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15th October 2019LENHAM HEATH: Massive show of strength as fight launched against 5,000 homes
MORE than 200 residents and landowners under threat from Maidstone Borough Council's plan to build 5,000 houses in Lenham turned out last night to register their opposition to the ...
11th October 2019REVEALED: True extent of building land in council's secret 'call for sites'
A TOTAL of 334 sites have been sent to Maidstone Borough Council for consideration ahead of the Local Plan review with large tracts of land inrural villages made available to ...
RELIEF ROAD: By-pass plan could go into Local Plan review - planning chief
IF A relief road serving south Maidstone is to become reality, the borough council must include it in its review of the Local Plan, it has been warned. Kent county councillor Gary Cooke says the ...
LENHAM HEATH: Action group set to be formed over MBC 5,000 housing plan
LANDOWNERS who fear losing their property in Maidstone Borough Council's scheme for 5,000 homes at Lenham Heath are set to form an action group with the support of the parish ...
LENHAM HEATH: 5,000 homes plan 'could cost me my farm' - landowner
A FARMER claims he faces losing his home, land and business as Maidstone Borough Council forges ahead with plans for a 5,000-house development in Lenham Heath. David Smith, of Hubbards Farm, keeps ...
Former BBC anchor man Peter Sissons dies in Maidstone aged 77
FORMER TV news anchorman Peter Sissons has died at Maidstone Hospital aged 77. Mr Sissons, of Sevenoaks, who was a newsreader for the BBC, ITN and Channel 4, and passed away on October 1. The ...
MOTORWAY DELAYS: List of roadworks in the next seven days
Highways England has just issued its weekly summary of roadworks for the week ahead. The statement reads: The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week ...
5,000 LENHAM HOMES: Scheme costs tax-payer £69,000 - so far
MAIDSTONE Borough Council has spent nearly £70,000 of tax-payers' money on its hush-hush plan to build 5,000 houses on Lenham Heath. The leader of the Liberal Democrat controlled ...
POPPY APPEAL: Businesswoman holds charity dinner dance for veterans
THE Royal British Legion in Aylesford is set to benefit from a fundraiser by local businesswoman. With 2019 Poppy Appeal fast approaching, Victoria Jones of Tori’s Wellness, is ...
YELLOW WARNING: 'Very heavy rain' to hit Maidstone tomorrow
WIDESPREAD rain is expected tomorrow with some 'very heavy rain' possible, bringing some disruption from flooding. The MET Office announced the warning earlier which reads: "Homes and ...