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Context Because It Is for the Better” George Stalley Age 9 2 “Regeneration is what you can change. What you can make different for all the people Context because it is for the better” George Stalley age 9 “The plan is good because we can change the way (the) big boys behave and there are going to be more things for them to do” Rhyanna age 8 “I think it will make the Island better “Things are not very good at the moment because it’s going to be easier to get to because people are building new things and school, more people are going to want jobs some teenagers are writing all over stuff. We and there will be more jobs, the roads are need some hospitals and doctors nearer to going to be changed” us. It will affect my future by more houses Devon Dumont age 9 being built and I would like to live near my mum and dad so I wouldn’t have to go a long way to visit them” Matthew Neal age 9 Context Queenborough Swale Caradon Works site Coal wash wharf Rushenden Neatscourt Marshes Railway A249 Swale Crossing Aerial photo of the masterplan area and context 18 The Place Analysis: The Place The Isle of Sheppey sits within the context of the 7KDPHV*DWHZD\DQGPDMRUFKDQJHLQ1RUWK Kent. It has a strong character resulting from a YDULHW\RIIDFWRUVEXWLQSDUWLFXODULVRODWLRQKLVWRU\ DQGODQGVFDSHKDYHEHHQPDMRULQÁXHQFHVRQ the place today. Sheppey is located in north Kent with the Thames Estuary to the north, the River Medway to the west and the Swale separating the island from the mainland to the south and west. 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