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15th October 2019LENHAM HEATH: Massive show of strength as fight launched against 5,000 homes
MORE than 200 residents and landowners under threat from Maidstone Borough Council's plan to build 5,000 houses in Lenham turned out last night to register their opposition to the ...
11th October 2019REVEALED: True extent of building land in council's secret 'call for sites'
A TOTAL of 334 sites have been sent to Maidstone Borough Council for consideration ahead of the Local Plan review with large tracts of land inrural villages made available to ...
ILLEGAL HGVs: Lorry Watch restarts in village near Maidstone
THE Lorry Watch scheme in Leeds, aimed at stopping HGVs driving illegally through the village, has restarted. Led by Leeds Parish Council member Lesley Martin and supported by Kent Police, the ...
RELIEF ROAD: By-pass plan could go into Local Plan review - planning chief
IF A relief road serving south Maidstone is to become reality, the borough council must include it in its review of the Local Plan, it has been warned. Kent county councillor Gary Cooke says the ...
LENHAM HEATH: Action group set to be formed over MBC 5,000 housing plan
LANDOWNERS who fear losing their property in Maidstone Borough Council's scheme for 5,000 homes at Lenham Heath are set to form an action group with the support of the parish ...
LENHAM HEATH: 5,000 homes plan 'could cost me my farm' - landowner
A FARMER claims he faces losing his home, land and business as Maidstone Borough Council forges ahead with plans for a 5,000-house development in Lenham Heath. David Smith, of Hubbards Farm, keeps ...
5,000 LENHAM HOMES: Scheme costs tax-payer £69,000 - so far
MAIDSTONE Borough Council has spent nearly £70,000 of tax-payers' money on its hush-hush plan to build 5,000 houses on Lenham Heath. The leader of the Liberal Democrat controlled ...
EXCLUSIVE: Lenham landowners approached by council for massive housing scheme
Landowners have been approached to sell parcels of land to accommodate a massive newhousing development at Lenham Heath, Daily Downs Mail can reveal this evening. Potential vendors have been ...
HOUSING: Council announces 5,000 homes for Lenham as 'master developer'
THE borough council is set to be the "master-developer" for the massive housing scheme outlined for Lenham. Downs Mail revealed the plan for 5,000 houses at Lenham Heath back in May and ...
Council rejects calls to halt house-building so infrastructure can catch up
CALLS for a halt to housebuilding in the borough because of increasing pressure on roads and services have been rejected by the local authority. Growing disquiet over Liberal ...