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14th September 2020PETITION: Housing protest urges residents to say Enough is Enough
ONE of the architects behind the camapign opposing a 4,000 home "garden community" at Lenham has started a petition challenging local housing quotas. Kate Hammond, a leading light with ...
11th September 2020HOUSING: Parishes to fight 250 East Malling homes plan
PLANS for 250 homes on land at 40 Acres Field, East Malling will now go to a public inquiry set for December 1, 2020. House builders Wates Development have appealed against the borough ...
LATEST: Builders demand to see Otham housing messages
DEVELOPER Bellway Homes has requested all records of correspondence relating to the controversial development of land next to the ancient church at Otham from 17 elected borough councillors, Daily ...
HOUSING: Council in race against time to prevent 'near doubling' of homes demand
MAIDSTONE faces a race against time to prevent the "near doubling" of Government-imposed housing targets, it emerged today. When the Maidstone Borough Council Local Plan was adopted in ...
Cross-party councillors reject unelected officers' powers on planning decisions
BOROUGH councillors last night voted to remove powers of unelected planning officers to refer applications to another committee when they have been refused by elected members. The move follows a ...
LATEST: Work ready to start on Woodcut Farm
PLANS for the development of the controversial Woodcut Farm site into an industrial park is likely to progress in the autumn, Downs Mail has learnt. New owners of the 33-acre plot, Clearbell, are ...
LATEST: Anger as Coxheath build-out returns
COXHEATH residents thought they had won the highways battle over build-outs on Heath Road – claiming they cause danger, delays and accidents. Cropping up every 100yds, they sparked massive ...
LATEST: Plan for 80 flats on former Somerfield Hospital site
THE former Somerfield Hospital in Maidstone is to be converted into flats, Downs Mail has learnt. The Even Group, the developers, plan to knock down an adjacent building in London Rd for an ...
WE'RE BACK: Don't miss a copy of Maidstone's favourite paper - pick-up points
AFTER nearly four months away, the Downs Mail newspaper is publishing again from tomorrow. Our advertising and editorial teams are back at their desks ready to hear from you on 01622 ...
MOTE ROAD TOWER: Local councillor says 'we need houses'
ONE of the local councillors whose ward takes in the site of a proposed 15-storey tower block in Maidstone town centre is resigned to the project with the message: "We need the ...