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Plans for up to 106 new homes are due to be considered by a Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council planning committee this evening.
The proposed scheme, which would be built on land at Allington south west of the A20 London Road, would feature a mix of terraced, semi-detached and detached houses. Access to the development would be via the existing residential road of Castor Park.
It is proposed that 40% of the properties in the scheme would be classed as affordable housing.
The site of the potential new housing forms part of a wider allocation of land set out in the draft local plan for a development of around 1,000 homes, along with provision for a new primary school and other improvements to local infrastructure.
Planning permission has already been granted for a development of up to 840 homes on land to the north across the railway line on land known as Whitepost Field.
The plans for the site off Castor Park are objected to by Aylesford Parish Council, which says building in this location will further erode the separation between the various individual communities north of Maidstone.
It also points to the increase in traffic on nearby roads, and the risk of increased air pollution from increased numbers of vehicles in the area.
As part of the access road lies within the boundaries of Maidstone Borough Council, no work can commence until both councils have given planning permission for the development.
