Medway Local Plan (Regulation 19, 2025)

Object

Representation ID: 4459

Received: 02/08/2025

Respondent: Mr Colin Dutton

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Hoo St Werburgh has rapidly grown over the past 25 years, more than doubling in size. Why further rapid expansion required? It seems disproportionate to the natural increase in population, unless there is a further planned mass influx of people from outside of the area.
It is also disappointing that there are plans to further build on yet more of Hoo's greenfield sites and valuable farmland.
Hoo should remain semi rural and not become another town.
Infrastructure is at breaking point particularly Doctors Surgeries. The road network is also under strain, with one main road serving the population