Brickfields and the Green Gap

Canterbury City Council has announced that the Canterbury District Local Plan has been approved by the Inspector, Mr Moore, with some modifications. The council will consider his report on 13 July. If approved, it will provide the legal basis under which the council decides planning applications up to 2031. There is welcome news for Bridge. The Inspector confirmed that new housing on the Brickfields could not be accommodated “without material harm to the AONB landscape”, and he affirms that “In the context of the South Canterbury SSA the new Green Gap between Canterbury and the village of Bridge has been justified”. Unfortunately, the deletions have been confirmed of the Green Gap between Canterbury and the University, and of the Green Space allocation at West Beach, Whitstable. You can find the Inspector’s report here.