Object
Medway Local Plan (Regulation 19, 2025)
Representation ID: 5030
Received: 11/08/2025
Respondent: Mrs Gillian Mulloy
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Representation Summary:
recent study from the Learning & Work Institute estimates that 24% of adults in the Medway Towns lack essential literacy or numeracy skills—skills critical for everyday tasks like reading prescription labels or understanding job-related documents. That equates to around 42,900 adults struggling with these foundational competencies.
Medway has sunk 33m into the Innovation center already. Crime rates, poor skills does lot lend itself as viable business opportunities. Unsound