Policy information sourced from the Medway Local Plan 2003

S7 Rochester Riverside Action Area

The area of the Medway riverside north of Corporation Street, Rochester between Rochester Bridge and Doust Way, as defined on the proposals map, is designated as an Action Area.

The comprehensive regeneration of this area, over the next ten years, will be sought in accordance with a development brief approved by the council. Features which the Action Area is expected to provide include:

  • The development of approximately 1500-1800 dwellings including affordable housing, of which 300 to be completed by 2006.
  • The provision of areas of open space and a riverside walk.
  • A new river wall and reclamation in locations between the Shiplink site and Doust Way.
  • The reservation of a site for a new primary school and the construction of other community facilities.
  • The creation of new leisure facilities and a hotel,
  • Appropriate small-scale employment uses in use Classes B1 and B2.

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

  1. comprehensive mixed-use 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 landscape, 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 historic Rochester;
  4. the provision of good pedestrian and cycle links within the site and to historic Rochester and to the public transport network, including Rochester Railway Station.

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

For more information please see the Medway Local Plan 2003