Policy information sourced from the Medway Local Plan 2003

S10 Strood Waterfront Action Area

The area of the Medway riverside south of Strood town centre, as defined on the proposals map, is designated as an Action Area. The regeneration of this area will be sought, over the next ten years, in accordance with a development brief approved by the council. Features which the Action Area is expected to provide include:

  • The development of approximately 100 dwellings by 2006, including affordable housing.
  • The provision of a riverside walk with a soft river edge where appropriate to the circumstances.
  • A possible alternative route for the A228, avoiding Darnley Arch.
  • Improved vehicular circulation south of Strood town centre.
  • A new station on the Medway Valley railway line.
  • The creation of an appropriate setting for the listed Temple Manor.
  • The construction of appropriate community facilities and improved access to the Temple Marsh public open space.
  • Appropriate employment uses falling within use Classes B1, B2 and B8.
  • Other uses appropriate to the location.

Subject to the resolution of multi-modal access, parking, design and landscaping considerations, the area around Temple Marsh may be an appropriate location for a multipurpose sports arena/stadium of a regional scale.

All new development will be expected to comply with the following principles:

  1. comprehensive redevelopment to maximise the potential for securing the regeneration of the whole Action Area and its vicinity;
  2. a high standard of urban design and landscaping, establishing it as a new quarter of the urban area;
  3. high quality mixed developments, appropriate to the location of this area close to both the riverside and opposite historic Rochester;
  4. the provision of good public transport, pedestrian and cycle links within the site and to Strood town centre and to the wider public transport network, including Strood railway station.

An ecological and hydrological appraisal will be required of the impact of any development proposals, particularly the construction of a new river wall, on the mudflats and inter-tidal areas.

For more information please see the Medway Local Plan 2003