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Bus station plans: An expensive lick of paint say Greens
Maidstone Greens have brandished the council’s £1 million revamp of the bus station as “an expensive lick of paint “ and “a wasted opportunity”. Maidstone Borough Council are consulting on plans to give the station a “new look” but the Greens have said that the money would be better spent elsewhere. Steve Cheeseman, Maidstone Green […]
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20mph Buckland Hill
Local Greens have warmly welcomed proposals for a 20mph zone to be created in the Buckland Road / St Peters Street / Buckland Hill area but we want the rest of the town to be 20mph on all residential streets. Donna Greenan, Bridge Ward campaigner: “This scheme is very welcome and I hope that KCC […]
Council’s Air Quality report shows little progress
Maidstone Greens have reacted angrily to the silent release by Maidstone Borough Council of its Air Quality Annual Status Report and have criticised its self-congratulatory claims. The report shows that the significant problems in Upper and Lower Stone Street remain with almost double the legal limit for pollution being recorded. Donna Greenan of Maidstone Green […]
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Maidstone Borough Council: Complacent about enforcing the air pollution laws
At July’s Maidstone Borough Council meeting local Green campaigner, Stuart Jeffery, asked whether the Council had adopted powers to enforce the switching off of engines while cars are stationary as other councils such as Newcastle, Haringey and Nottingham have done. The Council responded that the legislation was ‘impractical’. Maidstone Greens have called on them to end their complacency and to […]
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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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