As next in line to the throne, there’s loads of duties and obligations one has to keep on top of. Cutting ribbon, shaking hands, making speeches and suchlike. But one job requirement you might not have expected? Town planning.
Before he got to the throne, King Charles III wrote an entire book on British architecture and endorsed two suburban developments within the Duchy of Cornwall: Poundbury in Dorset and Nansledan in Cornwall.
Now, Prince William, who took on the role of Duke of Cornwall, is following in his footsteps. The prince is leading a third development near Faversham in Kent.
A planning application for the South East Faversham development was submitted by the Duchy of Cornwall earlier this month. If approved, the project include 2,500 houses with at least 875 affordable homes, organised around ‘ancient footpaths and landscape’. A minimum of 400 homes will be allocated for social rent in an effort to battle homelessness in the area.
With an emphasis on green space and air quality, the plans also include Faversham Football Club and Faversham Cricket Club, along with orchards, allotments, meadows and wooded cycle paths. The area will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
South East Faversham was announced back when King Charles was still in charge of the Duchy and has been in the works for the past six years.
A spokesperson for the Duchy of Cornwall said: ‘South East Faversham will be an attractive, modern and enjoyable place in which people can live, work, shop and relax. It will be guided by local needs and inspired by the character of Faversham.’
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