Policy SA4: River Waterfront

Object

Representation ID: 4537

Received: 05/08/2025

Respondent: Blueberry Homes

Agent: Savills

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Please see above.

Support

Representation ID: 4733

Received: 09/08/2025

Respondent: Miss Jackie Forrest

Yes and put bridge or tunnel over to Kingsnorth

Support

Representation ID: 4875

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Some thoughtful planning and ambition but a lot of money seems to be required from outside of Medway Council and developers.
Love the green transition edges but have seen how poorly they are maintained in other developments such as Rochester Riverside, even after just a year or two.
There seem to be no options for allotments/more intimate community growing gardens?
Could apartment/housing blocks be centred around shared private gardens/growing spaces?
Lots of ‘opportunity’ highlighted but the only definite seems to be housing.

Object

Representation ID: 5023

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: National Bargee Travellers Association

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

This appears to be a major capital construction project that implies moorings that will offer premium leisure moorings only; in turn offering no affordable rent residential moorings unless mandated by s.106 agreement.
The plan involves relocating moorings. The mooring should be left where they are because relocation implies gentrification and the existing mooring users including boat dwellers (who are likely to have been present for decades) will be displaced and an entire community will be broken up. This must not be allowed to happen.
No examination has been conducted under s.124 Housing and Planning act 2016 including consulting NBTA.

Support

Representation ID: 5026

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mr Lincoln Ritchie

10% modal shift? really? That's not very ambitious. "You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers in this racket"