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Almost every Kent council hiked parking charges in their latest budgets - but where will you pay the most to leave your car for an hour?
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A fine dining venue popular among its celebrity clientele has vowed to improve after being hit with the second lowest food hygiene rating.
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A council has refused plans for a sprawling and “very controversial” solar farm amid concerns over its visual impact.
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The Liberal Democrats are ‘ecstatic’ to have taken overall control of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for the first time in almost 30 years.
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Plans for an 8,000-seater stadium at the heart of a new waterfront neighbourhood have been given the green light.
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A large battery storage facility could be built on farmland in the Metropolitan green belt between a village and the A2.
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Angry residents packed out a meeting hall to express their dismay at a council’s plans for thousands of new homes in their town.
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More than 7,500 second home owners in Kent are set to have their council tax bills doubled, but should they be made to pay a premium?
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The idea of introducing a “tourism tax” on overnight visitor stays will not be taken forward because a council does not have the power to do so.
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A plan for tens of thousands of new homes in a part of Kent has been approved despite fears it “doesn’t go far enough to fight the housing crisis”.
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An academy has been given permission to increase gate numbers and serve alcohol at its annual fireworks event, despite dozens of objections.
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More than a hundred protestors gathered to criticise plans for a 2,000-home “new settlement” which they believe will “destroy” three villages.
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Gypsy and traveller pitches could soon be expanded and green belt land released to meet growing demand in one part of Kent after previous “failures”.
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New research reveals dozens of senior Kent council staff earn more than £100,000 a year - but one expert argues such high pay is fully deserved.
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Dramatic images show the moment a man was arrested by armed police after a woman was injured in a reported attack.
A town mayor found to have made false harassment allegations against a member of the public in an attempt to “intimidate” him has defended himself.
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A new rock bar has been granted an alcohol and live music licence despite neighbours’ fears the noise will leave them “prisoners” in their own homes.
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A distinctive Grade-II Listed former pub labelled an “eyesore” is set to be overhauled into flats.
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A campaign to set up a new town council has been defeated after it was slated by critics and was supported by just 700 people.
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An alarming survey reveals more than half of staff at a Kent NHS trust would not be happy for a loved one to be treated there.
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