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Big businesses are lending their support to a scheme which hopes to transform an old train carriage into a community café.
A Kent council has agreed to buy 42 homes on a new estate in a bid to cut the number of people waiting for social housing in the district.
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After almost a month of bin strikes and recycling being sent to landfill to keep up with collections, workers and the authority remain at a stalemate.
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A Kent council has approved plans to reopen a disused Park and Ride site in the face of accusations it is “gambling with residents’ money”.
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People have submitted objections to plans for a 5G mast over health fears.
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A council has sold off a former brickworks site earmarked for the 77 homes, despite the project being in the pipeline for years.
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A council has been accused of “punishing poverty” after planning to renew an order for the town centre.
Proposals to put a temporary pause on major housebuilding across a district is being discussed amid fears the local infrastructure is “overwhelmed”.
Councillors have clashed over proposals bring back a park and ride site, previously mothballed by the last administration.
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A council could increase in size by 25% at the next election despite concerns it will cost taxpayers an extra £100,000 per year.
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Council chiefs will scrap controversial plans to divide a city’s traffic into zones to make way for a new “bus-first strategy”.
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Drinks giant Chapel Down has secured permission for a huge new winery, after a major setback thanks to a legal fight.
A Labour borough councillor has lost the local party whip after attending a screening of a controversial film about the former leader.
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Striking refuse workers insist they remain “at an impasse” after almost three weeks of industrial action.
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Plans for new homes and a village hall on agricultural land have been approved.
A council has approved plans to build 37 homes on empty land, despite pleas from residents, who fear their village is morphing into a town.
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Refuse workers have told councillors how their rubbish is “piling up” too, but their wages leave them struggling to put food on the table.
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A train carriage is to be transformed into a cafe at a school where pupils will be taught hospitality skills so they can serve visitors.
Ever since the pandemic, protesters have been waving yellow placards in a number of Kent towns. But who are these “rebels on roundabouts”?
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A council has agreed to pay an extra £1.2million to extend its current waste collection service ahead of refuse workers going on strike.
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