Maidstone Greens have called on the local Borough Council to extend the Local Plan consultation which has given residents just six weeks to review and comment on over 700 detailed pages. The Greens have called into question the validity of the consultation. They have written to the Council’s CEO calling for an extension or review.
Stuart Jeffery, Maidstone Green Party, “This consultation is flawed. Expecting residents across the Borough to read, review and comment on over 700 pages of detailed plans in just six weeks is frankly ridiculous.
“The main Local Plan document is 297 pages and the Sustainability Appraisal is 432 pages. In addition there are a significant number of further documents referred to that need to be read. It would be a full time job to do the documents justice.
“This consultation needs to either be extended significantly or stopped and reviewed to ensure that is accessible to the majority of residents.”