Helen Grant will meet with Southern Water bosses to discuss sewage problems in the Weald next month.

The MP for Maidstone and the Weald has called the meeting, which will take place on Wednesday, November 12, after residents told her they were concerned by regular flooding, particularly in Marden and Staplehurst.

Toilets often become blocked and surface level floodwater is often contaminated with sewage.

Mrs Grant wrote to Matthew Wright, chief executive of Southern Water, last week to raise the issues.

She sad: “Marden has been suffering a sewage management problem for over thirty years, as pointed out to me by longstanding Parish Councillor Dorothy Reed.

“This is a problem that I am determined to try and resolve across our Wealden villages.
I am delighted that the Chief Executive of Southern Water has heeded my call and I am looking forward to our meeting.”

Other delegates will come from Maidstone Borough Council and Marden Parish Council.