Canterbury City Council site shuts up shop
Canterbury City Council’s 6.9 acre main office site in Military Road has gone on the market. Earlier this year, city councillors agreed to move the council’s offices into vacant space…
Chip in over proposed Canterbury city centre makeover
A public consultation on new proposals for street trading in Canterbury city centre has begun. In October 2021, councillors decided that when work starts in January 2023 to upgrade St…
Affordable homes project in Dover scoops top award
Bomford Place Dover The redevelopment of the site in Dover was praised by judges for improved community housing in a scheme sympathetic to the nearby Dover Castle. An affordable housing…
Man in Ottinge fined over beauty spot blight
An Ottinge, near Lyminge, resident who failed to co-operate over a planning notice has been fined more than £1,000 by magistrates. The case against Andrew Charlier, of Mill Hill, was…
Cheriton Library back in business
Cheriton Library forecourt dressed for the event Photo: Ray Duff Words and pictures by Ray Duff – Around 50 people came along to the official launch of the re-furbished library…
Popular Dance Easy club in Folkestone Bayle demolished
The front of the old building and sign board Photo: Ray Duff Words and pictures by Ray Duff – The long standing and popular former Dance Easy club building in…
Planned medical centre in defunct Debenhams could add value to Folkestone town says Monk
Folkestone and Hythe Council say plans to create a new medical centre with state-of-the-art facilities in Folkestone town centre are ‘taking shape’. Cabinet members agreed to the proposed terms of…
New critical care unit opens at William Harvey Hospital – video
A brand-new critical care unit, that will benefit some of east Kent’s sickest patients, has opened at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford. Funded by £14 million national NHS investment,…
Progress being made to build more homes at Stodmarsh
Stodmarsh Photo Ashford Borough Council Ashford Borough Council continues to respond to the various issues that have arisen from the need for new housing to achieve ‘nutrient neutrality’, due to…
Swanscombe saved – for now – but Theme Park fight is not over!
Swanscombe protest walk to save the SSSI Photo: (c) Richard-Bayfield Plans to build a theme park in North Kent on top of 100ha of a nationally important wildlife site have…