Hoo Development Framework

THE COUNCIL IS REFUSING TO SHOW CREDIBLE TRAFFIC INPUT DATA TO SHOW THAT PENINSULA A228 AND LOCAL PENINSULA ROADS CAN COPE WITH TRAFFIC-GENERATED FROM 10,600 NEW HOMES UNDER HOO DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK PROPOSALS THAT WILL PRODUCE 60,000 PLUS NEW TRAFFIC TRIPS PER DAY USING ACCURATE DATA FROM DEPARTMENT OF TRADE DAILY TRIP FIGURES. Background Peninsula residents are extremely worried the council is determined and continuing to be silent and not giving any reasons for not showing any transparent information on Peninsula traffic modelling data inputs, particularly at public meetings including Local Plan, HIF, Hoo Future public consultation, Hoo Development framework meetings despite many requests. Residents are concerned the Council is being silent for fears the HIF £86m monies for road expansion and mitigation will have to be repaid by the Council because inaccurate traffic data submitted to Homes England will substantially exceed the Peninsula roads capacity. Under, the Hoo Development Framework, I am asking for reasons the Council is refusing to use or test against council input traffic modelling data credible Department of Transport figures submitted showing 33,910 daily vehicle trips under various headings per day at 2019 from 6,000 Peninsulas homes and businesses. The table also set out credible traffic projections of 94,082 vehicle trips per day from building 10,600/12,000 Peninsula new homes and expansion of Peninsula business as per Local Plan scenarios, HIF proposals and expenditure £170m and Future Hoo consultations. DfT's 2019 average daily trip figures using A228 (Full laptop screen needed) Pedal Cycles Two Wheeled Cars/taxis Bus/Coaches Light Goods Heavy Goods Total 7 269 26,649 143 5148 1,701 33,910 - 2019 Total DFT's daily traffic trip count - 6,000 Hoo Homes 14 269 53,000 155 7OOO 2500 62,938 2027 Total DfT projected daily traffic trip count plus 6,000 new houses - total 12,000 Hoo Homes 30 269 79,947 150 10,296 3,400 94,082 - 2035 Total DfT projected daily traffic count - plus 10,600/12,000 new Local Plan homes - Total 18,000 Hoo Homes The Council has not explained the reason they did not test ADMS road input data against accurate actual DfT vehicle trips per day statistics. Essentially, the Hoo Development Framework is allowing us to comment and to give approval on the order in which sections of the Hoo Peninsula natural environment is to be sacrificed and destroyed to make way for housing estates and give £900m massive profits to developers turning the Peninsula into one big building site for 20 years!! However, we were never asked in the first place whether we wanted any of our greenfield spaces to be destroyed for housing. We need local green field for food production to reduce pollution!!! The government’s estimates of housing requirements are outdated and questionable. The Office for National Statistics predicts that the UK population will increase by 3.9 million between 2020 and 2045. This works out as an extra 156,000 people per year while the government claims we need to build 300,000 additional homes every year - 3 times the number needed. Perhaps the intent is to provide the additional population with both a home and a holiday home Currently, the UK death rate and birth rate are more or less in balance. Every year, there are around 350,000 emigrants from the UK, so if this were to be balanced with a similar number of immigrants there would be no increase in population. The downside of this might be reduced profits for housing developers, making them less inclined to support democracy with their large donations to the Conservative party. The destruction of the Hoo Peninsula countryside for future generations needs to be subjected to proper public scrutiny and approval. This would be better achieved by holding a referendum on the Local Plan or, at least, requiring all candidates at the upcoming local elections in 2023 to set out their position on the reasons for building 3 times the housing needed for Medway population increases ? and why the need to build on prime agriculture land just to maximise profits of developers?