Members of the public are invited to share their views on the latest plans for over 200 flats on the site of the Queen Street and Slicketts Hill car parks in Chatham town centre. Developer Creval Chatham Ltd has put forward proposals to build four separate residential blocks fronting The Brook to accommodate a mixture of one, two and three-bed flats. The tallest building is expected to reach 11 storeys, despite guidance from the Chatham Town Centre Masterplan published in December 2019 suggesting most buildings in this area should be "within 6 to 10 storeys". It is expected that 100 public parking spaces and 100 private parking spaces will be delivered as part of the redevelopment of the two car parks. Leisure amenities including an on-site spa, pool and gym studio, as well as rooftop communal gardens, will also be available to the future residents. Plymouth-based architects, BRL Architects, claim that the development will "upgrade a run-down area away from the waterfront", while also contributing to the "confidence to create a new city".
To deliver this development, Medway Council entered a joint venture agreement with developer Creval to build the mixed-use housing and commercial scheme whilst retaining the existing level of parking spaces, as well as securing a significant profit share from the sale of the flats. Should the plans be given the green light, Medway Council could expect to lose around £68,000 per year in car parking income during the construction period, although it was earmarked that there will be "compensation paid by Creval to the Council for the temporary loss of car parking income". The latest plans for the car parks at Queen Street and Slicketts Hill comes years after the first planning application for the 1.7 acre site was aired in April 2013. Outline planning permission was granted for the construction of 118 homes as a mixture of one, two and three-bed flats and three and four-bed houses, in addition to 3,375 sq metres of commercial space and 146 parking spaces. Consent was granted subject to the prior approval of ‘reserved matters’ - these being the full details of the appearance of any proposed buildings and landscaping - by April 2015. Development should then have commenced within two years. A year later at a meeting in May 2014, Medway Council was expected to declare the car parks as 'surplus' and dispose of the site for development. This was not given the go-ahead due to the loss of town centre parking spaces and the deterioration of the property market. Medway Council did, however, finally agree to "bring forward the site for development, whilst retaining the car park and income" in July 2018, according to Council papers. As part of the latest plans, it is expected that at least 25% of the housing will be 'affordable' through off-site provision at a separate development on the opposite side of Queen Street in the future. You can make a comment on the planning application by clicking here or searching for 'MC/20/0222' on Medway Council's Planning Portal.
Sinead Smith
13/4/2020 18:42:40
This is the car park in which the residents of imperial House Park, and have to pay for the privallage. This area is far too over populated and the crime rates confirm this, the GP's are far too over stretched, services are no fit for purpose and where are these people supposed to do their food shopping? There is one tiny sainsburys in the town and that's it! So more cars on the road to go food shopping, where is the parking? Where is the thought for the people who are already here? Where is the GP service, school placements or hospital spaces? No thank you! I strongly object to this development!
Daniel Cheeseley
16/4/2020 13:19:10
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