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5th December 2019VOTE NOW: Should Lib Dem council suspend house-building programme?
MORE than 1,300 people have responded to our survey to assess the impact Maidstone Borough Council's (MBC) massive housing programme is having on residents and their communities. We have posed ...
29th November 2019SURVEY: SHOULD MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL SUSPEND ITS HOUSE-BUILDING PROGRAMME?
THE number of votes cast in our poll to gauge public feeling about Maidstone Borough Council's house-building programme is approaching 1,000. Local people are becoming increasingly worried ...
POLL: SHOULD MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL SUSPEND ITS HOUSE-BUILDING PROGRAMME?
WITH the recent announcement of a mass rally to protest at Maidstone Borough Council's house-building programme, Daily Downs Mail haslaunched a poll to gauge public feeling. Residents ...
MAIDSTONE SCHOOLS: Electric blue fence replaced by green one
AN eyesore blue fence around two new Maidstone schools is being replaced with a green one. Local residents and councillorswere outraged by the brightness of the metal perimeter structure ...
LENHAM HEATH: Residents show opposition against MBC plan for 5,000 houses
RESIDENTS opposed to Maidstone Borough Council's plan to build 5,000 houses on Lenham Heath attended a drop-in event on Sunday. Save our Heath Lands (SOHL) organised the session at Charing ...
VICTORY: Community campaign dumps Lib Dem council's 14-storey tower block plan
RESIDENTS and community leaders last night successfully blocked council plans to to build a 14-storey block of flats at The Broadway shopping centre in Maidstone. The controversial scheme, promoted ...
EXCLUSIVE: Full 'call for sites' list of housing schemes proposed in Maidstone
THE long-awaited "call for sites" list is published today after months of secrecy by the borough council. We have obtained a summary of proposed land plots put forward by owners to ...
HOUSING: 5,500 name petition against massive Lib Dem housing plans for town
MEMBERS of the "Think Before You Build" campaign movement have submitted a protest petition with around 5,500 signatures opposed to Maidstone Borough Council's home-building ...
HOUSING: Petition against the council-backed 14-storey high rise - sign here
A PETITION protesting against Maidstone Borough Council's plan to build a 14-storey block of flats in the town centre has attracted more than 3,500 signatures. More than 3,000 have signed on ...
Hazlitt tribute to football legend Laurie Cunningham
THE story of one of this country’s pioneering black footballers is brought to life at the Hazlitt Theatre on October 31. Titled “Getting the Third Degree”, which was funded by ...