Medway Local Plan (Regulation 18, 2024)

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Form ID: 3641

Respondent: Miss Alison Temple

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?

Leave areas to nature rather than destroy it only to try to recreate it in designated areas. What is the contingency plan for potential legal action taken against local for the inevitable increase in death rate attributed to poor air quality level? Is local government going to publish the statistics for CO levels in pregnant women? This can be used to justify reducing the scale of development. Local government could use statistics on mental health and the benefits of having access to a natural environment. Local government could use the recent evidence of air, water and light pollution to validate a reduction in development.

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

Yes this should be increased.

What evidence can you provide to support your view?

No answer given

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.

Yes

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?

Leave areas to naturally develop biodiversity.

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?

No, has not addressed wildlife species under threat from development and the benefits of leaving areas to increase biodiversity naturally.

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

Local government should ensure that all green belt areas in Medway as they exist are protected despite recommendations.

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

See answer to question 7. Ensure protection for all existing green belt areas in Medway.

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