (11.09 MB)

acrobat reader icon A2.5 Submission Policies Map - South East (12.03 MB)

acrobat reader icon A3.1 Sustainability Appraisal - Volume 1 of 3 - Non-technical Summary (5.22 MB)

acrobat reader icon A3.2 Sustainability Appraisal - Volume 2 of 3 - Regulation 19 Report (10.36 MB)

acrobat reader icon A3.3 Sustainability Appraisal - Volume 3 of 3 - Appendices (8.53 MB)

acrobat reader icon A4.1 Submission Habitats Regulations Assessment (5.00 MB)

acrobat reader icon A4.2 Submission Habitats Regulations Assessment - Air Quality Modelling for Ecology Assessment (9.38 MB)

acrobat reader icon A4.3 Submission Habitats Regulations Assessment - Interpretation of Air Quality Modelling Data (4.52 MB)

acrobat reader icon A5 Submission Letter to Planning Inspectorate (288.12 KB)

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A6 Notice of Submission to Secretary of State (Document to follow)

acrobat reader icon A7.1 Pre-Examination Checklist (598.39 KB)

acrobat reader icon A7.2 Planning Inspectorate's Response to Pre-Examination Checklist (176.16 KB)

acrobat reader icon A8 Local Development Scheme (741.64 KB)

acrobat reader icon A9 Statement of Community Involvement (1.04 MB)

acrobat reader icon A10.1 Consultation Statement (including appendices 1 to 5) (10.78 MB)

acrobat reader icon A10.2 Consultation Statement - Appendix 6 (3.80 MB)

acrobat reader icon A10.3 Schedule of Representations Received under Regulation 20 (1.61 MB)

acrobat reader icon A11 Duty to Cooperate Statement (1.38 MB)

acrobat reader icon A12.1 Statement of Common Ground with Prescribed Bodies (1.22 MB)

acrobat reader icon A12.2 Statement of Common Ground with National Highways (971.86 KB)

acrobat reader icon A12.3 Statement of Common Ground with Maidstone Borough Council (431.15 KB)

acrobat reader icon A12.4 Statement of Common Ground with Kent County Council - Waste Management and Minerals Supply (1.24 MB)

acrobat reader icon A12.5 Initial Proposed Statement of Common Ground with Thurrock Council (447.44 KB)

acrobat reader icon A13 Diversity Impact Assessment (251.19 KB)

acrobat reader icon A14 Monitoring Framework (556.45 KB)

acrobat reader icon A15.1 Authority Monitoring Report 2025 - Volume 1 (4.29 MB)

acrobat reader icon A15.2 Authority Monitoring Report 2025 - Volume 2 (4.81 MB)

B. Evidence Base

acrobat reader icon B1 Land Availability Assessment (16.48 MB)

acrobat reader icon B2 Infrastructure Delivery Plan (December 2025) (1.39 MB)

acrobat reader icon B3 Village Infrastructure Audit (4.10 MB)

acrobat reader icon B4 Developer Contributions and Obligations Guide (December 2025) (1.24 MB)

acrobat reader icon B5 Viability Assessment (June 2025) (18.12 MB)

acrobat reader icon B6.1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Level 1 (November 2025) (1.39 MB)

acrobat reader icon B6.2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Level 1 (November 2025) - Appendices (8.33 MB)

acrobat reader icon B6.3 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Level 2 (November 2025) (1,005.43 KB)

acrobat reader icon B6.4 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Level 2 (November 2025) - Appendices (7.85 MB)

acrobat reader icon B6.5 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Sequential Test Report (483.37 KB)

acrobat reader icon B7 Landscape Character Assessment (18.27 MB)

acrobat reader icon B8 Green Belt Review (12.50 MB)

acrobat reader icon B9 Heritage Asset Review (14.60 MB)

acrobat reader icon B10 Local Housing Needs Assessment (2.29 MB)

acrobat reader icon B11.1 Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (1.53 MB)

acrobat reader icon B11.2 Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment - Addendum (321.58 KB)

acrobat reader icon B12 Employment Land Needs Assessment (2.63 MB)

acrobat reader icon B13 Retail and Town Centres Study (2.06 MB)

B14 Chatham Design Code

acrobat reader icon B15 Chatham Town Centre Masterplan and Delivery Strategy (13.55 MB)

acrobat reader icon B16 Gillingham Town Centre Masterplan and Delivery Strategy (16.34 MB)

acrobat reader icon B17 Strood Town Centre Masterplan and Delivery Strategy (6.92 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.1 Strategic Transport Assessment - Forecasting Report (18.74 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.2 Strategic Transport Assessment - Mode Shares and Trip Rate Assessment Tool (1.96 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.3 Strategic Transport Assessment - Mode Share Strategy (847.13 KB)

acrobat reader icon B18.4 Strategic Transport Assessment - Merge and Diverge Assessment (6.83 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.5 Strategic Transport Assessment - M2 Junction Analysis Technical Note (2.42 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.6 Strategic Transport Assessment - Proportionality Assessment (9.98 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.7 Strategic Transport Assessment - Junction Modelling and Mitigation Report (18.82 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.8.1 Strategic Transport Assessment - M2 Junction 1 Design Review (107.56 KB)

acrobat reader icon B18.8.2 Strategic Transport Assessment - M2 Junction 1 Safety Review (1.24 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.8.3 Strategic Transport Assessment - M2 Junction 1 Cost Estimate Report (2.19 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.9 Strategic Transport Assessment - M2 Junction 4 Cost Estimate Report (817.83 KB)

acrobat reader icon B18.10 Strategic Transport Assessment - Forecasting Methodology Report (2.32 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.11 Strategic Transport Assessment - Local Model Validation Report (13.90 MB)

