BOROUGH GREEN PARISH COUNCIL
The need of quiet , the need of air, the need of exercise, and I believe the sight of sky and of all things growing, seem human need, common to all and not to be dispensed with without great loss.” Octavia Hill in 1888 Plus ca change, eh !
Tunbridge Wells Local Plan - Inspector REJECTS submission for 2500 house "Garden Development" at Tudeley and Capel on the grounds of traffic and other infrastructure, but also No Exceptional Circumstances that warrant changing Greenbelt Boundaries. We already believe that Tonbridge & Malling's Flagship Borough Green Garden City proposal was dead in the water, but this sounds a final death knell. FULL REPORT
TMBC 2022 LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION ENDED 3rd NOVEMBER
They say 3000 responses so far, and we will be closely watching for the figures
What is the PARISH ALLIANCE ?
MIKE'S SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE - HERE
TMBC's PAPER QUESTIONNAIRE DOWNLOADED 20 OCT, print off and post
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PUBLIC MEETING 14th October Borough Green Village Hall BGGC DRONE VIDEO
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TMBC's scheme last time was to launch as a consultation "The Way Forward", effectively a draft Local Plan, which they theoretically amended to include all our concerns. The actual truth was it went forward unchanged and fell flat on its face.
So this time they are asking questions about every possible element that is needed to build the Local Plan, and they then theoretically draft a plan that reflects what we have said. But it is so hugely complex, with even the basic documents running to some 1300 pages - even I didn't read it all.
These are the important documents:
REGULATION 18 LOCAL PLAN which is drafted as questionnaire, but I have edited it down from 130 pages to 8, that just gives you the basic questions:
SHORT REG 18 QUESTIONNAIRE pdf version SHORT REG 18 QUESTIONNAIRE DOC version
Or you can copy mine and edit it to suit
SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE pdf version by Mike SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE doc version by Mike
But there seem to be "tripwire" questions, and I have written a little guide below
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The site maps/locations doc is 1300 pages long, so I have included our sites by Parish below
BOROUGH GREEN SITE LIST WROTHAM SITE LIST PLATT SITE LIST
BOROUGH GREEN PLANS WROTHAM PLANS PLATT PLANS
SITE LISTS & PLANS OTHER PARISHES
IGHTHAM ADDINGTON TROTTISCLIFFE HADLOW PLAXTOL SHIPBOURNE
BOROUGH GREEN GARDEN CITY SITE
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GREEN BELT STUDY This is where TMBC attempt to justify using Greenbelt Land in preference to other unconstrained sites in the Borough to push a large lump of their development needs into our little Green Corner
To be honest, I can't make head nor tail of their sustainability scoring, and as we are not yet commenting on specific sites, it makes sense to defer any comment on that until the Regulation 19 Consultation next year
INTERIM SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL Site List inc maps and locations
INTERIM SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Contains site list numbers and sustainability markers
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KCC MINERALS AND WASTE SAFEGUARDING - TMBC AREA PLAN
TMBC AREA PLAN WROTHAM HEATH AREA EXTRACT - the redhatched area is safeguarded from development by essential Soft Sand Reserves
