Object

Medway Local Plan (Regulation 19, 2025)

Representation ID: 4781

Received: 10/08/2025

Respondent: Kent Downs AONB Unit

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

The policy wording fails to refer to, or include any requirement for development to respond to the site’s location within the KDNL setting. We consider that given the strategic scale of the proposed allocation, this should be addressed. Without such provisions, we consider it is not demonstrated that the allocation would be consistent with national planning policy and in particular paragraph 189 of the NPPF