Plans have been announced to build on an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) at Highland Court Farm. The planned scheme includes 300 luxury holiday houses, 150 retirement homes, a 50 acre business park, and a new home for Canterbury Rugby Club. If implemented, the plan would extend the village to the south and, assuming Mountfield and new build housing to the north of Conyngham Lane go ahead, would further increase the urbanisation of Bridge and its coalescence with Canterbury.