Eastern Quarry, Kent
Community-scale connections with the ‘Green Grid’

Eastern Quarry is a key development in the Thames Gateway. Over the next 20 years 7,250 new homes are planned, grouped into five urban villages. The boundaries of the site and the proposed greenspaces have the potential to link in to an emerging green infrastructure network: the Kent Thameside Green Grid. Potential connections include:

• The southern and western boundaries – cliff faces and mature woodland, providing habitats for birds listed under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act;
• The northern boundary – Craylands Gorge, is a designated Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI) with open grassland, scrub and secondary woodland habitats;
• ‘Green zones’ – a green space network will separate the villages, potentially linking habitats across the site. New areas of water will have wetland habitat potential.

Sources:
1. Land Securities (2003) Eastern Quarry environmental statement – non-technical summary
2. Kent Thameside Green Grid (2002) Green Grid – creating a greener place