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Comment

Representation ID: 402

Received: 03/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Stephen Dyke

Do not forget nature and wildlife - recognise the term 'environment' is used widely in the consultation document, but it is not really clear what is meant by that.

Comment

Representation ID: 409

Received: 05/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Jason Tillman

The Chatham town centre regeneration is looking good. Additional housing is improving the High Street as the ongoing work improves the street infrastructure. Unfortunately, some of the accommodation is expensive, which means people are commuting to London to work. This takes business away from the town centre.

Comment

Representation ID: 473

Received: 17/10/2023

Respondent: Sports England

It is important to ensure there is a suitable formal informal sporting infrastructure available to support the regeneration areas. This will in part be driven from the evidence base provided by playing pitch and sports facility strategies.

Comment

Representation ID: 520

Received: 20/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Ben Sawyer

Where will these people work if Chatham Docks is developed? In the bars and coffee shops in unskilled and low paid jobs. Chatham Docks is currently providing 800 direct skilled jobs with an average salary greater than £40,000 p/a.

Comment

Representation ID: 624

Received: 25/10/2023

Respondent: Mrs Daniela Baylis

this is the best solution as there is good existing infrastructure and utilises already developed land.

Comment

Representation ID: 871

Received: 28/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Keith Harrison

I agree, but they should still be environmentally friendly and carbon negative in construction.

Comment

Representation ID: 998

Received: 29/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Leslie Brown

The Design Code, sounds interesting. Will a draft be published soon. Rochester with so many new flats close to the Old Roman Wall, Rochester Station has a heritage that is not reflected in the designs. However housing families nowadays rather than restricting them may be the outcome. Kithener Barracks may also not reflect current heritage aspects. The NPPF in respect of Beauty is dependent on who is the owner of the Heritage view. Many Heritage architects may be less supportive of new development. But I may be wrong.

Comment

Representation ID: 1084

Received: 30/10/2023

Respondent: Medway Green Party

There’s a danger in adopting an out-of-date, formulaic approach to Design Codes. There is an ever-growing awareness of the complex nature of creating sustainable, people, nature and environmentally friendly developments. These must be underpinned by the need to be carbon negative in construction and operation.

Comment

Representation ID: 1212

Received: 30/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Stephen Hesketh

Any proposal by developers must be carefully considered by planners to ensure the buildings have an aesthetic appearance and fit in with their surroundings. There ae so many buildings in the Medway Towns which must have been rubber stamped without even being looked at.

Comment

Representation ID: 1534

Received: 31/10/2023

Respondent: Mrs Marilyn Stone

Is there a danger that design codes result in uninspiring "standard" developments everywhere?
The biggest design consideration is that new dwellings are carbon negative in construction and operation

Comment

Representation ID: 1543

Received: 31/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Alexander Cameron

Good - we have some excellent and distinctive places around Medway so each development must fit its context. This can mean bold and brash alongside traditional and heritage where it fits.

Comment

Representation ID: 1556

Received: 31/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Fred Skipsey

This is a commendable ideal and I hope you are given the time and funding to achieve it.

Comment

Representation ID: 1586

Received: 31/10/2023

Respondent: RSPB England

Urban regeneration also brings opportunities to improve biodiversity. These could include mandatory swift bricks for all new buildings of two storeys or higher (apart from rare exceptions), SUDS pond/drainage schemes, native and locally-sourced planting or natural regeneration where appropriate, allowing less managed areas in places with paths through and edges trimmed to show they are deliberate, planning around green spaces, connecting through green corridors, limiting light pollution, and making these aims clear in policy wording. The importance of wildlife and green spaces to human wellbeing should be recognised and also that some brownfield sites can be biodiverse.