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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.
Decision to be taken on £1m new home for children with learning difficulties
30 July 2024A council is set to consider plans to set up a children’s home for youngsters with complex needs using government cash.
Tenders out for £35m bid to refurbish office block for flats
30 July 2024Plans to refurbish a disused town centre office block have taken a step forward as contracts are put out for its £35million tender.
‘It’s not a winery, it’s a vinicultural Disneyland’
28 July 2024A group of residents are gearing up to fight against revised plans for an “enormous” winery they fear will do irreparable harm to the countryside.
Council on course for £16m overspend
24 July 2024A cash-strapped council already facing significant financial pressures is on course to spend more than it can budget for.
Parents urge government to back ‘much-needed’ special needs school
24 July 2024Plans to build a special needs secondary school have been blocked and sent to the secretary of state over the loss of playing fields.
Council votes to back ‘WASPI women’ pension compensation campaign
23 July 2024A council has voted unanimously to support a motion calling on the new Labour government to compensate women impacted by changes to pension rules.
Young people’s ‘care experience’ to be ‘protected’ in council decision-making
22 July 2024A council has become the first in Kent to recognise experience within the care system as a protected characteristic when making decisions.
‘Undercover’ police patrols to combat nighttime assaults on women
22 July 2024Plans to make several towns safer for women and girls, including by using plain-clothes officers to reduce assaults, have been approved.
All aboard! Plans for new boat tours dock unveiled
20 July 2024River boat tours could be set to return to a tourist town as part of proposals to erect a new docking station.
Free bus travel for kids this summer
17 July 2024Children will be able to ride the bus for free in part of Kent this summer thanks to a government-funded scheme.
Motorists face ANPR camera influx to combat towns’ ‘mish-mash enforcement’
17 July 2024Plans to add more cameras to several towns to catch motorists flouting traffic rules have been welcomed despite claims they’re purely to “make money”.
Multi-million pound leisure centre officially opened
16 July 2024A new £23.65 million family sports and leisure centre is officially open.
Kent council to start charging for extra garden and food waste
16 July 2024A council has approved plans to bring in charges for those who bin more than others.
Major housing and infrastructure plan set for public scrutiny
15 July 2024Residents in one of the fastest growing parts of Kent are being asked their views on its “blueprint for the future”.
War vet ‘hounded for months’ by gas company after meter reading mishap
13 July 2024An ex-member of the armed forces says he was continually “chased” by British Gas to pay an inaccurate bill.
‘Undercover’ police could patrol streets in new plan to combat nighttime assaults on women
09 July 2024A council is considering plans to draft in more plainclothes police officers to step in and prevent assaults on women and girls on nights out.
‘We need everyone’s involvement’: Blueprint for housing to be unveiled
09 July 2024Thousands of homes could be built on rural land as part of a plan to reshape the look of a conurbation over the next few decades.
Council reshuffles cabinet after Labour’s election success
09 July 2024A council has made changes to its cabinet after seeing three of its members take up new postings at Westminster.
Revised flats and ‘unsafe’ junction improvement plan to face public scrutiny
09 July 2024A revised plan to revitalise a rundown part of a historic town centre and improve a dangerous road junction is to go on display.
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