Robert Boddy

1 week ago | aol.com | Robert Boddy

The latest draft of a document outlining how Medway will develop in the coming years could soon be unveiled. Medway Council's cabinet is expected to approve the required six-week consultation period for the published plan - a major document designating what land will be used for and assessing infrastructure needs - on 3 June. Local plans typically last 15 years, but the last time the council approved one was 2003, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

1 week ago | kentonline.co.uk | Robert Boddy

It was likened to a “comedy sketch” and took four years to sort, but a pensioner’s battle to get a dropped kerb has finally been won - thanks to KentOnline. Michael Partridge was at the end of his tether when he got in touch with us to explain how he was being forced to break the law on an almost daily basis. The 74-year-old emphysema sufferer, who relies on a mobile oxygen tank, had a hardstanding installed outside his house in Penguin Close, Strood, with a promise a dropped kerb would follow.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Robert Boddy

Plans for homes at sailing club site submittedRobert BoddyLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceBlueberry HomesThe draft designs have developed over the course of a public consultation which have seen the height of the flats being proposed reducedA disused gas works could be transformed into hundreds of new homes and pave the way for the relocation of a popular sailing club.

1 week ago | kentonline.co.uk | Robert Boddy

A crucial blueprint shaping one part of Kent’s future for the next 16 years is set to be unveiled. Medway Council is set to publish a draft version of its latest attempt at a Local Plan — the major document which sets out land for housing and employment, and assesses infrastructure needs, including roads and services like GPs.The authority has been asking residents and businesses for their views on what the master document should include, and a version has now been created.

1 week ago | kentonline.co.uk | Robert Boddy

A disused gas works could be transformed into hundreds of new homes and pave the way for the relocation of a “much-loved” sailing club. The former Southern Gas Networks (SGN) depot, near The Strand in Gillingham, is the subject of an outline planning application for up to 500 flats by Blueberry Homes. The plans would completely redevelop the site and create the homes across eight blocks, as well as the construction of a 140-room retirement living complex and a new supermarket.