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Maidstone Greens welcome new 20mph zone in Maidstone
Local Greens have welcomed the new 20mph zone around Buckland Hill and St Peter’s Street in Maidstone as a boost for road safety and to help reduce pollution. Locally, the Greens have led campaigns for 20mph limits on all residential roads across the Borough. Stuart Jeffery, Green Party campaigner in Bridge Ward where the new […]
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Maidstone Greens demand explanation from MP on raw sewerage amendment
Maidstone Greens have demanded an explanation from local MP Helen Grant who voted last week to not have a “Duty on sewerage undertakers to take all reasonable steps to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged from storm overflows” in the latest Environment Bill which was debated on 21st Oct. Stuart Jeffery, Maidstone Green Party: “Southern […]
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No material action to stop idling by MBC
After its promise four years ago, Maidstone Borough Council has done nothing to stop idling car engines despite its promises to tackle taxis and buses. Local Green campaigner, Stuart Jeffery, challenged the council at this weeks meeting and was told that the council will review its plans later this year. Stuart Jeffery: “Since it agreed […]
Have Your Say: Kent County Council Household Waste Recycling Centres consultation
The scourge of fly-tipping has worsened considerably in the borough over the last year. Government figures have revealed that there has been a 31% increase in Maidstone last year, from 1,634 incidents to 2,402. Maidstone Greens believe that in part this is due to the restriction of access to household waste sites due to the […]
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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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