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Farmers in Kent are eligible for a grant of up to £30,000 designed to increase the amount of low-cost holiday accommodation along the North Downs Way

A grant scheme worth £60,000 is being launched to help farming and rural businesses offer affordable accommodation along the North Downs Way.

LONELY Planet has revealed the top 10 regions to visit in 2022 - and one in the UK makes the top five.Kent's Heritage Coast took fourth place, only pi

LONELY Planet has revealed the top 10 regions to visit in 2022 - and one in the UK makes the top five.Kent's Heritage Coast took fourth place, only pi

LONELY Planet has revealed the top 10 regions to visit in 2022 - and one in the UK makes the top five.Kent's Heritage Coast took fourth place, only pi

Digital Edition: Graham to deliver £92M Kent motorway flyover project Highways England has appointed contractor Graham to deliver a junction improvement project at Junction 5 on the M2 near Sittingbourne in Kent with work set to start on site this autumn. You have read 1 of 1 free-access articles allowed for 30 - days. For further access please register or log in. ICE members can login for free using their IC...

5 hikes under an hour from London that you’ve never heard of Rosie Fitzmaurice Spring has sprung so it’s the perfect time to lace up your walking boots and explore a new route. Tired of your daily loop? We asked Alex Middleton, founder of Vespucci Adventures, for his pick of lesser known routes under an hour from London by train. But first, it’s time to take it back to basics. Forget GPS, the team at Vespucci create signature hikes and print bespoke maps for each route i...

Paul OGrady has won planning approval to build a two-storey guest house with a kitchen and two bedrooms in the grounds of his Georgian farmhouse in Kent. The TV presenter gained permission to knock down a neglected cottage next to his sprawling property in Aldington near Ashford. It will make way for a new guesthouse which will feature a dining and kitchen space, a separate living area and two upstairs bedrooms. OGrady, 65, will also transform his blue-painted home by adding a sixth bedroom in ...

Council could serve enforcement notice over unauthorised change of use of farmland for residential use in Selsted  |  Updated: 15:04, 03 February 2021 Councillors will decide if an enforcement notice is necessary to order the removal of caravans and mobile homes from green land. A report from Folkestone and Hythe District Council (FHDC) states that the erection of the homes, plus laying of hardsurfacing, alterations to access and erection of fencing, were not authorised for the plot off Cante...

Ansham Associates completes clapboard extension to Kent Downs house 18 December 2020 By Fran Williams. Photography by Ashley Gendek 1/23 Source:&nbspAnsham Associates The £167,000 project by the Kent-based practice is located in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Ansham Associates have added a 148m² extension to an existing clapboarded house for its interior designer client. Advertisement The existing timber-framed house, which is painted white with green shuttered ...