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New pub boss welcomes bid for 40-home estate on doorstep
20 August 2024The man leading the relaunch of a 17th century pub in Kent has welcomed plans for a residential development on neighbouring land.
100 possible ‘grey belt’ plots identified in Kent for housing
19 August 2024There may be 100 likely sites of ‘grey belt’ land in Kent that could be suitable for housing development, suggests a report, but where are they?
‘Blame developers not Nimbys for housing shortage’
15 August 2024Labour will not solve the housing crisis just by setting new house-building targets, a councillor has warned.
‘Stunning’ 200-year-old building to be converted into social homes
13 August 2024The new owners of a historic customs house building which will become 27 homes have revealed their plans to convert it into social housing.
‘Neighbour’s extension is so big it blocks the sun’
13 August 2024Neighbours are engaged in a year-long dispute to reduce the height of a bungalow extension described as looking like “a prison wall”.
Traffic lights installed at key junction
12 August 2024Work to install another set of traffic lights on a busy link road has been completed.
Exclusive town hotel on market for more than £3m
10 August 2024A top hotel is up for sale for £3.4 million as its owner plans to live a slower pace of life tending to olive trees up an Italian mountain.
Town told to increase house building by 10%
08 August 2024Labour’s plan to increase housing targets by 10% in one borough has been described as a ‘slap in the face’ by its MP.
‘They don't need to build a wetland here - it already floods!’
06 August 2024Fearful residents say ongoing flooding in their neighbourhood could worsen if proposals for a new wetland are given the nod.
Demolition phase complete for multi-million pound regeneration project
05 August 2024The building of 119 homes and four commercial units will get under way after the demolition phase of the multi-million pound project was completed.
Empty town centre offices could be converted into housing
04 August 2024Five units in a purpose-built office block, that have been vacant for two years, could be converted to make 15 homes.
How planning target overhaul could affect the Towns
30 July 2024Changes to housing targets announced by Angela Rayner could see the housebuilding goal for one part of Kent rise to nearly 35,000 homes.
‘I just feel like an outsider now’: Why residents fear for future of picturesque village
30 July 2024Neighbours living in a picturesque part of Kent earmarked for scores of new homes say they are starting to feel like outsiders in their own village.
Is this Kent’s poshest home?
29 July 2024With a croquet lawn, two swimming pools and a wine cellar, it doesn’t get much more upmarket than this.
Developer facing battle to build ‘Grand Designs’ home in Kent countryside
29 July 2024An ambitious developer has been left disappointed by local opposition to his plans for a “carbon-free” Grand Designs-style home.
The 10 parts of Kent where house prices are falling
29 July 2024New figures reveal the cost of the average home has fallen in all but three of Kent and Medway’s districts over the last 12 months.
Historic convent could be knocked down and turned into huge new care home
28 July 2024A historic convent will be knocked down to make way for a huge three-storey care home if controversial new plans are approved.
Plans for 115 homes next to busy roundabout approved
23 July 2024A new estate will be sandwiched between two main roads and near an expanding roundabout after the housing proposals were given the go ahead.
‘People are being priced out’: Where £1m home sales in Kent have boomed
23 July 2024Exclusive: Figures reveal where sales of luxury homes in Kent have tripled amid an influx of cash-rich Londoners - sparking fears of gentrification.
Council leader says Labour is ‘silent’ on housebuilding plans
22 July 2024The leader of the county’s largest local authority has accused the government of falling silent over its plans to build more than one million homes.
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