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Spot the difference! Junction revamp 'a waste of money'

27 February 2023
Spot the difference! Junction revamp 'a waste of money'

Work to improve a junction to help it cope with extra traffic from a large housing development has been branded a waste of time and money.

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Stop on 900-home plan that would dwarf village

26 February 2023
Stop on 900-home plan that would dwarf village

National Highways has delayed a huge development by several months due to concerns about its impact on two motorways.

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Boys on bikes are 'danger to shoppers'

24 February 2023
Boys on bikes are 'danger to shoppers'

A council says it is powerless to act over fears of dangerous cyclists if the offenders are under age.

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Council staff wages to rise by 8% as taxpayers charged maximum increase

24 February 2023
Council staff wages to rise by 8% as taxpayers charged maximum increase

A borough council is diverting money from its affordable housing fund to pay staff more.

Yob guilty in gang attack on young girls in park

24 February 2023
Yob guilty in gang attack on young girls in park

A teenage boy has admitted his part in a horror attack on three young girls inside a notorious town centre park.

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Council 'cannot afford' £90m for new leisure centre

23 February 2023
Council 'cannot afford' £90m for new leisure centre

Users of a 53-year-old leisure centre will have to accept only minor improvements to the decaying building for at least the next eight years.

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Major flats plan amended due to fire risks

22 February 2023
Major flats plan amended due to fire risks

A housing developer has redrawn plans for hundreds of homes after concerns were raised by the fire service over the number of staircases.

Councils to drop use of Chinese surveillance cameras

22 February 2023
Councils to drop use of Chinese surveillance cameras

Some councils in Kent are cutting links to a Chinese technology firm over its alleged links with the suppression of the Muslim Uyghur minority.

King Tut lends helping hand to hospice

21 February 2023
King Tut lends helping hand to hospice

A special exhibition is being held by a descendant of famous archaeologist Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, in aid of a hospice.

Inspector to have final say over controversial 950 homes plan

17 February 2023
Inspector to have final say over controversial 950 homes plan

A developer wants to bypass local planners and have a government inspector decide its homes application – a move the council has branded as 'unfair'.

Neighbours' anger over 'bungalow-sized' mobile home plan

16 February 2023
Neighbours' anger over 'bungalow-sized' mobile home plan

Plans to erect a large mobile home in the garden of a listed property have angered neighbours who have likened the building to a two-bed bungalow.

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Period property earmarked for flats

15 February 2023
Period property earmarked for flats

A Grade II listed building once home to a hotel and later a local law firm looks set to be given a lease of life.

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'We will produce 18 million litres of water every day'

12 February 2023
'We will produce 18 million litres of water every day'

A proposed water treatment plant will help support new housing in Kent.

Plan to turn town's 'second ugliest' building into flats

12 February 2023
Plan to turn town's 'second ugliest' building into flats

A '60s office block which dominates a Kent town centre looks set to be partially converted into apartments.

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'Concrete jungle' rural town to get 1,160 more homes

10 February 2023
'Concrete jungle' rural town to get 1,160 more homes

Residents have expressed their fears after yet more plans for thousands of new homes on former agricultural land were revealed.

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Name needed for retirement complex on eyesore garage site

09 February 2023
Name needed for retirement complex on eyesore garage site

A developer is inviting villagers to suggest a name for its new retirement home complex being built on the site of a former petrol station.

'Now we have ridges instead of potholes'

09 February 2023
'Now we have ridges instead of potholes'

A council's pothole repair job was so "shoddy" locals thought fed-up neighbours had filled them in themselves.

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Boarded-up pub bought by property developer

09 February 2023
Boarded-up pub bought by property developer

A town centre pub owned by Shepherd Neame has sold its last pint, with speculation it is to be turned into housing.

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'HMO plans could jeopardise quiet, family area'

09 February 2023
'HMO plans could jeopardise quiet, family area'

More than 60 protesters turned out to oppose proposals to turn a large home into a 10-bed house in multiple occupation.

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Hundreds of homes near completion

08 February 2023
Hundreds of homes near completion

More than 100 homes are nearing completion and are being offered for sale at a new housing development.

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