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Parking charges for country parks to start next month

07 August 2024
Parking charges for country parks to start next month

Visitors to country parks will need to pay for parking from next month as council looks to introduce charges.

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Margins for riverside regeneration flats too thin for affordable housing, say developers

02 August 2024
Margins for riverside regeneration flats too thin for affordable housing, say developers

A shipyard subjected to a spate of arson attacks could be transformed into a riverside development - but no discounted properties will be available.

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New £15m high street ‘health hub’ gets sign off

31 July 2024
New £15m high street ‘health hub’ gets sign off

Plans to convert part of a shopping centre into a healthy living centre has been signed off and will be named after a public health chief.

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How planning target overhaul could affect the Towns

30 July 2024
How planning target overhaul could affect the Towns

Changes to housing targets announced by Angela Rayner could see the housebuilding goal for one part of Kent rise to nearly 35,000 homes.

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Decision to be taken on £1m new home for children with learning difficulties

30 July 2024
Decision to be taken on £1m new home for children with learning difficulties

A 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 2024
Tenders out for £35m bid to refurbish office block for flats

Plans to refurbish a disused town centre office block have taken a step forward as contracts are put out for its £35million tender.

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Council on course for £16m overspend

24 July 2024
Council on course for £16m overspend

A cash-strapped council already facing significant financial pressures is on course to spend more than it can budget for.

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Council votes to back ‘WASPI women’ pension compensation campaign

23 July 2024
Council votes to back ‘WASPI women’ pension compensation campaign

A council has voted unanimously to support a motion calling on the new Labour government to compensate women impacted by changes to pension rules.

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Young people’s ‘care experience’ to be ‘protected’ in council decision-making

22 July 2024
Young people’s ‘care experience’ to be ‘protected’ in council decision-making

A council has become the first in Kent to recognise experience within the care system as a protected characteristic when making decisions.

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‘Undercover’ police patrols to combat nighttime assaults on women

22 July 2024
‘Undercover’ police patrols to combat nighttime assaults on women

Plans to make several towns safer for women and girls, including by using plain-clothes officers to reduce assaults, have been approved.

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All aboard! Plans for new boat tours dock unveiled

20 July 2024
All aboard! Plans for new boat tours dock unveiled

River boat tours could be set to return to a tourist town as part of proposals to erect a new docking station.

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Kent Politics Podcast: Tory MP on where party went wrong

19 July 2024
Kent Politics Podcast: Tory MP on where party went wrong

Kent’s only new Conservative MP has lifted the lid on what lessons should be learned from her party’s disastrous general election showing.

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Free bus travel for kids this summer

17 July 2024
Free bus travel for kids this summer

Children will be able to ride the bus for free in part of Kent this summer thanks to a government-funded scheme.

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Motorists face ANPR camera influx to combat towns’ ‘mish-mash enforcement’

17 July 2024
Motorists face ANPR camera influx to combat towns’ ‘mish-mash enforcement’

Plans to add more cameras to several towns to catch motorists flouting traffic rules have been welcomed despite claims they’re purely to “make money”.

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Kent council to start charging for extra garden and food waste

16 July 2024
Kent council to start charging for extra garden and food waste

A council has approved plans to bring in charges for those who bin more than others.

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Major housing and infrastructure plan set for public scrutiny

15 July 2024
Major housing and infrastructure plan set for public scrutiny

Residents in one of the fastest growing parts of Kent are being asked their views on its “blueprint for the future”.

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‘Undercover’ police could patrol streets in new plan to combat nighttime assaults on women

09 July 2024
‘Undercover’ police could patrol streets in new plan to combat nighttime assaults on women

A council is considering plans to draft in more plainclothes police officers to step in and prevent assaults on women and girls on nights out.

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Clean sweep for Labour in Medway Towns

04 July 2024
Clean sweep for Labour in Medway Towns

Labour has emerged victorious in Rochester and Strood as the party cleans up all three seats in the Medway Towns.

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Labour take key ‘battleground’ seat

04 July 2024
Labour take key ‘battleground’ seat

The Labour party has ousted the Tories in Gillingham and Rainham as it marches on to number 10.

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New dawn beckons as Labour captures key seat

04 July 2024
New dawn beckons as Labour captures key seat

Labour have gained another seat in the Medway Towns as they take Chatham and Aylesford which had been held by the Tories since 2010.

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