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Medway Local Plan (Regulation 18, 2023)
The plan's vision is to
Representation ID: 1490
Received: 31/10/2023
Respondent: The Brice Family
Agent: DHA Planning Ltd
We have attempted to use the Opus portal to submit the representation. However, the Opus Consult consultation portal will not let us submit a full list of comments under one ID reference for an individual site. We have submitted the full representations for site reference SR9 via email using the ID reference number that corresponds to this submission.
Contrary to the requirements of the NPPF (para 15), the “Vision” fails to identify the provision of housing as in important component of the Plan (para 3.1) and does not set out how much development should be provided for. This is a central component of the Plan as a determinative matter for the spatial strategy. In not expressing the amount of development that is to be delivered, the Plan also fails to be positively prepared to provide a suitable framework for addressing housing needs. The “Vision” must be amended at para 3.1 to reference housing and the supporting text amended to include reference to the delivery of 28,500 new homes.
