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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 ...
14th July 2020MP HELEN GRANT: Maidstone's huge housing targets - date set for protest meeting
BY MP Helen Grant (MP for Maidstone and The Weald) Aside from the all-encompassing omnipresence of Brexit and Covid-19 these last few months, the single biggest issue raised with me by the people ...
OTHAM 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A SECOND member of the borough council committee which could refuse a controversial planning application in Otham has withdrawn from a crunch meeting next Monday.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 ...
Who is to blame for mystery Mote Park sewage stench?
USERS of Mote Park have complained of a strong smell of human waste leading to the borough council asking the relevant authority to investigate. Daily Downs Mail readers rang in to report the bad ...
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 ...
MP HELEN WHATELY: Reopening Kent's tourism industry
BY MP HELEN WHATELY (MP forFaversham and Mid Kent) This weekend should have been the Kent County Show. Prize winning cherries, sheep shearing competitions, and tractor parades. ...