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17th July 20208 DAYS TO GO
8 DAYS TO GO! We’re getting ready to relaunch the new, fortnightly Downs Mail Newspaper to our family of loyal readers. Pick up the first edition from Thursday, July 23 from your local ...
14th July 2020HOUSING CRISIS: MP Helen Grant briefs housing chiefs ahead of crucial meeting
MAIDSTONE MP Helen Grant has briefed ministers ahead of a meeting between top civil servants and the borough council later this week to discuss concerns on housing numbers. Mrs Grant has briefed ...
OTHAM HOUSING: Conservative Val Springett pulls out of crunch vote on 421 homes
A THIRD member of the influential committee to decidethe council's position on a controversial housing application which would threaten to engulf the ancient church in Otham has pulled out ...
OTHAM HOUSING: Councillor Gordon Newton pulls out ahead of crunch homes vote
A MEMBER of Maidstone Borough Council's policy and resources committee, which could scupper the authority's top management's plans for 421 houses at Otham next week, has pulled ...
Plans for Aylesford Newsprint could bring 3,000 jobs, says developer
AN £180m industrial scheme is earmarked for the former site of the Aylesford Newsprint site which could bring 3,000 jobs. Speculative developer Panattoni has revealed its £180m plans for ...
LENHAM HOUSING: Opposition group releases video claiming council secrecy
THE pressure group opposed the the council-led scheme to build 5,000 houses at Lenham Heath has produced a YouTube video questiojng the transparancy of the process. Maidstone Borough ...
Plans for Len House deferred over noise and river concerns
A PLAN to redevelop the distinctive Len House building in the centre of Maidstone has been deferred. The site, most recently a Peugeot dealership, is in line for commercial and ...
EXCLUSIVE: Borough council admits quarry will delay Lenham housing by 23 years
MAIDSTONE Borough Council (MBC) is facing the prospect of its ambitions to be the "master developer" of 5,000 houses at Lenham Heath taking more than quarter of a century to complete, Daily ...
EXCLUSIVE: Developer launches legal action over Otham housing rejection
THE developer behind a large housing scheme in the shadow of the ancient church at Otham have launched a legal appeal, Daily Downs Mail can reveal. The Bellway Homes challenge is now in the hands of ...
EXCLUSIVE: Law firm demands email and phone records from Otham homes objectors
TWO prominent local councillors implacably opposed to the housing development threatening to engulf the ancient church at Otham have been hit with a legal demand to disclose details of emails and ...