acrobat reader icon B18.12 Strategic Transport Assessment - Data Collection Report (2.90 MB)

acrobat reader icon B19 Health Impact Assessment Toolkit (1,018.62 KB)

acrobat reader icon B20 Local Aggregates Assessment (2.52 MB)

acrobat reader icon B21.1 Waste Needs Assessment - Report 1 (1.24 MB)

acrobat reader icon B21.2 Waste Needs Assessment - Report 2 (1.20 MB)

acrobat reader icon B21.3 Waste Needs Assessment - Report 3 (1.78 MB)

acrobat reader icon B21.4 Waste Needs Assessment - Report 4 (1.14 MB)

acrobat reader icon B21.5 Waste Needs Assessment - Report 5 (1.51 MB)

acrobat reader icon B21.6 Waste Needs Assessment - Report 6 (1.07 MB)

acrobat reader icon B21.7 Waste Needs Assessment - Report 7 (1.48 MB)

acrobat reader icon B22.1 Site Selection Topic Paper (188.15 KB)

acrobat reader icon B22.2 Hoo Peninsula Strategic Environmental Programme Topic Paper (10.46 MB)

acrobat reader icon B22.3 Site-Specific Flood Risk Topic Paper (4.09 MB)

acrobat reader icon B22.4 Green Belt Exceptional Circumstances Topic Paper (3.08 MB)

acrobat reader icon B22.5 Housing Delivery Topic Paper (824.35 KB)

acrobat reader icon B22.6 Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Topic Paper (777.04 KB)

acrobat reader icon B22.7 Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Topic Paper (327.27 KB)

acrobat reader icon B22.8 Main Town Centre Uses Topic Paper (201.29 KB)

acrobat reader icon B22.9 Vehicle Trip Budget Topic Paper (356.36 KB)

acrobat reader icon B22.10 Health and Wellbeing Topic Paper (1.42 MB)

acrobat reader icon B22.11 Minerals and Waste Topic Paper (1.71 MB)

C. Previous Stages

acrobat reader icon C1.1 Regulation 19 (2025) Pre-Submission Draft Medway Local Plan 2041 (14.79 MB)

C1.2 Regulation 19 (2025) Representations

acrobat reader icon C2.1 Regulation 18 (2024) Consultation Document (5.15 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.2 Regulation 18 (2024) Consultation Summary Report (2.54 MB)

C2.3 Regulation 18 (2024) Representations

acrobat reader icon C2.4.1 Regulation 18 (2024) Interim Sustainability Appraisal - Volume 1 of 2 - Main Report (6.33 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.4.2 Regulation 18 (2024) Interim Sustainability Appraisal - Volume 2 of 2 - Appendices (9.53 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.5 Regulation 18 (2024) Interim Habitats Regulations Assessment (6.65 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.6 Regulation 18 (2024) Draft Viability Assessment (19.39 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.7 Regulation 18 (2024) Draft Green and Blue Infrastructure Framework (9.84 MB)

C2.8 Regulation 18 (2024) Landscape Character Assessment

acrobat reader icon C2.9 Regulation 18 (2024) Surface Water Management Plan for Hoo and Rainham (5.93 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.10 Regulation 18 (2024) Surface Water Management Plan for Lower and Middle Stoke (5.35 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.11 Regulation 18 (2024) Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (1.53 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.12 Regulation 18 (2024) River Medway Economic Frontages Uses Study (3.73 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.13 Regulation 18 (2024) Chatham Docks Economic Impact Assessment (667.81 KB)

acrobat reader icon C2.14 Regulation 18 (2024) Retail Topic Paper - Definition of Town Centre Boundaries and Primary Shopping Areas (9.52 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.15 Regulation 18 (2024) Retail Topic Paper - Local, Rural, Neighbourhood Centres and Shopping Parades (8.85 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.16.1 Regulation 18 (2024) Strategic Transport Assessment - Forecast Report (13.43 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.16.2 Regulation 18 (2024) Strategic Transport Assessment - Forecasting Methodology Report (2.32 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.16.3 Regulation 18 (2024) Strategic Transport Assessment - Local Model Validation Report (13.90 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.16.4 Regulation 18 (2024) Strategic Transport Assessment - Data Collection Report (2.90 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.17 Regulation 18 (2024) Draft Open Space Assessment (5.70 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.18.1 Regulation 18 (2024) Playing Pitch Strategy - Needs Assessment (5.35 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.18.2 Regulation 18 (2024) Playing Pitch Strategy - Strategy Document (2.11 MB)

acrobat reader icon C2.19 Regulation 18 (2024) Minerals and Waste Topic Paper (4.35 MB)

C2.20.1 Regulation 18 (2024) Waste Needs Assessment - Report 1

C2.20.2 Regulation 18 (2024) Waste Needs Assessment - Report 2

C2.20.3 Regulation 18 (2024) Waste Needs Assessment - Report 3

C2.20.4 Regulation 18 (2024) Waste Needs Assessment - Report 4

C2.20.5 Regulation 18 (2024) Waste Needs Assessment - Report 5

C2.20.6 Regulation 18 (2024) Waste Needs Assessment - Report 6

C2.20.7 Regulation 18 (2024) Waste Needs Assessment - Report 7

acrobat reader icon C2.21 Regulation 18 (2024) Local Aggregates Assessment 2022 (2.40 MB)

acrobat reader icon C3.1 Regulation 18 (2023) Consultation Document (3.84 MB)

acrobat reader icon C3.2 Regulation 18 (2023) Consultation Summary Report (494.09 KB)

C3.3 Regulation 18 (2023) Representations

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