Local Plan Update
East Malling Conservation Group Supports
Parish Council Campaign to Save the Green Belt Extension
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To quote from their campaign page. "East Malling & Larkfield Parish Council, with support from other local Parish Councils, is crowdfunding for its campaign to extend the Green Belt to protect land between East Malling and West Malling, including the agricultural fields at Forty Acres and Broadwater Farm. The extension will protect the setting of the historic market town of West Malling and prevent East Malling and West Malling joining
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up with Kings Hill in the south and Larkfield and in the north in one large conurbation."
The proposed Green Belt extension is shown edged in yellow on the above map (reproduced with kind permission of the Parish Council). Forty Acres is shown edged in red towards the north with site of proposed development at Broadwater Farm marked in red towards the south.
The planning application for 250 homes at Forty Acres is at a critical stage, and with the Local Plan hearings looming in the autumn, the Parish Council is seeking help to meet the costs of challenging that planning application and for obtaining legal advice and representation for the Local Plan hearings before the Planning Inspector. The cost of seeking legal advice for the Local Plan hearings is expected to be more than £50,000.
On behalf of its membership EMCG has pledged £500 towards this important campaign.
If you would like to make a personal donation please visit the Parish Council's Crowd Justice campaign page
The proposed Green Belt extension is shown edged in yellow on the above map (reproduced with kind permission of the Parish Council). Forty Acres is shown edged in red towards the north with site of proposed development at Broadwater Farm marked in red towards the south.
The planning application for 250 homes at Forty Acres is at a critical stage, and with the Local Plan hearings looming in the autumn, the Parish Council is seeking help to meet the costs of challenging that planning application and for obtaining legal advice and representation for the Local Plan hearings before the Planning Inspector. The cost of seeking legal advice for the Local Plan hearings is expected to be more than £50,000.
On behalf of its membership EMCG has pledged £500 towards this important campaign.
If you would like to make a personal donation please visit the Parish Council's Crowd Justice campaign page
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council's Local Plan
Regulation 19 Consultation
Thank you very much to everyone who signed our Regulation 19 Consultation Petition and/or sent in letters to TMBC.
TMBC submitted the draft Plan and comments on it to the Planning Inspector in January 2019 and since then there has been ongoing dialogue between TMBC and the Inspectors appointed to conduct the Examination in Public.
The preliminary hearing, including regarding the Green Belt, were due to start in May but these have been postponed until the autumn due to the Covid-19 outbreak. We will provide further details in due course.
TMBC submitted the draft Plan and comments on it to the Planning Inspector in January 2019 and since then there has been ongoing dialogue between TMBC and the Inspectors appointed to conduct the Examination in Public.
The preliminary hearing, including regarding the Green Belt, were due to start in May but these have been postponed until the autumn due to the Covid-19 outbreak. We will provide further details in due course.
You can read our formal response to the Regulation 19 Consultation via the following links:
Policy LP11 Designated Areas: Green Belt
Policy LP25 Housing Allocations: Traffic, Heritage Assets
Policy LP30 Strategic Site - Broadwater Farm, north of Kings Hill: Traffic, Heritage Assets, Green Belt
Policy LP36 Employment Land Allocations: Traffic
Policy LP11 Designated Areas: Green Belt
Policy LP25 Housing Allocations: Traffic, Heritage Assets
Policy LP30 Strategic Site - Broadwater Farm, north of Kings Hill: Traffic, Heritage Assets, Green Belt
Policy LP36 Employment Land Allocations: Traffic
How You Helped
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You may also be interested to read the response from West Malling Parish Council which, along with issues relating to the Green Belt and Broadwater Farm etc also looks at the issues of parking in the town and the need to maintain a GP Surgery in West Malling.
If you wish to review the Local Plan itself you will find on TMBC's website alongside all the other related documentation - click here to go to the relevant TMBC webpage
If you are not a member of EMCG we would encourage you to join us. Click here to visit our membership page