The Teynham and Highsted Community Action Group, together with the Five Parishes Group, presented their closing statements today at the Highsted Park Planning Inquiry.
We urged the Planning Inspector and Secretary of State to refuse permission.
We argued that the 8,400-home scheme would cause irreversible harm to the countryside, heritage assets, and local infrastructure. We cited concerns about viability, transport, landscape, water and ecology - describing the proposal as urban sprawl unsuited to rural Kent.
The submission concludes that the scheme is undeliverable, undermines the local planning process, threatens heritage sites and would permanently destroy the area’s natural and historic character.
You can read the full submission here:
https://teynham-highsted.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Closing-Rule-6-Parties-29-October-2025-FINAL.pdf
Lynsted with Kingsdown Parish Council is a member of the Teynham and Highsted Community Action Group.