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30th July 2021OTHAM LATEST: 'I will fight for access ramp'
A DISABLED mum of two is fighting to get a set of stairs turned into a ramp when 421 new homes are built in Otham. Teresa Elliott (55), of The Beams, was diagnosed with primary progressive ...
21st July 2021Views sought on Maidstone housing development
VIEWS are being sought on a council-led town centre housing development. A consultation sessionon the redevelopment of Maidstone’s King Street car park will take place at the town ...
Tiny response to Shepway regeneration consultation exercise
A CONSULTATION exercise into a major housing project on the Shepway estate in Maidstone attracted only scant attention. Only 74 people of the 10,000 plus residents, just 0.74%, took part in the ...
Demolition of Wheatsheaf pub for new road junction is under fire
CONTROVERSIAL plans to demolish an old pub to make way for a new road junction have been heavily criticised. Maidstone Borough Council approved pulling down the Wheatsheaf near on the A274 on June ...
LENHAM HEATH: Lawyers demand landowners' sites be dropped officially from scheme
LAWYERS for the owners of 63 acres of land earmarked for the borough council’s controversial 4,000-home Lenham Heath scheme have demanded their plots are formally removed from plans. In March, ...
MAIDSTONE: Rush for new homes is pushing prices up
ESTATE agents in Maidstone are booking more than 10 house viewings every few hours, with some people putting offers on properties before even stepping foot in them. According to Halifax, house ...
CLARION HOUSING: Mouldy flat 'caused incurable lung disease'
INCURABLE lung disease allegedly caused by the state of the accommodation he lived in, has left a fifty-three-year-old Aylesford man homeless. Schaun Stagg, a former electronics engineer, moved ...
LATEST: Homes plan at popular nursery site postponed
A PLAN to demolish and replace a popular garden centre and nursery in Sutton Valence with 18 houses has been deferred. The proposal to build a selection of detached, semidetached and terrace ...
ELECTION: Indie Kate Hammond defends criticism by Lib Dem council leader
THE independent candidate in the fight for East ward at elections to Maidstone Borough Council on May 6 has defended herself after comments by her Liberal Democrat rival. Leader of MBC, Lib Dem ...
READER POLL: Will green issues inform the way you vote on May 6?
DOWNS Mail has launched a reader poll to gauge whether green and environmental issues will affect the way electors vote on May 6. The borough is undergoing huge change with housebuilding quotas ...