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Welcome to Arches Local a Big Local area based in Chatham Central within Medway
2012
As part of the Big Local Programme, the area named ‘Arches Local’ in the spring of 2012 was awarded National Lottery Funding.
Plan #5
We are currently still delivering our year 5+ plan which first stage is due to come to an end around November 2021.
Neighbourhood Planning
We have a designated area & forum which includes our Big Local area.
Previous Plans & Reviews
See our past plans and things that we have delivered locally.
A level playing field
Journalist Ryan Herman visited five Big Local areas around sport.
Air Pollution Monitoring
We are actively recording level of Particulate Matter along Luton Road.
Arches Local Big Local and Arches Chatham Neighbourhood Forum Areas
As can be seen from the Map to the left, the Arches Local is an area which stretches across two local wards; it is an area which does not form a natural neighbourhood or community and could be described as a corridor shape.
The “Arches” form part of both the Big Local and Neighbourhood Plan area name it was chosen by a range of local residents as the area roughly in the centre of the geographical map of both is the Luton Arches Railway Arches.
If you live within either area and want to know more and get involved please get in touch!
In terms of scale, time horizon and ethos, nothing like Big Local has ever existed.
The £217m originally provided by The National Lottery Community Fund to support this programme is the largest single-purpose Lottery-funded endowment ever made, and the biggest ever investment by a non-state funder in place based, resident-led change.
Designed from the outset to be radically different from other funding programmes, at the heart of Big Local is a vision of empowered, resilient, dynamic, asset-rich communities making their own decisions on what is best for their area.
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Big Local Areas
2012
Big Local Started
2026
Big Local Finishes
Featured Video
Active Arches Fit and Fed May 2021 Short Video!
Visit our community space
Unit 71a, The Pentagon Centre, High St, Chatham, ME4 4HY.
Give us a call
+44 (0) 7572 862 336