Lidsing Garden Development News Today

Controversial plans to build hundreds of homes at an idyllic beauty spot have resurfaced.

People living between Aylesford and Maidstone feel swallowed up by non-stop development Published: 06:00, 31 January 2021 A halt must be called to the “march towards overdevelopment” which risks leaving communities swept up into ever-expanding urban sprawl. This is the demand of two MPs who say people living between Maidstone and Aylesford are having their “legitimate concerns” about levels of house building and strain on infrastructure ignored. People in Barming near Maidst...

MPs Tracey Crouch and Rehman Chishti join residents fight against Lidsing Garden Village proposal  |  Updated: 07:32, 12 December 2020 A campaign group opposing plans for a garden village on farmland has grown from five members to 1,000 in just a week and its objections have already been voiced in the House of Commons. Against Lidsing Garden Development was set up to fight proposals by Maidstone Borough Council to designate a large area in the parishes of Boxley and Bredhurst for a garden vil...