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Representation ID: 4577

Received: 07/08/2025

Respondent: RSPB England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

In accordance with our position that clear policy wording should be contained in the new Medway Local Plan in order to robustly protect the interest features of the Chattenden Woods and Lodge Hill SSSI, we have concerns about one of the proposed allocation sites listed under Policies SA11, which lies largely within 400m of the SSSI. We are unable to recommend additional policy safeguards to ensure that the following proposed allocation avoids or effectively mitigates potential harmful urban pressures on the SSSI Nightingale population and therefore we object to the following allocation:

SR14 Land south of View Road, Cliffe Woods