Object

Representation ID: 4836

Received: 10/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Gillian Mulloy

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

The plan profoundly lacks safeguards and reasonable foresight. The Medway plan as it stands and proposed through procedure and technicalities facilitates:

Over-concentration of the above low-quality uses in certain centres, displacing diverse retail, leisure, and cultural provision.

Loss of independently owned SMEs that keep accurate accounts, are dependent on local or tourist income, and often provide essential services such as repair shops, key cutting, and tailoring.

Closure of long-standing independent and national retailers in Medway’s high streets, including anchor stores such as Wilko, F Hinds Jewellers, J C Rook & Sons, and Chatham’s Tesco superstore.