I am very concerned at any suggestion of development in the metropolitan green belt or AONB. These areas are vitally important and must be protected at all costs. Brownfield development over greenbelt development must be the main consideration. No development should be considered without appropriate investment in infrastructure to ensure local roads and services are not overwhelmed particularly in villages.
No more development along the A228, it is becoming an ever increasing urban sprawl that is coalescing the communities that live along its length.
No development in Cuxton, the Bush Road/A228 junction is overloaded and dangerous to pull out of for villagers. The school was increased in size with no thought as to the effect on the village of the 40+% of children that travel into and out of the village daily. The busses frequently cannot get around the village and the cessation of services is a constant threat by the bus companies. A previous Section 106 Agreement from the St Andrews Park development was meant to improve the Bush Road/A228 junction but no improvements have been made some 15 years later.
I have absolutely no faith that Medway Council will put in infrastructure improvements in the future and think that infrastructure improvements should be made before first occupation of any future development in Medway.
All houses to be built with sustainable features such as solar panels, heat pumps, EV charging points etc regardless of when planning permission was granted.
I disagree with the statement that all ages can find somewhere to live. Affordable housing needs to be actually affordable and within reach of first time buyers living in Medway and earning the average wage for the area. Currently much new housing is brought by people moving out from London, some must be made available for local people and actually affordable.
High streets are not thriving unless you count the proliferation of coffee and charity shops. Very little is done to encourage any other type of shop which reduces options for residents and encourages out of town shopping.
I have not noticed any improvements in infrastructure that have reduced reliance on motor cars or improved my ability to use my bicycle safely instead. Cuxton is not a sustainable location because of the A228 and the large volumes of vehicles including large numbers of HGV's.
Stop triple taxation on new housing developments. Residents on these developments should not be burdened with Council Tax, Parish Precepts and a further developer tax for the maintenance of their community areas. Community assets should be handed to the local authority for management and paid for by existing precepts.