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1st December 2020HOUSING: Otham 440-houses appeal closes - Maidstone awaits its fate
THE six-day Bellway Homes appeal to permit 440 houses off Church Road, Otham, concluded last evening – and now this rural area of Maidstone awaits its fate. The inspector is expected to give ...
27th November 2020MARDEN HOUSING: 'Garden village victory doesn't mean it's over'
THE threat of a 2,000 home “garden village” in Marden has been avoided to the joy of campaigners who opposed it…but are meeting the latest twist with caution. Marden, to be ...
LATEST: Work finally starts on houses at 'The Bogs' in Bearsted
THREE years after work started to clear fields known to everyone in Bearsted as The Bogs, developers have finally begun to build there. Land where two streams converge will be the site for 50 new ...
LATEST: James collects food to help Maidstone's homeless
A NINE-year-old boy has been collecting essentials to distribute to homeless people in time for Christmas. On his way to school, James Beesley asked his mother if he could donate some food to the ...
NEW BUSINESS PARK: Woodcut Farm 'to create 1,000 jobs'
THIS is the first image of how the new business park to be built at Woodcut Farm is likely to look. The scheme, near junction eight of the M20, is designed to attract hundreds of jobs to the site ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Marden escapes the bulldozers - but for how long?
THE threat of a 2,000 home “garden village” in Marden is off the table - for now. Marden, to be developed by Countryside Properties, was one of four sites for huge housing schemes as ...
HOUSING: Council backs document in race against time with Government targets
A BLUEPRINT for future building developments in the borough has taken a significant step forward when it was sent onfor public consultation. Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is in a race ...
GRIDLOCK: Village near Maidstone is at standstill after van car collide
TRAFFIC is at a standstill in a village near Maidstone after a reported collision. The B2163 at Penfold Hill in Leeds is currently gridlocked after a white van and a black ...
LENHAM HOUSING: Now Maidstone Borough Council faces legal action by landowners
SMALL landowners at Lenham Heath have called on Maidstone Borough Council to withdraw their plots from the 4,000 homes scheme or face legal action, Daily Downs Mail has learnt this evening. The ...
TOXIC WEEDKILLER: Council faces call for ban by Green Party
MAIDSTONE Green Party has launched a petition calling for the county council to stop using a toxic weedkiller. The group sent the petition, which has more than 1,000 signatures, to Kent County ...