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14th July 2020HOUSING CRISIS: MP Helen Grant briefs housing chiefs ahead of crucial meeting
MAIDSTONE MP Helen Grant has briefed ministers ahead of a meeting between top civil servants and the borough council later this week to discuss concerns on housing numbers. Mrs Grant has briefed ...
13th July 2020OTHAM HOUSING: Councillors emphatically throw out scheme for 421 homes tonight
PROTESTORS who have fought to save an ancient village church from being engulfed by a proposed 400 home development were celebrating tonight after councillors emphatically threw it out. Maidstone ...
OTHAM HOUSING: Conservative Val Springett pulls out of crunch vote on 421 homes
A THIRD member of the influential committee to decidethe council's position on a controversial housing application which would threaten to engulf the ancient church in Otham has pulled out ...
RELIEF ROAD: Transport board hears worrying news for Maidstone villages
What may have been the final death knell for a Leeds/Langley east Maidstone strategic road were sounded at the July meeting of Maidstone Joint Transportation Board. Kent Coúnty Coúncil ...
OTHAM HOUSING: Second councillor withdraws from crunch meeting on Monday
A SECOND member of the borough council committee which could refuse a controversial planning application in Otham has withdrawn from a crunch meeting next Monday. Labour's Malcolm McKay has ...
ROADS: Six schemes to improve highways in Maidstone meet with objections
SIX road schemes presented by Kent County Council Highways to ‘Keep Maidstone Moving’ have met with such strong opposition most are back on the drawing board. This was made clear by KCC ...
OTHAM 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 ...
OTHAM HOUSING: Battle over 421 houses now all about highways
OPPONENTSof Bellway Homes' plan to build 421 housesin the ruralfarming field next to listed Otham Church are now concentrating their objections just on serious highways ...
LENHAM 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 ...
Plans for Len House deferred over noise and river concerns
A PLAN to redevelop the distinctive Len House building in the centre of Maidstone has been deferred. The site, most recently a Peugeot dealership, is in line for commercial and ...