5.45

Comment

Representation ID: 388

Received: 02/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Nicholas Dowling

The aspirations in this paragraph are supported. Sourcing the necessary funding will take some time as will the implementation. Therefore, any rural development should only be implemented in the final phases of the local plan once the infrastructure is in place

Comment

Representation ID: 467

Received: 16/10/2023

Respondent: Ms Faye Hollingdale

This needs a massive overhaul! We have trouble getting in, around and out of the Peninsula as it is, let alone building 12000 more homes. This needs some serious investment to make it viable.

Comment

Representation ID: 609

Received: 25/10/2023

Respondent: Kent Community Rail Partnership

Agent: Mr Gary Outram

Increasing the capacity of the road network should not be the only specified solution. The policy needs to include clear statements that rail connectivity through a new station at Hoo (Sharnal Street) and improved public transport connections to the Hoo Peninsula are also required by Medway Council to facilitae growth on the Hoo Peninsula. Every effort should be made to reduce demand for single occupancy private motor vehicle journeys.

Comment

Representation ID: 653

Received: 25/10/2023

Respondent: Jenni Davis

i am pleased that you are acknowledging that there is no capacity on four elms roundabout and that there is an air pollution issue

Comment

Representation ID: 809

Received: 27/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Chris Cook

It is quite clear that after the recent debacle of road works reducing to one lane the main road from the peninsular, that without a proper second access road to the peninsular no major housing projects should be allowed to proceed. I do not count the recent proposal as an acceptable solution.

Comment

Representation ID: 895

Received: 28/10/2023

Respondent: Mr Keith Harrison

However, this will not be required if we build a realistic and sustainable number of homes.

Comment

Representation ID: 1115

Received: 30/10/2023

Respondent: Medway Green Party

No they won’t.

Comment

Representation ID: 1135

Received: 30/10/2023

Respondent: Medway Council Climate Response Team

we welcome the inclusion of “providing for sustainable transport choices.” Consideration should be given to alternative options such as park and ride services, co-located hubs which would reduce the need to travel and support the point already made at 5.38. The emphasis should be on a good quality, inclusive sustainable transport network so that sustainable travel becomes the mode of choice.

Comment

Representation ID: 1234

Received: 30/10/2023

Respondent: Railfuture Ltd

We endorse the approach in paragraphs 5.36-5.46. We note these sites comprise c.40% of the total potential housing capacity identified but are currently un-served by an increasingly well-used but, from December 1961, freight-only railway line. The award of £170m from the Housing Infrastructure Fund in November 2019, with £67m of that identified for upgrading the existing line for passenger services as far as a new station at Hoo St. Werburgh was, in our view and despite the abandonment of the project in July 2023, formal recognition of the strategic case for the additional public transport capacity mentioned after paragraph 5.11.

Comment

Representation ID: 1491

Received: 31/10/2023

Respondent: Richborough

Agent: Pinnacle Planning

There are fewer highway constraints associated with Site SR17 than a transformative scale of development at Hoo and the site can be delivered without external funding. Site SR17 can also link more easily to the existing services and amenities to the south of the site at Wainscott and Strood. There is therefore less reliance on developer contributions or funding streams to deliver new amenities and services required to make development deliverable than is required at Hoo. Developer contributions from Site SR17 can contribute to the improvement of existing services and amenities.

Comment

Representation ID: 1570

Received: 31/10/2023

Respondent: Miss Lynn Ballard

Investment should be directed to addressing the air and noise pollution created by slow moving heavy vehicles on Four Elms Hill to improve the environment for existing residents and to realise the potential of small sites in Chattenden to contribute towards meeting Medway’s greener growth targets. Reinforcing and widening the existing native tree and shrub buffer alongside this stretch of highway could go some way to mitigating these pollution problems and serve to increase biodiversity.

Comment

Representation ID: 1588

Received: 31/10/2023

Respondent: Mrs Marilyn Stone

Im far from convinced that the plan to provide more frequent buses get close to addressing the concerns

Comment

Representation ID: 1674

Received: 31/10/2023

Respondent: Mr john williams

Before anything is approved for building, a comprehensive road instructure plan must be fully funded and be consulted on .So we know exactly what is needed to serve any new housing how ever small is put in place before any housing is built.