Medway Local Plan (Regulation 19, 2025)

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Representation ID: 4519

Received: 04/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Put in the cycling/walking network within 5 years, allowing people access sooner, which will reinforce why we choose to live here and promote health and wellness earlier.

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Representation ID: 4520

Received: 04/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Totally agree

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Representation ID: 4521

Received: 04/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

So it sounds as if Chatham Docks will be retained as a local port for materials import/export - brilliant!

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Representation ID: 4522

Received: 04/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Surely a small airfield somewhere on the Hoo peninsula would be a bonus addition to the area?
It allows for tourism to expand into another area and adds a historical reference point to Shorts Brothers and the big aviation industry once operating out of Medway.

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Representation ID: 4523

Received: 04/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

There are long-term empty plots on the Gillingham Business Park, unless they are too small.

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Representation ID: 4524

Received: 04/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Unfortunately, the grammar school system destroys this principle, as does selective choice for primary schools.
All the money being used to administer and mark the 11+ could be re-allocated and all the traffic (cars and buses) misery each day alleviated.
Local schools for local children might mean loyalty and support for all schools not just a few.

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Representation ID: 4525

Received: 04/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

The waiting lists for allotments in Medway is very long and there are nowhere near enough spaces.
The designated number per hectare above does need to grow somewhat. There needs to be some offered with every development to reduce long walks/drives.
Communal shelters where people can gather to chat under cover would also help.

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Representation ID: 4526

Received: 04/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

We have seen these energy centres work amazingly well abroad but it is not an approach that helps reduction or reuse of materials - it just encourages continued throwing away.
Black sack waste still outweighs recycled collection significantly despite an excellent collection system.
We need to show people just how much of a black sack could be diverted into other financially profitable streams.

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Representation ID: 4755

Received: 10/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

I understand why recyclables move on to a more specialised site for processing but why isn’t our green waste composted locally?
We have farmland that can use it, we could sell it locally and it would bring another employment stream.
It also fulfills the requirement for ‘proximity’.
Finally, it would incentivise people to actually separate their food waste, as the majority don’t.

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Representation ID: 4756

Received: 10/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

The table is helpful but why do we refer to ‘other recovery’ rather than calling it what it is - ‘incineration or burning’.
It is misleading in the extreme and does not allow for full engagement on the issue.