A landlord says plans to build more than 40 homes next to his pub zoo will help make the animal park “world class” should they be given the go-ahead. An application has been submitted, in principle, by On Architecture on behalf of Esquire Developments for a new estate on the Hoo Peninsula. The 2.22-hectare site, which is currently open grassland, would see 44 homes built on land adjacent to Fenn Street and the Ratcliffe Highway in St Mary Hoo. It is also directly next to the Fenn Bell Conservation Project – the first animal park to be given the title of a licensed zoo in Medway. It is home to …
