Comment

Representation ID: 3476

Received: 08/09/2024

Respondent: ArcelorMittal Kent Wire Limited

Agent: Lucy McDonnell

The draft Local Plan states in its strategic objectives that growth will be directed to the most suitable locations. We submit the strategic objective itself is too vague to serve its purpose – it is unclear what it would or would not justify and is not a proper basis for alternative testing or assessment of soundness. Further, in relation to employment, critical economic infrastructure, and lack of proper alternative testing, the strategy would not put the growth in the most sustainable places. There are a number of inconsistencies with the NPPF, detailed further in the full representation provided to planning.policy@medway.gov.uk