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Plans for a new market to revitalise a town are on hold, as is as a decision to relocate a council’s HQ.
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A storage facility once owned by JC Rooks & Sons, a well-known Kent firm which went into administration, will be turned into a taxi repair workshop.
A district has laid out its blueprint for building more than 10,000 homes in the coming decades, with many earmarked for protected greenbelt land.
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A retired eye surgeon who has spent 10 years trying to bring an old telephone exchange back into use has had her plans rejected for a fourth time.
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A housebuilding giant is being forced to tear down an “alien” sales cabin erected without planning permission at a Kent beauty spot.
Opponents to plans for 110 new homes in a village say promises of a medical centre are being used as a lever to get permission.
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Residents have been left in tears at the sight of a “monolith” block of flats built behind their homes – that looks nothing like the approved scheme.
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An industrial estate is set for a huge expansion, including a new McDonald’s, amid concerns the site will attract anti-social behaviour.
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A council has been accused of being “champagne socialists” for voting to increase their allowances by 10%.
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A popular park blighted by anti-social behaviour and ailing facilities is set for a long-anticipated revamp thanks to campaigners.
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The new boss of a butchers’ shop says he’s made big improvements – after inspectors found staff using “graffiti removal fluid” to clean surfaces.
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A move to pause major housebuilding projects across a district has been defeated at a fiery meeting which drew heckles from angered spectators.
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A “miserable” sports ground plagued by vandalism and asbestos could be revamped following mounting pressure from campaigners.
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A council has called for the government to step in and help amid a GP shortage which has left towns and villages ‘grappling’ for healthcare.
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A proposed development of 105 homes and a ‘state-of-the-art’ GP surgery has been billed as a ‘community extension’ of a village in east Kent.
A developer presented plans to residents but now an application has been sent to the council the number proposed has been cut back by 20%.
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A corner shop has surrendered its alcohol licence after reports drink was sold to children and illegal vapes were seized on-site.
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A debt-ridden NHS trust which serves 70,000 patients in Kent is to hold talks over its finances, where it will discuss “tough decisions.”
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Flats on a former hospital site have been approved, despite a move to increase the height of the main building by two metres.
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Police want to revoke a corner shop’s alcohol licence after reports it was sold to children and 86 illegal vapes were seized from the premises.
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