KCC is planning a temporary closure of Cranborne Avenue in March ahead of a proposal to demolish the Wheatsheaf pub, signalise Plains Avenue at Loose Road and reconfigure the Wheatsheaf junction. KCC’s original plan was to start work to deliver the junction changes this spring.
South Ward councillors Brian Clark, Derek Mortimer and Paul Wilby are working with numerous groups helping to collect humanitarian items for residents in Ukraine. On Saturday Cllrs Clark and Mortimer, collected the first van full of donations from the Loose YMCA and later Cllr Clark collected two further van loads from Staplehurst Parish Council. The boxes collected include urgently needed items such as medical supplies, canned food, hygiene products, baby food, nappies, batteries, candles, toothpaste.
At February’s Strategic Planning Committee Maidstone Lib Dems call for a fairer approach to Town Centre parking in light of Park and Ride Services ceasing on 19th Feb, while cancelling the price increase planned for town centre parking permits.
In developing a response to the Kent Minerals and Waste local plan 2013-30 Consultation, members of Maidstone’s Strategic Planning and Infrastructure committee agreed to welcome the Expansion of the Tovil Household Waste and Recycling Centre and the provision of a second waste site in the East of the Borough
While Maidstone Lib Dems were unable to overturn Maidstone Conservatives' refusal to provide support for the continuation of Park and Ride services, they retain their support for a fit for purpose 21st Century Park and Ride.
In 2021 the Government's Environment Agency received more than 100,000 reports of pollution in England. The public and their elected representatives reported rivers choked with human waste and toxic run-off, fish killed and nature reserves poisoned.
