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£34 million leisure centre project approved

01 February 2022
£34 million leisure centre project approved

Plans to replace an ageing leisure centre have been given the go ahead.

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Vandal-hit car park to reopen without ticket machines

31 January 2022
Vandal-hit car park to reopen without ticket machines

An abandoned town centre car park is to reopen as a cashless pilot in May with automatic number-plate recognition cameras.

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Next steps in controversial development are approved

27 January 2022
Next steps in controversial development are approved

Councillors have narrowly approved storm drains and a substation at a seafront development despite environmental objections from locals.

New shopfront to stay despite 'lacking finesse'

20 January 2022
New shopfront to stay despite 'lacking finesse'

A shop will be allowed to keep its new frontage despite planning officers claiming it lacks “finesse”.

Plans for Tim Horton's first Kent branch approved

19 January 2022
Plans for Tim Horton's first Kent branch approved

Plans for a new Tim Hortons fast food restaurant and drive-thru have been approved.

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Former petrol station to be demolished for retirement village

11 January 2022
Former petrol station to be demolished for retirement village

Plans have been unveiled to transform a former petrol station site into a retirement village.

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Plans revealed to redraw political map in Kent boroughs

05 January 2022
Plans revealed to redraw political map in Kent boroughs

The battle lines in several council areas across the county will be redrawn this year with authorities seeing a drop in the number of councillors.

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Care home and hospital beds plan approved

30 December 2021
Care home and hospital beds plan approved

A care home and plans for extra hospital beds has been approved by councillors three years after it was first submitted.

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Hospital gets greenlight for new mental health ward

21 December 2021
Hospital gets greenlight for new mental health ward

Plans for a new mental health ward have been approved, despite one councillor describing it as "soul destroying".

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Safer measures at bar after drink spiking incidents

21 December 2021
Safer measures at bar after drink spiking incidents

A bar has implemented new and improved CCTV, drink covers and more door staff after several customers have had their drinks spiked.

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Kent Police to sell playing field for housing

20 December 2021
Kent Police to sell playing field for housing

A housing application has been passed despite fears of rat-running and overcrowding.

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'Hare-brained new cycle route is unnecessary and dangerous'

16 December 2021
'Hare-brained new cycle route is unnecessary and dangerous'

Councillors have warned a new cycle route scheme on a busy main road - to give priority to people walking and cycling - is ill-conceived and unsafe.

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'Vibrant' 90-room motel plans approved

10 December 2021
'Vibrant' 90-room motel plans approved

A brightly coloured motel on one of Kent's docks has been given the green light despite concerns it is too vibrant.

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Poverty recommendations for town criticised

06 December 2021
Poverty recommendations for town criticised

Efforts to tackle poverty in part of Kent have been watered down by the council’s cabinet, according to its poverty taskforce.

New rules after popular music festival site receives hundreds of complaints

03 December 2021
New rules after popular music festival site receives hundreds of complaints

A noisy music festival site in Kent is to follow a new sound management plan after several hundred complaints were made against it.

Sporting stars lined up to open £20m leisure centre

02 December 2021
Sporting stars lined up to open £20m leisure centre

Olympic champions and a top athlete are being lined up to open a brand new leisure centre replacing the 1960s complex.

Town's cable car project looking unlikely

29 November 2021
Town's cable car project looking unlikely

Plans for a town's cable car, which have been in the works for over a decade, are being scrapped for the time being.

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Cinema redevelopment pushed back

26 November 2021
Cinema redevelopment pushed back

Plans to convert a 1930s cinema into flats have been delayed again.

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Museum receives 'very generous' donation

18 November 2021
Museum receives 'very generous' donation

Councillors voted unanimously to approve plans this week which will see its archaeological display updated.

Underground car park 'won't make cliff unstable'

16 November 2021
Underground car park 'won't make cliff unstable'

Plans to build a three-storey block of flats on a cliff-top are going before councillors again this week - after concerns were raised over stability.

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