Maidstone Borough Council 5 Give a dog a name
Enter our RK9 competition and you could WIN a £50 gift voucher for a local pet supplies store. Our new RK9 husky mascot is already busy promoting Responsible Canine Ownership throughout Maidstone but our furry friend still needs a name! It’s easy to enter… simply like our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/Responsiblek9s then send us a private message with your suggestion before Friday 20 November 2015. The winning name*, chosen by our RK9 team,
will receive a £50 gift voucher to spend in a local pet supplies store. The RK9 campaign is part of the council’s ‘Dog Watch’ scheme which uses information provided by residents to help catch irresponsible dog owners.
a £50 WIN gift voucher
Information provided by our residents really increases the chances of our officers catching the culprits. If you have witnessed dog fouling in your area or have any helpful information please contact Environmental Enforcement on 01622 602202 or email
enforcementoperations@maidstone.gov.uk
* The judges decision is final. If the winning name is suggested by more than one person, a winner will be chosen from those people at random. The winning name will be announced on the RK9 Facebook page after 20 November. Competition not open to Maidstone Borough Council staff.
The latest consultation on the Maidstone Borough Local Plan – which will set out how Maidstone will develop up to 2031 – is now underway.
Councillor David Burton, Chairman of the Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transport Committee, said: “The Maidstone Borough Local Plan will show how we will meet the needs of the people of Maidstone up until 2031, and how we will protect our countryside and open spaces. I urge everyone to take part in the consultation so that we can make sure that everyone has an opportunity to contribute to its success.”
Residents will be asked for their views on a variety of issues, from potential housing sites and proposed employment site locations, to candidate sites for gypsies and travellers and the removal of the proposed Park and Ride site at Linton Crossroads. A proposal for a new planning policy for care homes is also included.
Councillor Burton said: “The protection of open space and precious landscapes is an essential part of the Local Plan. Everyone will have a chance in this consultation to have their say on a proposed policy for public open spaces, the allocation of specific sites for use as public open space, and the council’s approach to protecting our most highly valued local landscapes.”
The objectively-assessed housing need for the borough – the number of homes needed for the population from 2011- 2031 – is 18,560 additional homes. Of these, 2,341 have already been built, and a further 5,508 are in the pipeline. In order for the Local Plan to be approved by the Planning Inspector, it must show how the borough will meet as much of the housing need as possible, within the
Maidstone borough tomorrow… Have your say today 4.30pm Tuesday-Friday.
borough’s constraints. Additional housing sites are being proposed in the built up area of Maidstone and at some of the borough’s larger rural villages to help meet this need. The proposed open space policies will help make sure that valuable open space is delivered as part of new housing developments.
The consultation document and supporting background material can be found at
www.maidstone.gov.uk/consultation. Comments can be made on the website, or sent to
ldf@maidstone.gov.uk, or Spatial Policy Team, Maidstone Borough Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone ME15 6JQ.
The deadline for comments is 5pm on Friday 30 October.
Copies of the document will be available to view at all libraries in the borough, and at the Gateway on King Street from 9am until 5.30pm on Mondays, and until
Maidstone remembers
Maidstone will remember those who have been killed in conflict fighting for their country on Remembrance Day, Sunday 8 November.
More than 500 people are expected to take part at this year’s event. The parade will step off at 10.30am from Week Street and march along the High Street, past the Town Hall, across the Bridge Gyratory and to the Memorial on The Broadway for the Service of Remembrance.
The Service will include the national two minute silence at 11am and the laying of wreaths in memory of those lost in wars both past and present.
The council will consider all of the issues raised during the consultation with the aim of publishing a full, revised version of the local plan for further public consultation early next year. The plan will then be submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. An independent planning inspector will be appointed by the Secretary of State to conduct an ‘Examination in Public’ towards the end of 2016, before the plan is finally adopted the following year.
Councillor Burton said: “Once the Plan is in place we will be able to defend against inappropriate applications for further development. It’s important that we achieve the 2016 deadline, otherwise we run the risk of needing to extend the plan period, and the possibility of losing control of the process to Central Government.”
The Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Daniel Moriarty, will lay the first wreath on behalf of the council and the people of Maidstone.
After the Service, the parade will march back into Maidstone where the Mayor will take the salute outside the Town Hall at 11.25am.
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