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Free parking for electric vehicles is not the best thing to do
Maidstone Greens have criticised claims that free parking for electric vehicles, to be offered by the council in Maidstone, is the “single dramatic thing the council could do in the next year to two years”. The Greens highlight a range of measures that would have a greater impact on the Borough’s carbon emissions and that […]
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Stop the Chainhurst Chicken Farm
Mick Summersgill, our Green Party campaigner for Marden and Yalding, is supporting the campaign to stop the building of the massive chicken farm at Chainhurst (see https://www.welovechainhurst.co.uk/ ). Mick has outlined eight reasons to oppose the development: Additional Traffic and Flooding: Hunton Road at the site entrance and at Green Lane junction near Marden frequently […]
Maidstone’s Local Plan Review fails the climate change test
Maidstone Greens have responded to the Borough Council’s consultation on the Local Plan Review, hitting out at the council’s failure to take climate change into consideration. They point to the proposal to build 18,210 homes and state that the building of these would emit over 1 million tonnes of CO2 which would not be in line with Maidstone […]
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Stockbury Roundabout changes breach the Paris Agreement
Presenting to the Public Inquiry into the proposed changes to Stockbury Roundabout today, Maidstone Greens have criticised the plans stating they are incompatible with the Paris Agreement on climate change and that the funds would be better spent on public transport provision along the route. Stuart Jeffery, Maidstone Green Party: “I was pleased to be able […]
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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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