Maidstone Borough Council 3
No housing target set
Although the government has not set a specific target, the Department for Communities and Local Government has instructed the council to provide housing to meet population growth for the Maidstone Borough Local Plan period 2011 to 2031.
So while no final target has been set for the borough’s future housing need, a working figure of 14,800 dwellings was agreed by the Cabinet in March based on a population forecast. This working figure has been independently verified as a good starting point.
A lot more work needs to be done before it can be converted into a development target. This includes looking at what is possible in terms of housing land supply and assessment of environmental constraints. The Cabinet will decide the figure in September.
Every site submitted during the call for sites will be considered for sustainable location, policy constraints, and physical and infrastructure constraints such as ecology, highways issues, access to services, flood risk, landscape, heritage impacts, and adjacent uses.
Population forecasts
The working target is based on the latest demographic forecasts, updated by Kent County Council, taking account of Department for Communities and Local
Government household projections released in November 2010. The 10-year historic trend for Maidstone demonstrates a need for 14,800 dwellings between 2011 and 2031, which will increase the resident labour supply by 7,600 workers.
Consultation
No decisions have been made about any sites and council officers and external specialists are working through the 150 plus housing sites that have been put forward to ensure the robust process of evaluation is completed by September. The public will then have a minimum of 6 weeks to comment on the sites in the autumn. The consultation will be advertised in local papers and on the council’s website. We will contact everyone who has responded to previous consultations on the local plan.
Your recycling and rubbish collections are changing
IMPORTANT! CHANGES TO YOUR
COLLECTION DAY
From Monday 5 August 2013 your recycling and rubbish collection day may be changing. Look out for full details in your new recycling and rubbish collection calendar which you will receive through the post in July.
From Monday 5 August 2013, recycling and rubbish collections in Maidstone are changing. We are pleased to announce that you will be able to recycle even more from your home in an easy and straightforward way. The changes are part of a new joint waste collection contract with Ashford and Swale Borough Councils and Biffa Municipal Ltd. To provide this great new service, we have to change some of our current collection days and you will receive a leaflet in the post in July telling you your new collection day for your rubbish, recycling and food waste. Please read this leaflet carefully as it explains what else you can start
recycling in the green recycling bin from 5 August. It will also include information about the new recycling collections of textiles and small electrical items. From August, also keep an eye out for the new modern vehicle fleet. The new vehicles will have two compartments so they can collect rubbish or recycling in one and food waste in the other. This will reduce the number of vehicles on the road, saving fuel, reducing emissions and causing less disruption to passing motorists. Garden waste collections have already changed over the past few months, with the introduction of a subscription-only based service. The garden waste service is now completely separate to the rubbish and recycling collections and this means you may have a different collection day for your garden waste. If you subscribe to this service, you will receive a separate calendar showing your garden waste collection day and which week your collection will be made. Thanks for what you have achieved already: with your continued help we can ensure that more than 50% of the borough’s rubbish is recycled by 2015. For more information about your collections please visit
www.recyclingtogether.co.uk or download the “Recycle for Maidstone” App.
The countdown to your improved recycling service has begun!
From Monday 5 August 2013, you will be able to put glass bottles and jars, food and beverage cartons as well as plastic food trays and plastic punnets in your green recycling bin to make it even easier for you to recycle. Look out for your information leaflet in July.
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