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Lidsing Garden Community SPD
Q17: Please set out any changes that you think should be made to the principles & guidance for "Movement & Connectivity".
Representation ID: 133
Received: 25/11/2025
Respondent: British Horse Society North and West Kent
6.6.10
Active Travel is defined by Transport for the South East - "Active Travel refers to Walking, Wheeling (eg mobility aids, children in prams), cycling, scooting and Horse Riding"
Segregation of non-motorised users from motor traffic must include horse riders, but multi- user paths are often sufficient
Comment noted.
Officers agree that a reference should be added to acknowledge the need to cater for bridleways and equestrian movement through the site.
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Lidsing Garden Community SPD
Q18: Do you agree with the principles & guidance for "Placemaking, Density & Character"?
Representation ID: 134
Received: 25/11/2025
Respondent: British Horse Society North and West Kent
About 7% of the population ride horse, or would like to ride. This will include the people in the new development.
Horse riders are predominantly women (about 93%) and most participate in no other sport.
Many disabled people can ride or carriage drive, often with the same skill as able bodied people.
Excluding horses discriminates against these groups
Comment noted.
Officers agree that a reference should be added to acknowledge the need to cater for bridleways and equestrian movement through the site.
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Lidsing Garden Community SPD
Q33: Please set out any changes that you think should be made to Section D: Delivery Framework.
Representation ID: 135
Received: 25/11/2025
Respondent: British Horse Society North and West Kent
7.3.6/7.3.9
These paragraphs are about connectivity to the wider area.
Again, horses are not mentioned.
Safe paths (behind the hedge) are essential to allow non-motorised users, including horse riders to cross the development site and access the wider area, specifically Capstone Valley, Bredhurst Woods and The North Downs, all of which have long-standing equestrian routes
The SPD takes forward the requirements of Policy LPRSP4(B) of the Local Plan Review which established the necessary scope of infrastructure., which did not include a specific reference to horse riders.
