The forthcoming election will take voters in Thanet to 2015 but the document “Shaping our Future” is the proposed plan and policies to 2026. The document is long and often technical so I have listed the policies with a simple summary so you can judge how they affect you. Some of the policies are GOOD for Thanet others need amendment, I would like to help Thanet Villages have a real voice in the negotiations.
Please read "Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon" for the background information.
Please read "Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon" for the background information.
DCS1 - Overall aims of job creating development, airport expansion, new houses,
Westwood Cross expansion, revitalising Margate and Cliftonville West
DCS2 – Manston Park Business Park development (uses B1, B2 &B8)
DCS3 – Allocating land for Airport Expansion (up to 6 million passengers per annum)
DCS4 – Allocating land for “Airside” development and Airport Expansion
DCS5 – Land North of B2050 for Airport development
DCS6 – Land allocated for car parks in Airport Expansion.
DCS7 – Parkway Station adjacent to Cliffsend
DCS8 – General expansion policy for Westwood Cross
DCS9 – Further development of Westwood Cross town centre
DCS10 – Wider commercial development – North East of WC town centre
DCS11 – New Haine – High density housing (400 to 600 units) and business uses
DCS12 – Nash Road, North West of WC town centre - High density housing (1020 units)
DCS13 – Westwood Technology Centre – relocating Thanet College plus B1 uses
DCS14 – Improving sports facilities at Jackey Bakers.
DCS15 – Regeneration and development of Margate Town Centre and Seafront
DCS16 – Development of Cliftonville West
DCS17 – Ramsgate Waterfront development
DCS18 – Ramsgate Port development
DCS19 – General clause allowing development for economic enhancement.
DCS20 – General clause on allocation and placing of development
DCS21 - Maintaining Green Wedges – essential development only.
DCS22 – High quality design for new development
DCS23 – Energy efficiency in new developments
DCS24 – Placement of development for business use, Manston Park, Manston Airport
New Haine and Westwood Technology Centre.
DCS25 – Economic development outside designated areas (China Gateway 2 & 3)
DCS26 – 7500 new houses by 2026, 20% on Greenfield sites around Westwood.
DCS27 – Changing shops to residential in the Old Town Centres
DCS28 – Affordable housing incorporated in developments of 15 or more units
30% in urban areas except Broadstairs, 35% in Thanet Villages
DCS29 – Preference for houses not flats in new developments
DCS30 – Lifetime standards in new developments of 15 units or more
DCS31 – Restriction on converting existing houses to flats.
DCS32 – Provision of land for gypsies and travellers
DCS33 – New development compatible with transport, social, physical and green
infrastructure.
This is only a summary and may not contain every aspect of a given policy.
Items shown in bold have a direct effect on Thanet Villages.
