An artist's impression of the Ebbsfleet Valley housing development
A PLANNING application for 464 new homes has been met with anger by nearby residents.
Developer Land Securities wants to build houses on land south of Northfleet as well as 167,000sq m for office space and car parking with supporting roads.
Plans for the development, which would sit north of Ebbsfleet International Station and west of Blue Lake, were submitted to Gravesham Council last month.
The Northfleet Rise project, which includes 3.75 hectares of public open space, would form part of the firm's Ebbsfleet Valley development aiming to create 10,000 new homes across 100 acres near Swanscombe and Northfleet.
Northfleet resident Chris Wenden, a nurse at Darent Valley Hospital, is concerned the new homes will lead to health services becoming overcrowded.
She said: "The Ebbsfleet Valley work means we are going to have so many more people moving to the area, but I am yet to hear of any plans to put more beds into the hospital to look after them.
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"Also, there is not enough green space in the area as it is.
"I'm glad they have allowed for a public open space in the plan, but 3.75 hectares is just not enough."
Resident Neil Sherress is unhappy at the plans NK11166
The 47-year-old, who lives in Factory Road, added: "It is just continual development around here.
"First the new station, now they are going to build over the cement works, and now this as well."
Youth worker Neil Sherress, who also lives in Factory Road, said: "These building firms chuck up their houses and then leave with their profits without a care for what they leave behind.
"I'm not getting the feeling enough thought is being put into the existing community."
Adam Cunnington, development director for Land Securities, said: "We have incorporated a significant amount of investment in local infrastructure, including comprehensive energy and water systems as well as the wider long term provision of health, education and leisure facilities that will be essential in supporting the population growth that has been forecast for the region in the next 25 years."
Posted by: Bert Goodwin, Northfleet on 1:42pm Thu 15 May 08
I agree with the residents quoted. This area is becoming over-populated and vital services are already stretched.
Go build somewhere else and leave us a bit of green land.
I agree with the residents quoted. This area is becoming over-populated and vital services are already stretched.
Go build somewhere else and leave us a bit of green land.
O look Mr Sherress again... isn't that exactly the same photo used in a story a couple of weeks back about a night club???
http://www.newsshopp
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O look Mr Sherress again... isn't that exactly the same photo used in a story a couple of weeks back about a night club???
O look Mr Sherress again... isn't that exactly the same photo used in a story a couple of weeks back about a night club???
http://www.newsshopp
er.co.uk/news/dartgr
avenews/display.var.
2246421.0.residents_
anger_at_clubs_appea
l_win.php
O look Mr Sherress again... isn't that exactly the same photo used in a story a couple of weeks back about a night club???
O look Mr Sherress again... isn't that exactly the same photo used in a story a couple of weeks back about a night club???
http://www.newsshopp
er.co.uk/news/dartgr
avenews/display.var.
2246421.0.residents_
anger_at_clubs_appea
l_win.php
O look Mr Sherress again... isn't that exactly the same photo used in a story a couple of weeks back about a night club???
Posted by: Your Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott The All Knowing Guru, Dodge City on 5:13pm Thu 15 May 08
[bold]Northfleet:[/bold] the land that time forgot.
At least [bold]Northfleet[/bold] is an improvement on [bold]Swanscombe[/bold] which always reminds me of one of those bandit-infested Mexican villages in the [bold]Sergio Leone[/bold] spaghetti westerns.
If they ever wanted to rename Northfleet, how about [bold]Dodgy City[/bold]?
[bold]Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott[/bold]
Northfleet: the land that time forgot.
At least Northfleet is an improvement on Swanscombe which always reminds me of one of those bandit-infested Mexican villages in the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns.
If they ever wanted to rename Northfleet, how about Dodgy City?
Posted by: Dee, Swanscombe on 6:02pm Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]Your Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott The All Knowing Guru[/bold] wrote:
[bold]Northfleet:[/bold] the land that time forgot. At least [bold]Northfleet[/bold] is an improvement on [bold]Swanscombe[/bold] which always reminds me of one of those bandit-infested Mexican villages in the [bold]Sergio Leone[/bold] spaghetti westerns. If they ever wanted to rename Northfleet, how about [bold]Dodgy City[/bold]? [bold]Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott[/bold] [/quote] Where do you live MR Piggott ?
I expect you have as many 'Bandits' living in your area.
I have lived in Swanscombe all my life and would not want to live anywhere else !!
Dee
Your Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott The All Knowing Guru wrote: Northfleet: the land that time forgot. At least Northfleet is an improvement on Swanscombe which always reminds me of one of those bandit-infested Mexican villages in the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns. If they ever wanted to rename Northfleet, how about Dodgy City? Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott
Where do you live MR Piggott ?
I expect you have as many 'Bandits' living in your area.
I have lived in Swanscombe all my life and would not want to live anywhere else !!
Dee
Posted by: Steve Doerr, Northfleet on 7:10pm Thu 15 May 08
When are people going to learn that they have no right to tell other people what to do with the land they own? If you people don't want this land to be built on, you need to buy it off the developer, giving him more than he would otherwise get from developing it. In a moral world, only ownership confers the right to determine what happens to a piece of land.
When are people going to learn that they have no right to tell other people what to do with the land they own? If you people don't want this land to be built on, you need to buy it off the developer, giving him more than he would otherwise get from developing it. In a moral world, only ownership confers the right to determine what happens to a piece of land.
[quote][bold]Your Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott The All Knowing Guru[/bold] wrote:
[bold]Northfleet:[/bold] the land that time forgot. At least [bold]Northfleet[/bold] is an improvement on [bold]Swanscombe[/bold] which always reminds me of one of those bandit-infested Mexican villages in the [bold]Sergio Leone[/bold] spaghetti westerns. If they ever wanted to rename Northfleet, how about [bold]Dodgy City[/bold]? [bold]Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott[/bold] [/quote] Mr Piggott the man that time forgot.
Your Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott The All Knowing Guru wrote: Northfleet: the land that time forgot. At least Northfleet is an improvement on Swanscombe which always reminds me of one of those bandit-infested Mexican villages in the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns. If they ever wanted to rename Northfleet, how about Dodgy City? Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott
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