BOROUGH GREEN
PARISH COUNCIL
BOROUGH GREEN PARISH COUNCIL
The need of quiet , the need of air, the need of exercise, and I believe the sight of sky and of all things growing, seem human need, common to all and not to be dispensed with without great loss.” Octavia Hill in 1888 Plus ca change, eh !
BOROUGH GREEN PARISH PLAN
A Parish Plan is a consultation exercise that builds on a detailed survey of how Borough Green developed over time, what the Village is now, and crucially what are our Resident's wishes for how our village develops into the future.
A Parish Plan does not have the same planning weight as a Neighbourhood Plan, but it can be used to express views that might conflict with the Local Planning Authority's.
Below we list the stages taken to reach the 2014 Parish Plan, and the character Area Appraisal which provides a detailed study of our Village as it was in 2011
We need an updated Parish Plan to be lodged as part of the TMBC Local Plan Regulation 18B consultation which should happen in summer 2024. We have already added a draft Chapter 6 to the Character Area Appraisal below. The best way forward is probably to combine and update the 2011 Parish Plan with the 2014 Update, and redraft the 2014 Green Spaces Appendix.
These documents when submitted will inform TMBC's Managing Development and the Environment (MDE) Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), so that it becomes embedded in the Local Plan evidence base.
2005 Parish Plan Consultation Draft, subject of a weekend long public consultation, and public comments. It contained no mention of TMBC and BGPC's plans for Isles Quarry
2009 Parish Plan as submitted to TMBC and its Local Development Framework. This deeply flawed version contains a
series of "ACTION PLANS" that introduce a plan for 200+80 houses at IQW. These action plans were drafted by a Senior Planning Officer at TMBC, and were accepted by the Planning Inspector that a
Public Consultation supporting Mass Housing had been evidenced, even if the Public knew nothing
about the sheme until a few weeks before the Inquiry when details were published in the Sevenoaks
Chronicle
2011 Parish Plan When the new Parish Council took over in May 2011, it immediately adopted this Updated Version to
remove previous support for mass development in the Village.
2014 Parish Plan Supplementary, Further updates to 2011 version
2014 GREEN Appendix to 2011 Plan, to be updated
LANDFILL REPORT AIR QUALITY SURVEY LISTED BUILDINGS STREETNAMES CLIMATE CHANGE
BOROUGH GREEN CHARACTER AREA APPRAISAL
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 Master Map 2024, updated with new developments
CHAPTER 3 Origins of Borough Green.
Sevenoaks Rd, Maidstone Rd, Wrotham Rd, High St
19th Century Quarry Hill, Rock Rd, Station Rd, Western Rd
CHAPTER 4 Early Developments
Interwar Homes for Heroes Crowhill, Hillview
50s Tollgate & Fairfield
60s Woodlands, Valleyview, Wye Rd & Annetts Hall, Lingfield, Normanhurst.
CHAPTER 5 Recent Development Tolsey Mead, Griggs Way, Staleys Acre, Blackhorse Mews, Tillmans,
Hillview Close, Roman Court, Stone Court.
Odds *& Ends
Commercial- Bourne Estate, Station Court.
Design Guidance
CHAPTER 6 Draft 2024 update including Isles Quarry, A-Z Housing, Allingham Way and Ray Chopping Close
It also includes infill developments and conversions