Local Policies for a Sustainable Maidstone
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20 July 2023 / 20 July 2023 by Stuart Jeffery
Local Greens are delighted that Maidstone Borough Council acknowledged that the River Medway has rights and that they need to consider these rights when they make decisions. The motion to the full Council meeting was proposed by the Greens who were pleased with the outcome despite some amendments being made. Cllr Stuart Jeffery, Green Party: […]
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30 June 2023 / 30 June 2023 by
Green Party campaigner, Rachel Rodwell, has welcomed the new campaigning by the Woodland Trust against the expansion of Hermitage Quarry in Barming and has handed in a petition of over 400 signatures to KCC. Green Rachel Rodwell said, “There is an ecological emergency unfolding around us yet KCC and Gallaghers seem to think it is […]
24 June 2023 / 24 June 2023 by
Maidstone Greens have welcomed the news that the Nu-Venture Bus 78 has been resurrected and now cover the number 8 route between Queens Road, Barming, Upper Fant Road and Maidstone Town Centre. Green Cllr Stuart Jeffery had been in contact with local bus companies and KCC chiefs to try to stop the closure. The service […]
We are dismayed to hear that The Hermitage Quarry, off Hermitage Lane, could be expanded by a further 96 hectares, to allow its operators, Gallagher Aggregates Ltd, to extract a further 20 million tonnes of ragstone. We must not lose any more ancient woodland or farmland, particularly for a quarry extracting stone that we don’t […]
5 June 2023 / 5 June 2023 by Stuart Jeffery
Following the sad news of the death of Cllr Dan Daley, Maidstone Green Party have announced that Cllr Stuart Jeffery will be the Green Party’s candidate for the Maidstone Central division on Kent County Council. The election is on 6th July. Cllr Stuart Jeffery said, “I am delighted to have been chosen to contest this […]
22 May 2023 / 22 May 2023 by Stuart Jeffery
A petition to save the Tovil recycling centre started by Green Party campaigner for Coxheath, Claire Kehily, has attracted over 700 signatures in its first two days showing the strength of feeling that the centre must not close. Data show that Maidstone already has a high level of fly tipping and the Greens are concerned […]
11 May 2023 / 11 May 2023 by
Maidstone Green Party campaigner, Rachel Rodwell, has become increasingly concerned about antisocial behaviour on the river with people dangerously using ribs and dinghies, threatening other river users and firing catapults at wildlife. Rachel has been working with local services to improve the safety. Green Rachel Rodwell: “Over the past weeks, I have been involved with […]
11 May 2023 / 11 May 2023 by Stuart Jeffery
Green Councillor, Stuart Jeffery, has accused KCC of putting savings before safety after the lack of subway lights in Maidstone hit their six month anniversary. Cllr Stuart Jeffery, Green Party: “While we can all see the dire state that KCC are in, made blindingly obvious by the state of our roads, I am really quite […]
Last week’s elections were tremendous. Green Councillors Derek Eagle (Sutton Valence and Langley) and Stephen Thompson (Detling and Thurnham) joined me on Maidstone Borough Council and we will be working with three like minded independent councillors too. We had very near misses in Marden and Yalding where Mick Summersgill’s 35% was just 5% behind the […]
11 April 2023 / 11 April 2023 by
Maidstone Greens will be hoping to build on last years election success at the upcoming Maidstone Borough Council Elections on May 4th. This time we will be fielding 16 candidates across 18 seats, and endorsing the Independent candidates in the other 2 wards. For the latest information, including details of who is standing in your […]
