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8th July 2020OTHAM 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 ...
6th July 2020LENHAM 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 ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Tory plan to curb planning officers' powers clears first hurdle
A MOVE to strip Maidstone Borough Council's unelected planning officers of their powers cleared the first stage last night. The Tory plan by Bridge ward councillor Jonathan Purle went through ...
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 ...
MP HELEN WHATELY: When will my children be allowed back to school?
BY MP HELEN WHATELY When will my children be allowed back to school? For many parents this is the most important question right now. Whilst more pupils are returning to schools ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Why was our letter not answered? - council leader Martin Cox
A POWERFUL cross-party letter asking the government to review the way it calculates house-building numbers in Maidstone has not been answered six months after it was sent, it was claimed this ...
CORONAVIRUS: Invicta Grammar School plans return in June
INVICTA Grammar School has announced its pupils WILL be going back to school this academic year in a phased and managed return as the coronoavirus lockdown continues to ease. Head teacher Julie ...
CORONAVIRUS: Town obeys the lockdown - but not builders of new Maidstone schools
THE building firm behind Maidstone's new schools is under fire today for allowing workers to flout social distancing rules on site. Images taken at the site clearly show Bowmer and Kirkland ...
UPDATE: Primary school closes for 'deep clean' near Maidstone
A PRIMARY school in Bearsted has closed. Madginford Primary School has shut as there are three children attending the school with suspected symptoms of coronavirus. It is not known when the ...