Medway Local Plan (Regulation 18, 2023)

A thriving economy needs to be available to all. I've had a good education, worked hard (for the public sector) and, with all my qualifications and experience, still only get paid just above minimum wage. There isn't much that is available to my family.
I agree with addressing climate change but would never be able to afford an electric car and the buses are too expensive and don't go to the places that I need to reach or at the time I need to go there.
My quality of life has deteriorated rapidly over the years - partly because of my deplorable wages but also because of the unavailability of shops, doctors or any help at all. My local high street has just about become a no-go area, with people shouting and swearing and openly dealing drugs.

I am a bit confused about the green spaces as there are so many houses/flats going up, eating up the small amount of accessible green space and grid locking roads, schools and the health service.

Regarding the house building for all ages - we have been in our house for 35 years and are feeling as if we're being pushed out. This is because neighbours are dying or moving out of the area and houses are being rented to multi tenants who have no consideration to others. It's now noisy and we have the police visiting, which has never happened before. We used to all be friendly and look out for each other. We now don't feel safe or relaxed and have no options to either move or do our own house up - work six days a week just to pay bills so can't afford to do our house up, which is falling apart.

Although creating a competitive economy is a valid goal there are no core services to support this. Public services and the roles needed to uphold industries are completely broken.

There are far too many people moving down from London, pushing people growing up in the Medway Towns out and bringing their social problems with them.

Can you imagine 28.500 more families in Medway. Our gridlocked roads will be impassable, nobody will ever get a doctor's appt. or a bed in a hospital. The children won't be able to go to school and nobody will ever be able to enjoy themselves as everything will be full up immediately, either with the elite few or those on benefits. The hardworking low paid people (who aren't entitled to anything) will be shut out again.
When will the point of small our country is - and how overpopulated ever be taken into account? I always thought the world would advance, not sink back into struggling to survive.