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Balance the need for housing in the SE with adequate infrastructure and services

Submitted on Sunday 29th June 2025

Rejected on Wednesday 23rd July 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: local (see below for details)

Petition Action

Balance the need for housing in the SE with adequate infrastructure and services

Petition Details

Ensure that ALL future developments in Medway and Kent do not compromise the health, education and quality of life of the people who currently live there.

Additional Information

The population in Medway and Kent is growing. Affordable housing - good social housing is becoming more and more a need not a requirement. However, the population also needs schools, GP surgeries and hospitals that are big enough to cope.
Make it mandatory for developers to have in place a social policy to encompass the above and to secure staffing before planning permission is granted



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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can’t accept petitions that request action at a local level.

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You may also wish to sign this petition which calls for strict infrastructure requirements before houses can be built:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/710119

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