Medway Local Plan (Regulation 18, 2024)

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Form ID: 2439

Respondent: Mr Sergio Nogues

The Council could consider setting local standards for development that go beyond national policy/regulations in addressing climate change. What evidence would justify this approach, and what standards would be appropriate?

Campaign groups ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth, and Good Law Project had argued that the government’s revised strategy was unlawful because it provided too little information on the government’s assessment of the risk of policies not being delivered. They filed three separate claims heard together by the court.The groups also raised concerns about the reliance on technologies such as carbon capture and storage, which is expensive and has yet to be proven at scale anywhere. This is from May 2024: https://www.ft.com/content/f57e608b-f230-44c9-97f8-44c5c60f3ccb

Do you consider that the Council should seek to go beyond the statutory minimum of a 10% increase in BNG?

Yes if they have the choice. It benefits everyone.

What evidence can you provide to support your view?

1-- Contact with nature (access to natural spaces) has been proving to be good for physical and mental health. If nothing else matters other than money, this is a way to save money on healthcare. 2--This can create new jobs and opportunities if managed right 3--The best cities to live, year after year, are chosen partly on the basis of having access to natural spaces.

Do you agree that the tariff based strategic approach applied to development within 6 km of the designated areas, supporting the delivery of the Bird Wise SAMMS programme represents an effective means of addressing the potential impact of recreational disturbance on the designated SPA and Ramsar habitats of the Thames, Medway and Swale Estuaries and Marshes.

I honestly think you should form a panel of biologists, botanists, ecologists, etc and follow what science says rather than us, easily manipulated and frequently ignorant non-experts.

Do you consider that Medway Council should identify landscapes of local value as an additional designation in the new Local Plan?

Yes

What should be the criteria for designation? Are there areas that you would identify as justifying a local valued landscape designation – where and why?

The potential for conservation and the potential for regeneration over time

Do you agree that the Council should promote Natural England’s Green Infrastructure Framework standards in the Medway Local Plan policy?

Yes

Has the draft Medway Green and Blue Infrastructure Framework identified the correct key issues and assets, and provide effective guidance for strengthening Medway’s green infrastructure?

Please form a panel of scientists to work with and do listen to them. Asking non-expert, random citizens probably not good for some issues like this one

Do you consider the Green Belt boundary should be revised in line with the recommendations in the 2018 Green Belt Assessment?

I lack the contest to answer this question.

Do you consider that exceptional circumstances exist to justify review of the Green Belt boundary?

Yes: the strain on our ecosystems and the level of garbage they have to cope with (courtesy of many years of austerity) is unsustainable.

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