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bbc.com | Daniel Esson
Support service putting pressure on housing budgetDaniel EssonLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGoogleSupport services in Lang Court and other supported accommodation blocks are putting pressure on Canterbury City Council's housing budgetA support service for elderly people living in sheltered housing In Kent is putting "severe pressure" on a council's entire housing budget, a report has revealed.
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kentonline.co.uk | Daniel Esson
A laundry and overnight support service for elderly people living in sheltered housing is putting “severe pressure” on a council’s entire housing budget, it has been revealed. The Sheltered Plus scheme, which covers 127 properties in Canterbury and Whitstable, had to be subsidised by taxpayers to the tune of £200,000 last year.
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kentonline.co.uk | Daniel Esson
Thousands of drivers have been slapped with £70 fines after cameras were installed to enforce bus gates in a “rat run” road. Parts of some roads in Ashford had already been out of bounds for drivers for years before the devices were switched on in September last year.
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bbc.com | Daniel Esson
Sixty homes planned for former leisure centre siteDaniel EssonLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceBond BryanThe proposed site was home to the former White Oak Leisure Centre demolished in 2021 in favour of a £20m replacementPlans to build 60 homes on the site of a demolished leisure centre in Kent have been unveiled. Architects Bond Bryan submitted the plan for a block of 45 apartments and 15 townhouses to be built on land at Hilda May Avenue in Swanley.
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kentonline.co.uk | Daniel Esson
Plans have been unveiled for a “much needed” housing estate where a leisure centre once stood — with funds generated from it propping up the cost of its controversial replacement. Sevenoaks council’s plans for the former White Oak Leisure Centre site in Swanley would be a “risk” for a private developer according to documents submitted to the authority. But because the local authority is not seeking to turn a profit, it insists the 60-home scheme proceed as planned.
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