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New searchWe cannot see any new roads that will cope with the amount of traffic flow that is already happening, let alone the future. From the schools shown that will not be enough. The traffic outside Hoo Secondary is bad enough now with no parking available. Let alone with more houses !! We have enough new developments on the Hoo Peninsula already. We did not move here to have it changed to a town !!!!
This is all wording to make it sound good. Landscaping on new developments means a piece of greenery with some play equipment. We are losing all our natural woodland and fields that we could and still should be able to see. Instead it will just be an eyesore of houses crammed together for the developers to make as much profit as possible.
Once again the residents of Hoo do not want any of this. No matter how good or ‘pretty’ you make it sound. It will become a concrete jungle !!!
They will all be crammed together. Row after row, development after development with little green space to have walks. Nothing like we have now. No peaceful walks!!!
Why has Hoo been chosen? What’s happening in other areas like Rainham?
My husband and I were unable to attend any of the last 3 public meetings as both had surgery. I tried to complete the form offered by clicking on the link but it only allowed you to complete sections regarding sections of the plan and if we agreed or disagreed etc. This was much too complicated and meant we would have had to read it all. So I’m now able to have our say via this link. My husband and I have resided in Hoo for over 30 years and have slowly watched it turn into an over developed village with no infrastructure to cope with the thousands of extra people residing here. The reason we oppose this is : At the front of our home (across from the Main Road) we can see fields and the last thing we want to be looking at is houses. This is not why we moved here. We enjoy and deserve our privacy and another important factor, is it would devalue the price of our house. Who wants that ! There would be considerably extra pollution especially living on the Main Road, Nothing can be done to improve that! At one time we saw a decrease in traffic (along our road) when the new Ratcliffe Highway was built. But now it’s back to being really busy again. When these thousands of houses are built it will be like an A road! The so called increased infrastructure will still not cope or help with the amount of traffic and people on the Peninsula. It took the GP’s, at Elms Medical Centre, months and months to recruit new GP’s. They said not many are prepared to travel out this far unless they live close by. We also know there are a lack of GP’s everywhere! So building new surgeries (you would need more than one!) is one thing but filling the posts will be another problem. We live near HOH school and the amount of traffic now at the start and finish of school, combined with the new primary, is ridiculous. The parking facilities are non existent for the amount of new pupils attending, resulting in cars parking on the roadside and still on the grass verges causing grass to be ripped up! It cannot cope with more pupils for this reason alone. New infrastructure was promised then. But as always it hasn’t happened. I also cannot see a new secondary school being built, complete with the hundreds of teachers needed, until thousands of houses have been built. Where will they all attend…….. HOH !! It’s been written that new infrastructure will be built as and when needed. It’s been needed for years when all the new developments were crammed together and built. Nothing has happened. So all lies !! We also believe that because of the large number of developments being built the Medway Council Parish Community Governance Review resulted in our home now coming under the ward of Strood Rural. Not made clear! So we are unable to vote for a Hoo Peninsula Councillor! How does this make sense !!! Had we understood it better we would have appealed !! Also where have all the funds donated by house building companies disappeared to. We haven’t seen or heard of anything. At the end of the day we have had our fair quota of extra houses when there are other areas (eg Rainham) that could be built on. Too many counsellors over there pushing it over here??! We chose to live in a village NOT a town. Please add this to the objections and I wait to hear from you in due course confirming this has been done and any feedback.
