Deangate Community Parklands

We’re pleased to announce that the planning application for Deangate Community Parkland has now been approved.

The planning application was submitted in November 2023 to bring forward the proposals for a new parkland at the site of the former golf course.

The parkland will create a significant new leisure facility for communities on the peninsula. It will transform a site that does not offer formal access into a place that can be enjoyed by local residents and wildlife.

The planning application was submitted following a 6-week consultation that ran from Friday 11 August to Friday 22 September 2023.

With the application now approved, the project will be delivered using Section 106 funding. We'll update this page with further news regarding the creation of Deangate Community Parkland.

Results from the summer 2023 consultation

We got 223 responses to the consultation (both online survey responses and paper questionnaires).

Some of the results include:

• 86% would likely visit the park when it opens
• 78% agreed with the proposals for Deangate Community Parkland
• 63% were satisfied with the plans as they are.

The most important thing people thought about Deangate and the natural environment was that it compliments existing local habitats and ecosystems.

Other key results

• 86% felt that it was important for there to be a car park
• 86% felt it was important that new seating areas were provided
• 78% felt it was important for new walking and running paths to be created
• 76% felt it was important that Deangate provides information about natural features within the site
• 70% said that it was important for the parkland to provide viewpoints across the local landscape to heritage features
• 70% felt it was important that Deangate Community Parkland provides information about heritage features around the site
• 68% felt that picnic areas should be introduced
• 51% felt that cycle paths should be added.

Improving access to the site

Access to the site would see the existing entrance and car park used off Dux Court Road.

A gateway at the junction with this road would signal the entrance to the site and provide a separate pedestrian route.

The entrance route would go towards the bowls centre, where a second entrance gateway would signify the starting point to the parkland.

This would include:

• signage
• cycle parking
• benches
• bins
• newly resurfaced car park.

Other improvements

As part of work funded by the Rural England Prosperity Fund, Medway Council is commissioning a feasibility study that seeks to create a Community Hub on the Hoo Peninsula.

The study will assess the need and suitable location for the hub.

As part of that work, the buildings adjacent to the land which are included in the Deangate Community Parkland application will be included in the study.