Plans proposed by King Charles to build 2,500 homes on farmland close to an historic market city have been blasted by locals.
Residents in and close to Faversham, Kent, say the schemes “will swallow up historic villages” and switch the city into “an city mess”. The plans, which have been first introduced when the King, because the then Duke of Cornwall, managed the Duchy in 2018, search to build 120 properties annually throughout a 20-year interval.
An software for consent for an preliminary 261 properties was submitted to the native council in December final yr, sparking outrage amongst locals who argue the city doesn’t have the infrastructure assist such a growth. Some locals have claimed the proposals will negatively impression the native surroundings and contradict the monarch’s love for the pure world, whereas others say it’s going to enhance visitors and air air pollution.
The homes are earmarked for a plot of land, which was acquired by the Duchy in 1999. The proposals have been put ahead to deal with the housing disaster and can ship an “splendid city” in keeping with an identical city growth in Poundbury, Dorset.
King Charles embroiled in rural planning row over scheme to build 2,500 homes in ‘urban mess’
