Temporary Road Closure - Holywell Lane, Upchurch

Kent County Council has made an order to temporarily prohibit through traffic on Holywell Lane, Upchurch from Monday 17th May 2021, with estimated completion by 28th May 2021.

The road will be closed between the junctions with Halstow Lane and Breach Lane, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route for any through traffic is via Halstow Lane, The Street, Breach Lane and vice versa.

The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while tree surgery & fibre connection works are undertaken by Openreach.

For information regarding the closure please contact Openreach on: 0800 023 2023, who will be able to assist with the scope of the works.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks see: https://one.network

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

Surgery Patient Participation Group - Upchurch & Rainham

Dr Supriya Das & Dr Lakshmi Subbiah

The following was discussed at the last PPG meeting:

Covid-19 vaccination programme

1. If patients received a text/telephone call from their respective Practice for their 1st jab, they will receive a similar notification for their 2nd one.

However, if they have not heard from their Practice by the 11th Monday in their 12 week period, they should contact their Surgery. Some Practices are advising patients to ring 119.

2. In respect of Maidstone Road/Upchurch Practice, the vaccination programme is going extremely well.

As of 13th April 2021, 2494 patients had received their 1st jab, of which 408 had received their 2nd.

However, 54 patients had declined the offer to be vaccinated.

Stay safe

Ray Kemsley

Chair - Surgery Patient Participation Group - Upchurch & Rainham

Ebb & Flow Festival

www.ebbandflowfest.co.uk

Upchurch Matters

Combat Loneliness with You Me Us

Looking for something to do?

You Me Us is a project from Ideas Test to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation in Medway and Swale.

With You Me Us, you’ll get to join a group with an artist and other local people to take part in;

• Poetry or Creative Writing

• Storytelling Photography
• Singing and Music
• Drawing, sketching and collage

You won’t need special equipment plus you can take part over the internet, by post, or on the phone.

You just need to be over 18 years old and live in Medway or Swale.

Get in touch by 30th April 2021 if you’d like to join a group. Alternatively, you can request the at-home activity sheets via the channels below. The project runs until mid June 2021.

To find out more check out the website or get in touch with Kasia by Email at kasia@ideastest.co.uk

You can call, text or WhatsApp 07387 842524 and Kasia will contact you.

Don’t forget to join the Facebook group too - You Me Us Medway and Swale

Upchurch Matters

Friday Mussels Night at Upchurch River Valley Golf Course

Jenny Giles - Upchurch River Valley Golf Course
Telephone: 01634 360626
Website: www.rivervalleygolf.co.uk

New Planning Application for up to 74 New Homes on Land off Otterham Quay Lane, Upchurch

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Gladman Developments has submitted an outline planning application to Swale Borough Council for up to 74 dwellings with public open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage system and new vehicular access point with all matters reserved except for means of access onto land off Otterham Quay Lane, Upchurch.

The proposed site belonging to Wakeley Brothers (Rainham, Kent) Ltd and Ayshland Ltd is part of a commercial Pear orchard located in Otterham Quay Lane at the junction with Lower Rainham Road, currently farmed by Mansfields and is the first sizeable development to be brought forward to the North of Lower Rainham Road. The site is not included in the Swale Borough Council Local Plan, and others nearby have already been deemed ‘unsuitable’ in the council's Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment.

The SHLAA is a high-level assessment used as a starting point to decide what sites could be developed for housing and other uses in the local plan or in a neighbourhood plan. The SHLAA document is the catalogue of all sites submitted to Swale Borough Council for consideration as having development potential under the ‘Call for Sites’ exercise and current local plan allocations (not yet given permission) along with other known sites - e.g. council-owned land and previous SHLAA sites that have not been developed and so on. The sites are assessed for their suitability, availability and achievability.

Before making a formal planning application, Gladman published a consultation website setting out their proposal and asking residents for their views.

You can view the planning application at: www.swale.gov.uk/planningsearch and submit comments to Swale Borough Council using planning application reference: 21/501839/OUT where “Have Your Say” guidance on making comments is also available.

Swale Borough Council has written to neighbouring residents advising that comments received later than 21 days (excluding bank holidays) from their letter dated 16th April 2021 might arrive after their decision is taken and may therefore not be taken into account.

Upchurch Matters