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Residents want 20mph in Maidstone
Maidstone Green Party campaigner, Stuart Jeffery is to present a petition, signed by almost every household in the road, to the Maidstone Joint Transportation Board this afternoon calling for a 20mph speed limit on Bower Mount Road and its surrounding streets. Stuart Jeffery said, “This is a surprisingly busy and fast road connecting London Road […]
Draft Local Plan fails on all accounts
Maidstone Greens have called for the consultation on the Local Plan to be scrapped and restarted in their submission to the Council. They point to a variety of deep concerns that question the legality and validity of the draft Local Plan as well as the failure of the consultation to be accessible to all people […]
Gridlock and worsening pollution with end of park and ride
With the announcement of the closure of Maidstone’s Park and Ride service, local Greens have issued a stark warning about congestion and air pollution increasing and have called for the Park and Ride funding to be used to provide real alternatives to travel by car. Stuart Jeffery, Maidstone Green Party, “It is frustrating to hear […]
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Flawed and frankly ridiculous
Maidstone Greens have called on the local Borough Council to extend the Local Plan consultation which has given residents just six weeks to review and comment on over 700 detailed pages. The Greens have called into question the validity of the consultation. They have written to the Council’s CEO calling for an extension or review. […]
Maidstone Borough Council are planning a huge number of very large houses on farmland around the town.
These are unnecessary and do not meet the real housing need for affordable and social housing.
They are not close to jobs and transport and will just increase traffic on the already choked roads.
We face chaos: worsening air pollution, not enough homes for those in need and destruction of much needed farmland.
But there is an alternative...
The Green Party are demanding a new approach to strategic planning which truly involves local people. An approach that protects green spaces, reduce pollution and that will meet local housing need.
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