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Become part of a thriving coastal retirement community at Herne Bay Gardens
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (240+ words) Home " News " Native " Article Now you can enjoy all the benefits of coastal living and be part of a friendly and vibrant retirement community at Herne Bay Gardens. The highly desirable development located in one of the most sought-after places…...
New school and 300-home plans to be decided amid fears of "fatality at accident blackspot
6+ day, 55+ min ago (655+ words) Home " Whitstable " News " Article Controversial plans for 300 homes and a new secondary school will be decided next week amid fears surrounding a renowned junction nearby. Officers say the plans for the abandoned Bodkin Farm in Chestfield, between Whitstable and Herne…...
My dad's dying wish was for us to stay in this house after 34 years - please don't kick us out'
2+ week, 55+ min ago (665+ words) A single mum fears she and her vulnerable family could be made homeless because her landlord has told her they won't transfer their home into her name following the death of her father. Saphire O'Connor, 34, was born at the house…...
Update to new homes plan and HMO submission among latest planning bids
3+ week, 1+ day ago (384+ words) Proposals for a new home development, a house in multiple occupation (HMO) and repairs to a historic farmhouse are among the latest planning applications submitted to a council. An update to a major submission detailing landscaping plans for a development…...
Six-storey block of flats to be built on former nightclub site
3+ week, 3+ day ago (591+ words) A six-storey block of flats is set to be built on a former nightclub site. The empty 1950s building, slated for demolition, was known to generations in Dover as the Nu Age nightclub. The bar, which had three dance floors, was…...
'The council wants to confiscate our community garden"
3+ week, 3+ day ago (644+ words) Neighbours are heartbroken after a council demanded they get rid of a cherished community garden years in the making. Vikki Montague has spent hundreds of hours cultivating flowers, vegetables and fruit trees at Mannock House, Canterbury. But the mum-of-three was…...
Fresh hope for town's troubled eyesore that "looks like an abandoned cruise ship'
3+ week, 3+ day ago (416+ words) The future of a former factory branded as a massive blot on the landscape is set to be finally resolved. Spembly Works in Chatham, which was converted into luxury flats in 2000, has sat empty for more than eight years after…...
'Dormitory Street' fears as 'necessary evil' HMO is approved
3+ week, 6+ day ago (458+ words) Plans for a road's fourth HMO have been approved " despite fears it will become an "unsustainable dormitory" which will add to a town's already congested roads. The 'necessary evil' house in multiple occupation (HMO) has been green lit for Barton…...
Inside the best place to live in Kent'if you can afford it
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1856+ words) Home " Tonbridge " News " Article It's the home of Dame Kelly Holmes and has recently been voted among the top 20 places to live in the UK. But how has Hildenborough earned this reputation? And do the villagers agree? Dee Lukasik reports....
Single men can't afford to live in houses - they're using Traveller camps'
4+ week, 1+ day ago (890+ words) Financial, housing and social problems are forcing members of the "settled" community to rent pitches at gypsy sites, it has emerged. Once considered off limits and unwelcoming, Traveller encampments are now taking in struggling outsiders and offering an alternative place…...