The Faversham Creek Neighbourhood Plan is in its final stage of Statutory Consultation before being presented to the Independent Examiner.
The consultation ends at 5 p.m. on Monday, 22 December 2014.
You can read the Submission Plan, Consultation Statement and Basic Condition Statement online through Swale Borough Council’s Website:
Faversham Creek Trust and the Brents Community Association are jointly submitting a detailed document, which you can read here:
We are not opposed to a Neighbourhood Plan for this area. We have always tried to work with the statutory bodies to achieve a plan that will truly benefit the Creek and the town, and will have the support of the community. We fear that the Plan that has been submitted would not deliver the kind of regeneration of the Creek that our members and many other members of the community have said they would like to see.
Our response addresses many procedural and statutory deficiencies in the way that the plan has been compiled. A major defect is that the opinions and constructive suggestions from members of our two organisations and many other people in the community have been largely ignored. The Basic Conditions Statement which accompanies the Plan claims ‘That the plan has broad local support from the residents, notwithstanding specific objections to certain aspects.’ Yet in the official consultation, under 30% of respondents said that they agreed with the plan as it stands.
The points under contention have not been changed. If you were one of the 70% who said they did not agree with the plan, now is the time to tell them again that you disagree.
For example, on Ordnance Wharf, the Consultation Statement says there was ‘overwhelming support for Option B’ (non-residential use). Yet the Submission Plan allows residential use on this site. People’s strong views on other sites, particularly Swan Quay and Standard Quay, have also been ignored.
Please either send your own comments on this Submission Plan, and/or endorse our document (the link is above) if you agree with the points that we make.
Email: planningpolicy@swale.gov.uk
or write to the Planning Policy Manager at Swale Borough Council.
Your comments must be received by Monday, 22 December at 5 p.m.
Thank you for your support.
Faversham Creek Trust 