Save Chartham's green fields from more development! 

Specifically representations are against Policy R7  and R8 of the Draft Local Plan which includes an allocation of around 170 houses in site R8 (left of Rattington Street, behind The Crescent).

Please sign this petition to urge Canterbury City Council to consider using brown field sites before building on more green fields in our area and destroying our beautiful village - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Overall, we consider that this proposal is unacceptable in principle.  It would have a significant adverse impact upon the surrounding rural landscape, harm the character and appearance of the adjacent conservation area and have unacceptable consequences for matters of ecological importance.  We consider that such an allocation is completely out of scale with the village of Chartham.  The proposals are in conflict with the council’s own strategic settlement policies in the adopted Local Plan and those of the draft Local Plan.  Whatever benefits there might be in terms of housing delivery are significantly outweighed by the harm.