Policy SA11: Rural Settlements

Object

Representation ID: 4577

Received: 07/08/2025

Respondent: RSPB England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

In accordance with our position that clear policy wording should be contained in the new Medway Local Plan in order to robustly protect the interest features of the Chattenden Woods and Lodge Hill SSSI, we have concerns about one of the proposed allocation sites listed under Policies SA11, which lies largely within 400m of the SSSI. We are unable to recommend additional policy safeguards to ensure that the following proposed allocation avoids or effectively mitigates potential harmful urban pressures on the SSSI Nightingale population and therefore we object to the following allocation:

SR14 Land south of View Road, Cliffe Woods

Object

Representation ID: 4606

Received: 08/08/2025

Respondent: Ms Bridget Fox (Woodland Trust)

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

We are concerned about site allocation SR14 Land south of View Road, Cliffe Woods.
This site is adjacent on its eastern edge to Great Chattenden Wood an area of Ancient Woodland (ASNW) of 84ha at grid reference TQ73797304.

Object

Representation ID: 4748

Received: 09/08/2025

Respondent: Miss Jackie Forrest

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? Yes

These sites cant sustain development

Object

Representation ID: 4784

Received: 10/08/2025

Respondent: Kent Downs AONB Unit

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Object to the highly limited criteria included in this policy, particularly with regard to Site CHR14. Without the assurances of site-specific requirements, the Plan does not provide the necessary certainty that sites would be delivered in a way that would conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the Kent Downs National Landscape as required by the CROW ACT Section 85 duty.