Hoo Development Framework

High Halstow is a pleasant and very agreeable place to live. The latest proposed development of Redrow Homes will pretty much destroy this good feeling. It is a dim-witted plan that ignores all considerations of people, transport and space. 760 homes, doubling the size of the village, will be cramped beyond residents' acceptability. Driving along Christmas Lane would turn a simple enough half-mile into a complex convolution of a twisty, roundabouted-labyrinth making it a tedious and laborious slog - and a risky nightmare at rushhour. And be sure, nothing will look anything like Redrow's photographs! But, to my mind, the most serious objection would be the social changes to the village. Medway Council's secrecy is due to their hiding bad news... they are always happy to freely broadcast good news. I believe the bad news is due to the high concentration of 'affordable homes' that Medway Council will demand. I believe that the largest customer for 'affordable homes' will be London Councils - they will transfer their over-spilling tenants to be shifted into them. Medway Council will force their squeezing plans for the whole of the Hoo Peninsula desperately trying to avoid using areas like Hempstead, Capstone or Rainham. What other reason could there be that adequately explains their secrecy? Surely, the right approach is to spread London's expansion evenly throughout Medway Council's area! Thus, the social effects of London will come to live on Hoo Peninsula: Territories, gangs, drugs, violence, knives, guns, no-go areas... just like the media regularly shows us the events in the capital. It might be wise to consider upgrading your door-locks, alarms, outdoor lighting, property access points, CCTV... and so on. Forget the arguments of access to the Peninsula, forget the environmental disasters - Medway Council will easily brush these objections aside. High Halstow people would surely then take on feelings of anxiety and unsafeness. This, of course, is my personal opinion - I do not represent anyone's point of view. It is mine.