Medway Local Plan (Regulation 19, 2025)

Object

Representation ID: 4854

Received: 10/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Why would we spend millions to build something that will only be able to manage half the RDF we are currently ‘producing’?
This directly encourages people to be wasteful and accordingly to your own figures, we then dump the problem elsewhere.
The schemes Medway has in place for waste are so good that almost nothing should need to go for burning, even burning that creates energy.
We need to teach people to buy wisely, use thoughtfully and discard responsibly.

Support

Representation ID: 4875

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Some thoughtful planning and ambition but a lot of money seems to be required from outside of Medway Council and developers.
Love the green transition edges but have seen how poorly they are maintained in other developments such as Rochester Riverside, even after just a year or two.
There seem to be no options for allotments/more intimate community growing gardens?
Could apartment/housing blocks be centred around shared private gardens/growing spaces?
Lots of ‘opportunity’ highlighted but the only definite seems to be housing.

Support

Representation ID: 4881

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

In principle this seems sensible but the area is already bounded by a number of primary and secondary schools as well as football and rugby grounds. Why do you need to add extra ones in? With a falling birth rate, schools will not be needed.
It will be so close to Higham which should be considered the local centre, along with the Tescos at the junction. The developer money could be better spent on a mix of housing, more social housing and allotment plots to support the social housing.

Object

Representation ID: 4894

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Why is it not being considered as an extension of Lower Rainham? It will not be a separate village so why does it have a separate name?
This does nothing but alienate local people and further enhance bitter feelings.

Object

Representation ID: 4902

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The plan does not address the loss of versatile agricultural land and transport links.
The planned transport junctions will create carnage each day and the planned schools will intensify the carnage. The current Lower Road is regularly impacted with gas and water leaks, as well as loss of electricity to nearby houses.
Twydall has a primary school with falling numbers and we have 4 local high schools in close proximity.
Lower Bloors Lane and Lower Twydall Lane are heritage lanes and lead nowhere so widening should be totally unnecessary.
Twydall has a good shopping centre already.