SPPARC has created a masterplan to expand and enhance Chatham Docks in Kent in a way that would keep the port in industrial use and provide almost 100,000sq m of new business floorspace.

Its proposals come after site owner Peel Land and Property unveiled early-stage proposals by P4Planning to close the commercial port in 2025 and deliver around 3,600 new homes on the 35ha site.

ArcelorMittal and SPPARC’s plans would see 800 R&D and advanced manufacturing jobs retained on the site, and the creation of approximately 2,500 new jobs, according to the firms. The wider masterplan strategy will introduce public links to a green landscaped riverfront route linking St Mary’s Island to the Chatham Waters shopping parade.

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