COM2 - "Evolving wish lists" from communities and councils to be implemented wherever practicable.

This is sent on behalf of the Kent Countryside Access Forum (KCAF), and lays out the Forum's response to the proposals in the Ashford Local Plan. The KCAF is a statutory, independent body made up of volunteers from the local community who represent landowners and land managers (both public and private); countryside access users, such as walkers, cyclists, horse riders, carriage drivers, motorized vehicle users and other with countryside access interests. The purpose of the KCAF is to advise KCC

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the above application. In order to support the Government initiative to improve health and wellbeing across the population it will be important to cater for a range of outdoor activities including horse riding and carriage driving. To this end new off-road paths and routes should, where at all possible and practical, be designed for a range of users. This is of particular importance in Kent where the proportion of the network available to equestrians

Policy COM2: Recreation, Sport, Play and Open Spaces 3.34 The Policy as currently worded and the supporting text provide conflicting advice in requiring developments to both 'utilise' the Sports England Calculator and comply with the standards set out within the Green Spaces and Water SPD (GSW SPD) where practical. 3.35 There is no assessment of how the calculator works in conjunction with the GSW SPD and whether this already duplicates some of the Sport England Calculator's outputs. Its us

5.441 Sandyhurst Lane is unsound because there is no provision to mitigate noise, light pollution, increased traffic and parking, anti-social trading hours affectng residents in Sandyhurst Lane

Obviously there needs to be a Local Plan, unfortunately any proposals always seem to result in the derogation of the countryside especially surrounding Ashford. In recent years we have been bombarded with planning applications on green field sites affecting many Rights of Ways in Ashford. Unfortunately in Ashford and the surrounding areas we are seriously lacking in safe off-road routes for equestrians, this is either because many of the routes have not been recorded as bridleways on the definit

please see comments below - this formatting is far too advanced for the average citizen and is NOT user-friendly!!! The Boughton Aluph and Eastwell Resident's Association agrees with the Sandyhurst Lane Residents Assiciation Representation on Policy COM2 - Recreation, Sport, Play and Open Spaces that: Para 5.441 refers to the site in Sandyhurst Lane already offering social, community and sports provision. We take this to be Sandyacres. Para 5.441 also includes "New provision is proposed which c

Policy COM2: Recreation, Sport, Play and Open Spaces 5.42 The Policy as currently worded and the supporting text provide conflicting advice in requiring developments to both 'utilise' the Sports England Calculator and comply with the standards set out within the Green Spaces and Water SPD (GSW SPD) where practical. 5.43 The GSW SPD is based on an assessment of the Borough Council's open space needs and provides a detailed breakdown of open space requirements by type depending on the size of

Paragraph 5.439 CSP objects to the wording of this paragraph as currently it states that the existing Finberry development is aiming to provide a 3G state of the art sports pitch, which will be supported by a mulit-use pay area, a community building with indoor sports and changing facilities. Whilst the MUGA and the community are requirements of the S.106 of the existing development at Finberry, there is also a requirement to provide a sports pitch, but the existing S.106 does not provide for

Summary 11. We object to the blanket approach of this policy to the overall Conningbrook Lakes area. Significant portions of this area towards the Willesborough Road frontage of the site have the potential for residential, quasi--‐residential and commercial development, whilst leaving large areas for leisure and sports--‐ related activities. We request an amendment to the plan to include a dedicated policy and a new allocation S19a (Conningbrook H3) to identify this for a residential--‐led deve