Contrary to the requirements of the NPPF (para 15), the “Vision” fails to identify the provision of housing, including specialist accommodation as an important component of the Plan (para 3.1) and neither sets out how much development should be provided for or explicitly addresses the need to support growth with a robust plan for supporting infrastructure. This is a central component of the Plan as a determinative matter for the spatial strategy. In not expressing the amount of development that is to be delivered or that it will be adequately supported by infrastructure, the Plan also fails to be positively prepared to provide a suitable framework for addressing housing needs. The “Vision” must be amended at para 3.1 to reference specialist accommodation and supporting infrastructure and the
accompanying text should be amended to include a commitment to the delivery of 28,500 new homes, specialist accommodation and infrastructure.

Please refer to our full representation submitted via email ref: DHA_32553 Medway Regulation 18 Response - Land south of Sundridge Hill Cuxton [31 October 2023].