The Pentagon

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Mountbatten House has a floor area of approximately 84,000 square feet with 110 car parking spaces. Medway Council bought back the lease of the Pentagon, which includes Mountbatten House for 45 million pounds. They expect to get an annual income of one million pounds.

In 2016 Andrew Mackness had a vision for Mountbatten House to turn it into housing ( probably expensive apartments) with a hotel and rooftop bar which is probably the type of vanity project that the current council would like. Medway needs to start thinking of it’s current residents. This is the perfect opportunity to begin regenerating the centre of Chatham and to help solve it’s housing crisis. With the average 1 bedroom apartment being 495 square feet this building could have about 150 homes depending on corridor layouts. With government grants these could be managed social housing for local residents. Not only would the council get an income from rents and council tax but local businesses would benefit from more customers. There could also be more cultural activities in the Pentagon.

 

150 homes may not be a lot, but more developments like this in regenerated Chatham and Gillingham town centres, together with utilising existing empty properties, would make a significant contribution to Medway’s housing policy. There would be less need for car travel and it would also mean a lot less cars polluting the Hoo Peninsula.

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2 Replies to “The Pentagon”

  1. All councils should consider utilising empty properties for homes. 8n the middle of a housing crisis makes perfect sense to utilise the Pentagon. Working and living in town would help regenerate the whole area.b

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