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Between the River Thames and the River Medway in north Kent lies a remarkable landscape of villages, farmland, marshes and wildlife and habitats of national and international importance - the Hoo Peninsula.
It is a place where people live, work and raise their families. A place with its own history, character and identity. And a landscape of exceptional importance for wildlife.
Now its future is at a crossroads.
Major development is being proposed across the Hoo Peninsula through the emerging Local Plans of both Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council. Medway Council's proposals include around 6,000 new houses at Chattenden, High Halstow and Hoo, and around 1,300 houses west of Strood. While Gravesham Borough Council's proposals include around 800 new houses at Higham and 1,900 new houses west of Strood. The west of Strood proposals total around 3,200 new houses.
We believe development on this scale risks permanently changing our communities, countryside and some of our most precious wildlife habitats.
Save The Hoo Peninsula is bringing together residents, experts and supporters to protect this extraordinary place.
Where is the Hoo Peninsula?
The Hoo Peninsula is the distinctive area of north Kent lying between the estuaries of the River Thames and the River Medway, stretching from the Gravesend, A2 and Strood area in the west to the Isle of Grain in the east.
The Hoo Peninsula crosses the modern administrative boundary between Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council. Its western end includes Higham and Shorne, while its easternmost communities lie towards Isle of Grain.
Its villages and communities include Allhallows, Chattenden, Cliffe, Cliffe Woods, Cooling, Frindsbury, High Halstow, Higham, Hoo St Werburgh, Isle of Grain, Shorne, St Mary Hoo, Stoke, Upnor and Wainscott.
The Isle of Grain lies at the eastern end of the Hoo Peninsula and should not be confused with the Hoo Peninsula as a whole. Despite its name, Grain itself has not been a true island for centuries.
Despite being divided between two local authorities, these communities share the same wider landscape, wildlife habitats, farmland, waterways, transport network and heritage.
That is why Save The Hoo Peninsula looks at threats to the Hoo Peninsula as a whole - whether they arise in the Medway Council area or the Gravesham Borough Council area.