Medway Local Plan (Regulation 18, 2024)

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Medway Local Plan (Regulation 18, 2024)

Spatial Development Strategy

Representation ID: 2645

Received: 06/09/2024

Respondent: Redrow Homes Southeast

Agent: Miss Alice Day

Representation Summary:

See DHA/16849 Blowers Wood Representation sent via email for full representation.

Notably, no strategic objective deals expressly with the amount of housing that needs to be delivered. In the absence of clearly setting out what the housing requirement is and whether the Plan is looking to meet Medway’s needs (which it should), the process of using the currently drafted objectives to inform the Council’s assessment of different sites and locations for development cannot be considered as “Positively Prepared” or “Justified”, contrary to the NPPF (para 35).

Full text:

See DHA/16849 Blowers Wood Representation sent via email for full representation.

Notably, no strategic objective deals expressly with the amount of housing that needs to be delivered. In the absence of clearly setting out what the housing requirement is and whether the Plan is looking to meet Medway’s needs (which it should), the process of using the currently drafted objectives to inform the Council’s assessment of different sites and locations for development cannot be considered as “Positively Prepared” or “Justified”, contrary to the NPPF (para 35).

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