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Over the next 20 years, Kent will be one of the fastest growing areas of the UK, so now is the time to get involved in the construction industry here in Kent and be part of something big!
The Thames Gateway:
Responsibility for regeneration within the Thames Gateway in Kent falls to three development partnerships or ‘delivery boards’:
Together, they are expected to deliver 46,000 new homes and 70,000 new jobs by 2016.
Kent Thameside is centred around
Dartford and Gravesend and includes the Ebbsfleet Channel Tunnel rail
link. Regeneration in this area is expected to create 50,000 new jobs
and 30,000 new homes. Major projects include Eastern Quarry, Ebbsfleet,
Swanscombe Peninsula West, Dartford Park and Dartford Town Centre.
Medway Renaissance Partnership is responsible for regenerating a series of development sites within Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Rainham and Strood. Key schemes include:
Together these are expected to deliver 8000 new homes and 8500 new jobs.
Swale Forward focuses on regenerating Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey. It is expected to deliver 8000 new homes and 12,000 new jobs by 2016. The main developments are Queensborough Regeneration and the Kent Science Park.
Ashford is one of four major growth areas in the South East identified in the Government’s ‘Sustainable Communities Plan’. Ashford’s road and rail connections and its closeness to mainland Europe make it a natural choice for development.
Ashford’s Future Partnership carried out a study into Ashford’s capacity for growth over the next 30 years. The completed study report for Ashford's Future is available online - this link will open in a new window. A total of 31,000 homes and 28,000 jobs is planned for the period 2001 to 2031. An intensive master-planning exercise, the Greater Ashford Development Framework, has just been completed and proposes a policy of 'mending before extending'. This policy will focus on regenerating the town centre as well as providing three mixed-use urban neighbourhoods, which will mean a total of 14,000 homes. Planning the infrastructure (roads, schools, healthcare facilities, and environmental measures such as promoting quality design) that would be necessary to support this growth has been a basic part of the master-planning.
