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8th October 2021PLANNING: Homes plan in Hollingbourne refused
PERMISSION has been refused for three new houses in Hollingbourne. The application saw Woodside in Firs Lane demolished and the three-bedroom detached homes replacing it. The proposal received ...
6th October 2021HOUSING CRISIS: Now Tories threaten revolt over major house-building schemes
THE future of Maidstone hangs in the balance tonight as the Local Plan Review (LPR) faces a Liberal Democrat revolt. At an extraordinary meeting of Maidstone Borough Council's members, the Lib ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Lib Dems threaten revolt on 'their' homes plan
THE newly-elected Conservatives at Maidstone Borough Council face defeat over controversial plans for housing numbers in the borough. The Local Plan Review (LPR) was due before full council with ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Demo planned for town hall at 5.30pm ahead of council meeting
PROTESTORS from two groups opposed to housing developments are to join forces tonight to demonstrate outside the town hall. Maidstone borough councillors meet tonight to discuss the Local Plan ...
HOUSING: Golding Homes' grovelling apology after resident's seven year hell
MAIDSTONE'S social housing provider has been forced to issue an abject apology for allowing a tenant to live in damp, cold and "uninhabitable" conditions for seven years. Golding Homes ...
HOUSING: Council Tories pledge 1,000 affordable homes - details
TORY council leader David Burton has outlined ambitious plans to acquire 1,000 affordable homes for local people. He said it was time to be "bold and to intervene" in a crisis where ...
LATEST: Ancient finds made at Otham homes site
TWO thousand year old archaeological finds have been unearthed at the site of the controversial housing development at Otham, Downs Mail has learnt. Shards of pottery and at least one animal bone ...
AFGHAN CRISIS: Council appeals for help to house displaced people - details
AN URGENT plea has been made for local landlords to come forward with suitable properties to house displaced people affected by the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Maidstone Borough ...
NEW FLATS: King Street car park plan 'inappropriate'
FURIOUS pensioners at a retirement home in Maidstone are fighting to stop a block of flats from being built next door. Maidstone Borough Council wants to build 16 new residential homes consisting ...
SINK HOLE CRISIS: Another crater opens up near Maidstone
THIS is the latest hole to appear in Barming. A large depression has appeared last October in Copper Beech Close and neighbours are terrfied in could collapse at any moment. The crater which is ...