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Real Green Transport Plan for Maidstone
Maidstone Green Party launches rival transport plan in face of Kent County Council plans to increase traffic in Maidstone through a series of junction “improvements”. The Greens were dismayed to learn that KCC’s proposals to reduce congestion only include improvements to road junctions and make no mention of other methods of transport. Donna Greenan, lead […]
Greens shocked at local foodbank rise
The Green Party MP Candidate for Maidstone and the Weald has reacted with shock at the latest increase in the use of foodbanks which are up 32% since last year. He has called for the introduction of a universal basic income for everyone in order to tackle the benefits problems that are driving people to […]
Green parliamentary candidates call for a moratorium on house building on farm land around Maidstone
News of thousands of expensive houses to be built on much needed farmland and woodland has prompted calls by both Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidates in Maidstone for a moratorium on house building on greenfield sites around the town. Stuart Jeffery, Green Party PPC for Maidstone and the Weald: “Nothing is more important than land […]
Council refuses to be questioned on pavement parking
Maidstone Borough Council’s refusal to answer questions in public has been branded as undemocratic by local Greens Donna Greenan has been refused the opportunity to ask the council how it is delivering on part of its Strategic Plan to make streets usable by all and to encourage walking. She asked to put the question 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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