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18th September 2020M20 DISRUPTION: After Op Stack - even more trouble on the motorway
THERE is to be more disruption to the M20 next week for roadworks between September 21 and 24. It affects most the London and coast bound lanes. This week, drivers were subjected to Operation Stack ...
14th September 2020PETITION: Housing protest urges residents to say Enough is Enough
ONE of the architects behind the camapign opposing a 4,000 home "garden community" at Lenham has started a petition challenging local housing quotas. Kate Hammond, a leading light with ...
Lockmeadow Market manager Richard Feakins 'miffed' to lose job
THE former manager of the council-run Lockmeadow Market has spoken of his disappointment at losing his job. Richard Feakins (52) was in post for only 15 months and left on July 31. Although Mr ...
Borough council says sorry to couple plagued with CCTV crime calls
A MAIDSTONE couple have been plagued for six years by callers who think they are ringing a council-run CCTV crime prevention scheme. Despite reporting the problem to Maidstone Borough Council on ...
CLOSING: Pizza Hut in The Mall will shut in 2021 - details
THE Pizza Hut in the Mall in Maidstone is to shut as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The chain has set its sights on the closure of 29 outlets across its UK portfolio with the loss of up to 450 ...
HOUSING: Council in race against time to prevent 'near doubling' of homes demand
MAIDSTONE faces a race against time to prevent the "near doubling" of Government-imposed housing targets, it emerged today. When the Maidstone Borough Council Local Plan was adopted in ...
BREAKING: Furious cabbies defeat cycle route rank move - details
TAXI drivers have successfully prevented their town centre cab rank being relocated to another street to make way for a cycle route - a move they claimed which could have disadvantaged the ...
Cross-party councillors reject unelected officers' powers on planning decisions
BOROUGH councillors last night voted to remove powers of unelected planning officers to refer applications to another committee when they have been refused by elected members. The move follows a ...
EXCLUSIVE: Plans to double Fleming House bail hostel places - details
A BAIL hostel in Maidstone is set to double its capacity if plans just submitted are passed, Daily Downs Mail has learnt. The "approved premises" located in the north of the town is run ...
LATEST: Plan for 80 flats on former Somerfield Hospital site
THE former Somerfield Hospital in Maidstone is to be converted into flats, Downs Mail has learnt. The Even Group, the developers, plan to knock down an adjacent building in London Rd for an ...