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Loss of office space could cost jobs

Loss of office space could cost jobs

09 December 2017

Changes to planning rules allowing offices to be converted into flats are forcing businesses to look elsewhere to set up shop.

Buy-to-let investors 'swallowing unpleasant cocktail'

Buy-to-let investors 'swallowing unpleasant cocktail'

08 December 2017

The chief executive of the county’s largest buy-to-let lender has attacked government policy for squeezing the income of amateur landlords.

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An inconvenience truth: Hopes for store dashed

An inconvenience truth: Hopes for store dashed

07 December 2017

People’s hopes of having a shop they were promised before buying their homes were dashed following a government ruling.

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Development consultants announced

Development consultants announced

07 December 2017

The lead consultants for a multi-million pound scheme have been appointed.

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Supreme Court stops scheme for 600-plus homes

Supreme Court stops scheme for 600-plus homes

06 December 2017

Plans to build hundreds of homes on a beauty spot have been stopped in a court ruling.

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Housebuilder looks to boom after bust

Housebuilder looks to boom after bust

06 December 2017

Countryside will ramp up development in Kent over the next five years and insists it can expand towards the east as the sector makes up for lost time.

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It's not over yet for Woodcut

It's not over yet for Woodcut

05 December 2017

The Campaign to Protect Rural England has lodged papers to begin a legal challenge over Maidstone's Local Plan.

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Prospect of planes softens opposition groups

Prospect of planes softens opposition groups

05 December 2017

Plans to include a heritage runway among up to 4,000 homes may be winning round some who want aviation to stay at the former Manston airport.

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Views sought on Britain's biggest solar farm

Views sought on Britain's biggest solar farm

05 December 2017

The first stage of a consultation to cover 890 acres of Kent farmland in solar panels begins today.

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Developers rue 'missed opportunity'

Developers rue 'missed opportunity'

04 December 2017

Housebuilders believe the Chancellor’s measures to boost the housing market will amount to nothing unless he makes it easier for them to do their job.

Office and industrial plan gets green light

Office and industrial plan gets green light

30 November 2017

Councillors have approved an outline application for office, warehouse and light industrial development on a controversial site.

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Housing plans on show for ex-Christian school

Housing plans on show for ex-Christian school

30 November 2017

Plans to redevelop a former study centre for the Franciscan religious order will go on display for the first time next week.

Council deputy resigns over building policy

Council deputy resigns over building policy

29 November 2017

A deputy council leader has stepped down from the cabinet in protest to plans to build on greenbelt land in his borough.

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Local Plan could face legal challenge

Local Plan could face legal challenge

28 November 2017

The Campaign to Protect Rural England has warned it intends to seek a Judicial Review over the inclusion of a site in council blueprints for housing.

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Go-ahead for 300 homes

Go-ahead for 300 homes

27 November 2017

Work is due to start on 300 homes after plans were approved by councillors.

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Land deal paves way for house building

Land deal paves way for house building

26 November 2017

Construction is due to start on more than 100 homes early next year after developers bought a plot of land for £10 million.

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Build even more homes? That's 'barmy'

Build even more homes? That's 'barmy'

24 November 2017

A council leader has condemned potential government house-building targets, labelling them "impossible".

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Housing plans cut down to size

Housing plans cut down to size

24 November 2017

Controversial plans for a massive development in Swanley town centre have been crushed by councillors.

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Nearly 5,000 empty homes in Kent

Nearly 5,000 empty homes in Kent

24 November 2017

Thousands of properties are lying empty in the county as councils come under government pressure to build more homes.

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New homes plan for site of destroyed pub

New homes plan for site of destroyed pub

22 November 2017

Developers have put forward new plans to build on the site of a pub which was illegally demolished.

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