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The Highsted Park proposals for 8,400 homes and expansion of the Kent Science Park has become the focus of the mainstream media as a ‘test case’ for the new Government’s house-building programme for some weeks now with numerous articles in the national press, radio and TV.

The council will be selling 30 refurbished bicycles on a first come first served basis from 10 am to 12 pm on 20 December from Swale House Car Park.

Swale Borough Council worked with the East Kent Baby Memorial Garden Charity to install a baby memorial board in King George's Playing Field, where residents touched by pregnancy and baby loss can have a place to remember them.

We, the Green Party group at Swale Borough Council have taken the difficult decision to leave the coalition, over our fundamental differences to the Labour Party's approach to planning, housing, and environmental priorities.

Four talented school children have helped design the Mayor of Swale’s annual Christmas cards.

A matter of weeks after a photo opportunity with the applicant Mark Quinn and just two days prior to the application being called in by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner Kevin McKenna MP wrote to Angela Rayner requesting that the larger of the two applications be called in.

Without any consultation what-so-ever, the Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP wants to dump the vast majority of the boroughs new housing allocation on to the neighbouring constituency of Faversham and Mid-Kent making him by far the ultimate NIMBY.

Helen Whately has written to the Deputy Prime Minister: Angela Rayner asking why she has taken the Highsted Park planning decision away from local elected councillors

Councillors are absolutely furious with the government for calling in the Highsted Park planning applications just 3 hours before the planning committee was due to sit down and debate the applications.

The day commenced with a short service at St Michael's church led by Reverend David Ridley. This was attended by the King’s representative, Deputy Lieutenant Richard Oldfield DL, Councillor Ben Martin Mayor of Swale, Larissa Reed Chief Executive of Swale Borough Council and Kevin McKenna MP.