Consultation extended until 5pm Monday 11th June 2018
Please help if you can and we must advise that the official portal for the long questionnaire has suffered from IT issues and therefore you might like to email your responses instead. The quick questionnaire doesn't appear to suffer from the same problems.
There are 2 types of questionnaire available.
The 2 options are explained in detail on this page where you can view and download the questionnaire documents https://www.swale.gov.uk/current-consultations/
Ways to respond
1. Swale Borough Councils Online Consultation Portal
Please note that a one-time registration is required to participate, so if you have done one of these before you are good to go
Looking Ahead Quick Questionnaire
https://swale-consult.objective.co.uk/portal/la/quick_questionnaire
Looking Ahead Long Questionnaire
https://swale-consult.objective.co.uk/portal/la/looking-ahead
2. By Email
If you don't want to use the councils online portal, you can send the completed questionnaire by email to planningpolicy@swale.gov.uk
3. By Post
You can also post or drop in your questionnaire to the council offices, make sure that the response is addressed to Planning Policy Manager, Swale Borough Council, Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne, ME10 3HT
You can also download and the questions from both questionnaires in a document that we have prepared which you can use to copy and paste into your own response document using the link below
Download questionnaires
South Sittingbourne and its villages could be earmarked for massive development
We are totally opposed to the plans from Quinn Estates to build 11,250 houses, 120,000 sqm of commercial space, a new motorway junction and Sittingbourne Southern Relief Road connecting the M2 to the A2 in Bapchild. We expect planning application to be submitted in summer 2018 so sign up so we can alert you what you can do next to help.
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How can you help?
There are going to be lots of ways in which you may help us, but first of all, we need you to sign-up below so that we may contact you when any important updates occur or when you need to take some action
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Why should you be concerned?
Even though the Southern Relief Road was firmly rejected by an independent government inspector, a number of councillors, many from Faversham have railroaded this into council policy.
Whilst there is some pretence around the notion that the council remains impartial and open to making its mind up, a number of councillors have freely admitted that the plans for the Southern Relief Road will require thousands of houses. Some have actually lobbied for it including the three Kent County Councillors who represent Sittingbourne.
If this were to go ahead Sittingbourne would be building 76.5% of the borough's housing whilst Faversham would only contribute 6.8% and yet the current population split is approx. 46% and 24% which demonstrates clearly why these proposals are driven by Faversham councillors.