At the end of last year there was a mad rush to pull forward the schedule for Maidstone's housing plan, to "lock in" the current existing planned housing numbers (already boost by 40% by the government since the original local plan of 2017), before of the government’s announcement on housing poli... read more

Maidstone Liberal Democrats have joined Conservation Organisations, Local Councils, national newspapers and wildlife experts in reacting with shock and anger at the Government's new Planning Bill, as outlined in the Queen's Speech on Tuesday. read more

Six areas of land in the Borough will be declared official nature reserves by the council. The areas chosen meet strict local criteria and will receive a statutory national designation of the National Parks and Access to Countryside Act 1949 through legal declaration. read more

Officers at MBC will draft a report on a “Park and Pedal” facility at the "Park and Ride" site in Mote Park following a request by Cllr Brian Clark, endorsed by Cllr Martin Cox, at this week’s Policy and Resources committee. Cllr Clark explained that there is a paved surface from the “Park and Ri... read more

Spring is approaching and South Park is looking better than ever following years of attention by your South Ward councillor team. Councillors Paul Wilby, Brian Clark and Derek Mortimer have been busy comprehensively improving facilities in the park including: read more

Members of Maidstone’s Strategic Planning Committee have taken a bold step to address climate change by encouraging the use of Electric Vehicles. The measure to make parking for Electric Vehicles free in Maidstone Borough Council Car Parks received strong support. Lib Dems urged the committee to ... read more

South Ward Lib Dem Councillors Paul, Derek and Brian will be continuing to plant even more trees during the approaching planting season. read more

The council’s Communities Housing & Environment agreed last night to approve a borough wide in Bloom competition for Maidstone. Businesses and residents will be able to show case their talents in floral displays and environmental projects. The launch of the competition and further details of ... read more

  Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is doing all it can to help with local ’surge testing’ of residents for the new South African variant of Covd-19 (SARS CoV2) within the ME15 postcode area of Maidstone which includes the wards of South, Loose, High Street and Shepway North. read more

Earlier this week the Kent County Council Cabinet agreed a new Rail Strategy for Kent. Although the strategy repeated the long term ambition of bringing Thameslink to Maidstone, the County Council has now stated that that it would support the introduction of a service terminating at London Blackf... read more