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5th December 2019VOTE NOW: Should Lib Dem council suspend house-building programme?
MORE than 1,300 people have responded to our survey to assess the impact Maidstone Borough Council's (MBC) massive housing programme is having on residents and their communities. We have posed ...
29th November 2019SURVEY: SHOULD MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL SUSPEND ITS HOUSE-BUILDING PROGRAMME?
THE number of votes cast in our poll to gauge public feeling about Maidstone Borough Council's house-building programme is approaching 1,000. Local people are becoming increasingly worried ...
POLL: SHOULD MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL SUSPEND ITS HOUSE-BUILDING PROGRAMME?
WITH the recent announcement of a mass rally to protest at Maidstone Borough Council's house-building programme, Daily Downs Mail haslaunched a poll to gauge public feeling. Residents ...
SOLD: Lib Dem borough council spends £19 MILLION to buy Lockmeadow complex
THE borough council has sunk £19m of tax-payers' money to secretly buy the leasehold of the Lockmeadow leisure complex in the centre of Maidstone. Confusion surrounds how the Liberal ...
Spice Lounge curry house could be lost to 14 flats - details
PLANS to replace one of Maidstone's favourite curry houses with a block of retirement flats could be approved soon. Planning officers have recommended Maidstone Borough ...
HOUSING: Fears over college plan for 250 village homes near Maidstone
TRINITY Hall College, Cambridge University, is behind a land offer proposal for 250-plus houses and an enlarged business park, with five separate vehicle accesses on to narrow country roads, worrying ...
HOUSING: Mass protest rally planned to oppose Lib Dem council's homes scheme
A MASS rally is being planned to highlight the growing "people's protest" against the council's plans for 28,000-plus homes in the borough, Daily Downs Mail can reveal this ...
LENHAM HEATH: Residents show opposition against MBC plan for 5,000 houses
RESIDENTS opposed to Maidstone Borough Council's plan to build 5,000 houses on Lenham Heath attended a drop-in event on Sunday. Save our Heath Lands (SOHL) organised the session at Charing ...
LENHAM HEATH: Residents organise walk over Lib Dem council's 5,000 homes plan
RESIDENTS opposed to Maidstone Borough Council's plan to build 5,000 houses at Lenham Heath will hold a walk later this month. Pressure group Save Our Heath Lands have organised the ramble to ...
VICTORY: Community campaign dumps Lib Dem council's 14-storey tower block plan
RESIDENTS and community leaders last night successfully blocked council plans to to build a 14-storey block of flats at The Broadway shopping centre in Maidstone. The controversial scheme, promoted ...