Maidstone News
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Council Updates Maidstone council hands over 43 new homes and opens Lockmeadow consultation
Maidstone Borough Council’s latest fortnightly bulletin covers two new housing developments, a town centre regeneration consultation, a…
11 September 2026 -
Council Updates Kent and Medway launch five-year plan to tackle suicide stigma
A new strategy running to 2030 sets out where residents across Kent and Medway can get help, and how communities can be better prepared to…
11 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council completes two affordable housing schemes as part of 1,000-home plan
Maidstone Borough Council has announced the completion of Wilberforce House and Len Martin Court, two affordable housing schemes delivered…
11 September 2026 -
Council Updates Kent misapplied ancient woodland test on Aylesford quarry plan, Maidstone report says
A draft objection published with Maidstone’s cabinet papers says Kent County Council relied on a 2013 decision, taken when ancient woodland…
10 September 2026 -
Council Updates Lockmeadow market decision returns to Maidstone cabinet after traders’ call-in
Maidstone’s cabinet approved the Lockmeadow improvements in July. Councillors sent the decision back on 10 August, asking that the market…
10 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Thursday, 10 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Thursday, 10 September 2026 6 stories · 3-minute read 1967: Gibraltar’s people voted overwhelmingly to remain a…
10 September 2026 -
Business & Economy Otham salon in a pod on a smallholding placed second in the UK for best home salon
Karis Petersen runs Karistyle single-handed among the sheep and chickens near Maidstone. Next month she is a finalist in three categories…
10 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council leader speaks out after government halts reorganisation plans
Maidstone Borough Council leader Stuart Jeffery has responded publicly to the government’s decision to pause its national Local Government…
9 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone cabinet rejects catapult PSPO and commits £1.7m to replace Vinters Park cremators
Maidstone Borough Council’s cabinet met on 22 July 2026 and decided against introducing a Public Space Protection Order for catapult…
9 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Wednesday, 9 September 2026 10 stories · 3-minute read 2015: Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch in…
9 September 2026 -
Kent Football Maidstone United 1-0 Tonbridge Angels: National League – South match report
Maidstone United won 1-0 away to Tonbridge Angels in the National League – South.
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council sets out what happens to land submitted through Call for Sites
Maidstone Borough Council has clarified that land submitted through its Call for Sites process is assessed as planning evidence only — not…
8 September 2026