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kentonline. co. uk > medway > news > update-to-new-homes-plan-and-hmo-submission-among-latest-pla-338830

Update to new homes plan and HMO submission among latest planning bids

1+ day, 15+ hour 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…...

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kentonline. co. uk > dover > news > six-storey-block-of-flats-to-be-built-on-former-nightclub-si-338718

Six-storey block of flats to be built on former nightclub site

3+ day, 32+ min 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…...

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kentonline. co. uk > canterbury > news > the-council-want-to-confiscate-our-community-garden-338733

'The council wants to confiscate our community garden"

3+ day, 32+ min 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…...

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kentonline. co. uk > medway > news > fresh-hope-for-town-s-troubled-eyesore-that-looks-like-an-a-338714

Fresh hope for town's troubled eyesore that "looks like an abandoned cruise ship'

3+ day, 18+ min 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…...

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kentonline. co. uk > dover > news > dormitory-street-fears-as-necessary-evil-hmo-is-approved-338546

'Dormitory Street' fears as 'necessary evil' HMO is approved

6+ day, 11+ min 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…...

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kentonline. co. uk > tonbridge > news > inide-the-best-place-to-live-in-kent-if-you-can-afford-it-338535

Inside the best place to live in Kent'if you can afford it

1+ 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....

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kentonline. co. uk > maidstone > news > single-men-can-t-afford-to-live-in-houses-they-re-using-t-338529

Single men can't afford to live in houses - they're using Traveller camps'

1+ 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…...

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kentonline. co. uk > medway > news > council-to-buy-nearly-800-social-homes-for-46m-338488

Council to buy nearly 800 social homes for "46m

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (437+ words) Hundreds of homes are set to become council houses as part of a "rare opportunity" for a local authority to bolster its stock. Medway Council is looking to buy 791 properties within its boundary from a social housing provider. The authority's…...

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kentonline. co. uk > maidstone > news > we-couldn-t-find-a-landlord-for-our-affordable-homes-338390

We couldn't find a landlord for our affordable homes'

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (632+ words) A developer is to be allowed to provide all of its required affordable homes as discounted market sales units after no registered social landlord could be found to take on the properties. Aile Homes was granted permission for a 36-home…...

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kentonline. co. uk > faversham > news > housing-plans-33-larger-than-rejected-scheme-unlikely-to-338290

Housing plans 33% larger than rejected scheme "unlikely" to harm nearby protected landscape

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (735+ words) Home " Faversham " News " Article New proposals for a larger housing development on a previously rejected site is "unlikely" to have a major impact on the environment, despite being located next to a protected landscape. Critics of the scheme say this…...