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Airbnb owners will need planning permission in holiday home crackdown

Second home owners wanting to use properties as holiday lets will have to gain planning permission in a bid to tackle housing issues in tourist towns.

All Kent News Business News Kent News Tourism & Hospitality Whitstable

How do you solve the house building crisis in Kent?

We take a look at the housing dilemma facing the county in the run up to the local elections.

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Business News Construction & Housing Homes News Kent Politics

Pub expansion for burger dads who started business in back garden

Two dads who started flipping burgers in their back garden before selling them at festivals are expanding the business to a popular pub.

Business News Eat Shop Drink Food and Drink Isle of Sheppey Kent Sittingbourne Tourism & Hospitality

Plan for 450 farmland homes back on table

Controversial plans to build hundreds of homes at an idyllic beauty spot have resurfaced.

Construction & Housing Homes News Kent Medway News

Fears for loss of green belt in new development bid

Protesters fear the loss of a green gap on the edge of a village once nearly 50 houses and care home are built as final details go before councillors.

Construction & Housing Deal News

Flooding hotspot to be filled in £12million town centre revamp

A subway which is often unusable due to flooding will be filled in as part of a regeneration project to improve access to a town.

Construction & Housing Dartford

Popular lunch spot moves to bigger home

A town centre bakery has re-opened after a month having moved to a new shop just a few doors away.

Ashford Business News Eat Shop Drink Food and Drink Tourism & Hospitality

'A six-month road closure is the last thing our pub needs'

A landlord and landlady fear the closure of a main route for six months to enable water works could kill off trade at their village pub.

Business News Food and Drink Human Interest Kent Maidstone Tourism & Hospitality Traffic and Travel Weald

Former Michelin star restaurant on sale for £3m

A Georgian manor house which is home to one of Kent's best known restaurants has been put up for sale for £3 million.

Business News Faversham Food and Drink Homes News Kent Tourism & Hospitality

Pub bosses to flog lifetime of treasures ahead of departure

The bosses of an historic pub are selling off a wealth of items for customers wanting a souvenir of fond memories.

Business News Eat Shop Drink Food and Drink Kent News Tourism & Hospitality Whitstable

Seafront development 'will be ditched' if council changes hands

Controversial plans for seaside homes and leisure centre will get the boot if a new party takes control after next month's elections.

Business News Construction & Housing Folkestone Hythe Kent Politics Romney Marsh

More delays as hated roadworks to last a year

Hated roadworks which were only supposed to last six months are set to end next month, a year after they started, with yet another setback.

Ashford Kent Traffic and Travel Transport Transport & Logistics

Baby boutique to open third store

A couple who launched a baby clothing store named after their daughter are set to open a third shop in less than a year.

Business News Dartford Gravesham Human Interest Kent Maidstone News Retail & Manufacturing Retail & Wholesale

‘The computer algorithm sacked me from my delivery job’

A cycle courier says he has had his contract delivering for a takeaway app terminated by a machine after inaccuracies with the company's GPS signals.

Dartford Kent Tourism & Hospitality

Village pub suddenly shuts after landlords 'financially drown'

Punters have been left in shock after landlords of a pub called time describing their decision due to the fact they were bleeding cash.

Faversham Kent People & Employment Sittingbourne

Family pub taken over by working midwives

Two midwives have delivered their own life-long dream of becoming pub landladies.

Bexley and Bromley Business News Food and Drink Tourism & Hospitality

American burger joint could open first Kent branch

A fast food chain offering a 'true taste of America' is looking to open its first branch in the county.

Business News Food and Drink Kent Medway Retail & Wholesale

Owner surprises herself by launching town's first bubble tea shop

A bubble tea shop owner says she's amazed herself by setting up a first store as she never expected to be bringing the craze to the town.

Business News Dover Kent People & Employment

Seaside chippy 'spiced up' with new bar vision

A popular fish and chips restaurant on the beach has undergone a makeover with new owners and fresh ideas.

Business News Food and Drink Isle of Sheppey Kent Tourism & Hospitality

Lidl plans given green light

Plans for a new budget supermarket have been approved at a planning committee meeting.

Business News Kent Medway Retail & Manufacturing

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