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Object

Medway Local Plan (Regulation 19, 2025)

Representation ID: 5015

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: National Bargee Travellers Association

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

The NBTA regularly receives requests for help from boat dwellers on moorings threatened with planning enforcement action for residential use of leisure moorings. The highest number of requests are from boat dwellers on the River Medway who are threatened with the loss of their homes due to enforcement against residential use or in some cases, enforcement against residential and leisure use of the mooring. This points to significant unmet needs for residential moorings on the River Medway. Instead of taking enforcement action, the Council should include measures to provide planning consent to these moorings in the Local Plan.