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Plans Submitted for 44 Homes in Chart Sutton - Nine More Than the Site Was Allocated For
Macar Homes has applied to build 44 homes on a field off Plough Wents Road in Chart Sutton - nine more than the 35 the site was allocated for in the village's own emerging Neighbourhood Plan - and Maidstone council's pre-application advice has already signalled the scheme would be looked on favourably.
The Chimney That Survived: Redrow's Maidstone Mill Scheme Nears Sell-Out
Redrow's The Mill, off James Whatman Way in Maidstone, is down to its final homes - built around a Grade II listed chimney that once stood on the site of the first paper mill in the world successfully powered by steam.
66 Homes, Not 100: What Taylor Wimpey's Barming P3 Scheme Actually Got Approved
The third and final phase of Taylor Wimpey's long-running Barming development has been approved for 66 homes - fewer than the "up to 100" the company's own marketing describes - with a pre-commencement habitat condition now being discharged ahead of building starting from 2027.
Bellway Says It Has Paid £5 Million Towards Infrastructure for Its Otham Development
Housebuilder Bellway says it has now paid out the full package of financial contributions tied to its Parsonage Place development in Otham - more than £5 million towards local schools, cycle routes and improvements at Junction 7 of the M20 - as the 421-home scheme passes the three-quarter mark.
Maidstone Council Reopens Its Housing Account to Build 1,000 Affordable Homes
Maidstone Borough Council will reopen its Housing Revenue Account on 1 October, a technical but significant step that lets it borrow and invest directly in its own council housing again, backing an ambition to deliver 1,000 affordable homes across the borough.
None of West Kent's Four Councils Hit Their Housing Target - Here's How Each One Did
The Government's 2025 Housing Delivery Test shows Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge Wells all under-delivered on new homes over the past three years, with Sevenoaks and Tonbridge & Malling falling far enough short to trigger the toughest planning consequence there is.
Heathlands Garden Community: Homes England Invites Feedback Before 5,000-Home Application
Homes England and Maidstone Borough Council are inviting residents to view updated plans for Heathlands Garden Community - a roughly 5,000-home development with its own railway station near Lenham and Harrietsham - ahead of an Outline Planning Application expected by the end of 2026.
43 New Affordable Homes Completed in Maidstone Partnership With Skillcrown
Maidstone Borough Council has taken handover of two new developments, Wilberforce House and Len Martin Court, delivering 43 affordable homes for local people, with further phases already planned at Corbens Place and Granville Road.
Councillors Overrule Officers to Refuse Countryside Home at Boughton Monchelsea
Maidstone's planning committee has voted 12-1 to refuse a scheme replacing a mobile home with a permanent self-build house at Wierton Hill Farm, Boughton Monchelsea, going against officers' recommendation and ruling the development would suburbanise the countryside.