Re-Consultation - Objection Guidelines
We have until the 6th February 2009 to make our feeling known to Maidstone Borough Council

Write your objection letter NOW & email it to KIGcomments@maidstone.gov.uk 

Use our guidance notes below to help you. Do a separate letter for each person in your household, and ask friends to write an objection letter too. We want MORE letters than last time, to send a very clear message to MBC and the developer that we DO NOT want this development to go ahead. If you have friends without internet access, they can write to MBC at

KIG Comments
Maidstone Borough Council
The Gateway,
King Street,
Maidstone,
Kent
ME15 6JQ.

Please quote planning application MA/07/2092 in your correspondence.

Some suggested headings or areas of concern you might include in your letter
Highways - AXA/KIG have not made allowance for the Growth Point Status that has been adopted by Maidstone i.e. 10,080 more housing units by 2026.
It is not clear how the problem of Junction 8 is to be resolved. The distance from the A20 roundabout to the junction 8 roundabout means an impossible tail back onto the motorway, particularly from the Ashford direction where a great majority of the lorries and cars will be coming from.
There is no adequate provision for KIG lorries and cars on the proposal - where are these going to park up, including lorries awaiting their time slots!
Noise from the site especially containers unloading at all hours, night movement of trains, plus the dominance of enormous buildings and sidings within immediate proximity of domestic properties in Bearsted.
Proximity to Bearsted Green Conservation Area of such a totally incompatible development, including lights and noise.
Unsatisfactory coverage of alternative sites, particularly when the Secretary of State, in approving Howbury Park, Dartford, for a National and Regional Distribution site, identified that the KIG site was not acceptable for this purpose, and that proximity to the point of entry to UK (Ashford/Dover) or to the M25 is a requirement.
No road network radiating from Bearsted for lorries leaving the Regional Distribution site.
Set Letter

Please click here to view our set letter (opens in a new window), if possible use this as a guideline for composing your own.  Whether you decide to send this letter, or your own composition, please remember to put your name and address in the top right hand corner

 
 
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