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New searchAs a member of High Halstow Parish Council I am waiting for a reply to the Parish Council's letter to Richard Hicks. The consultation is preempting Regulation 18 and not conforming to the NPPF process. This is particularly concerning in light of the Council's recent "Call for sites". Why are these options not also part of a Development Framework Consultation? I think that the council need to change their approach from a Decide Announce Defend (DAD) to Engage Discuss Decide (EDD) model as promoted by Rosie Pearson from the Community Planning Alliance. We need answers to as yet unanswered questions regarding the progress of Transport and Enviromental Assessments ( including the impact on Air Quality. How will the proposed relief road infrastructure proposed by HIF which relies on a 10% modal shift to rail transport be sufficient to cope with the huge increase in houses and business.
1. The Hoo Peninsula is recognised as having important wildlife protection areas. We also have prime agricultural areas that in light of climate change and need for food security need protection.ried and cost Medway Council are in danger of varied and costly legal challenges if they pursue this vision 2. There seems to have been little regard to Medway's "Housing Need Assessment. How, or example would those identified in the assessment access transport 3??? 4. If the government are to fulfill their pledges on carbon emission reduction all houses built will need expensive retrofitting with carbon reducing technology within the next few decades. Alternatively Medway Council could adopt building standards that meet Passive House standards
Everyone is entitled to a comfortable , safe home We need to reduce our dependence on imported food We need to protect wildlife We need to build the right houses in the right places ....those houses need to be the right size, the right number and "affordable" to the identfied "local need". They need to be on previously developed land and close to existing facilities and services Those houses need to be well insulated and economical to heat.
These Neighbourhoods are being built to meet the needs of volume house builders.
The office for National Statistics have long been saying that we only need half the number of houses proposed and the recent 2021 National Census supported this conclusion. Medway Council Officers should explain this reality to the elected council who in turn should be explaining the arithmetic to central government. Medway's population density is already 4 times that of some of our neighbouring authorities ! I did leave this to the last minute but not an easy site to use!! I lost my first response and had to start again.... sorry for typos!
