{"id":30568,"date":"2021-07-13T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30568"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:43:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:43:22","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-kents-arches-chatham-neighbourhood-forum-awarded-50k-to-develop-go-outdoors-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30568","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Kent\u2019s Arches Chatham Neighbourhood Forum awarded \u00a350K to develop Go Outdoors store"},"content":{"rendered":"

A community development forum has reached an exciting milestone after it was awarded \u00a350,000 to shape the future of a disused superstore, reports KentOnline<\/em>.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 given the money from the Ministry\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2026 Neighbourhood Development Order was one of a raft of provisions\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

KentOnline<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

The Arches Chatham Neighbourhood Forum (ACNF) – which is currently working on a neighbourhood plan which will inform future development of the area either side of Luton Arches – has been given the money from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.<\/p>\n

The funds will help the group to develop a Neighbourhood Development Order (NDO) for the former Go Outdoors building in The Brook, which closed in August last year.<\/p>\n

The news means ACNF can continue to work towards its goal of ensuring any future development sees input from the community.<\/p>\n

The group is currently in the process of going over the comments it received during a 10-week consultation into the Arches Chatham Neighbourhood Plan, which closed earlier last month…<\/p>\n

ACNF secretary Jackson Fraser-Hague says the Market Hall site – which includes the former camping gear store and its adjoining car park – is very important for the future of Medway.<\/p>\n

He said: “We were embarking on this journey to write a neighbourhood plan and as the months and years went on, and of course with Covid and the collapse of the High Street, a number of sites became available which were really important for Chatham and Medway’s future.”<\/p>\n

Mr Fraser-Hague added how the group’s preliminary ideas surround creating “new sustainable homes for a wide cross-section of the community” which includes making the area more pedestrian friendly, ensuring the development engages with the local workforce as well as creating jobs and opportunities.<\/p>\n

It is for this reason the group says the process of developing the site may take longer than normal…<\/p>\n

Neighbourhood planning consultants Create Streets have been appointed to help carry out the NDO.<\/p>\n

Mr Fraser-Hague added: \u201cIt’s a really exciting opportunity for us to bring Medway together, and looking at Chatham as the sort of city centre, to really develop something – I know it sounds sort of clich\u00e9 – by the people, for the people\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Members are currently looking at options on how they will acquire the building, which is freehold owned by Medway Council.<\/p>\n

The group says a separate stage of consultation, which will include activities and workshops, will be undertaken in the coming months.<\/p>\n

A Neighbourhood Development Order was one of a raft of provisions for neighbourhood planning introduced in 2011 by the Localism Act.<\/p>\n

It can be used to grant planning permission for specific types of development; they can be used to bring forward the type of development a community wants to see in their neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

They can be utilised by town or parish councils, or a designated neighbourhood forum to permit changes to building or engineering operations, as well as material changes to a building.<\/p>\n

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