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BBC News
11 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Paddock Wood plans unveiled for more than 500 new homes near town
Plans have been unveiled for more than 500 homes and a new healthcare facility on the edge of a town in firm Dandara South East is looking to build a 520-home estate on farmland east of Paddock Wood next to the railway line, with 40% being earmarked as affordable firm said they also intended to build a "local centre" of up to 700sq m (7,535sq ft) of floorspace, including a healthcare Democrat councillor Adrian Pitts, who represents Paddock Wood on Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC), said the development was "very key" to the town. However, he added: "I think you've got to have the infrastructure first."There is a big issue in the background, which is coping with the flooding that area already sees."The councillor said the developers had already adapted their plans "considerably" due to the flooding site, which is about the size of 64 football pitches, has a small brook running through the middle of it, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) says. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping report has been submitted to TWBC in relation to the means Dandara South East is asking TWBC to come to an opinion about what the EIA accompanying the full planning application will need to cover.A full application has not yet been submitted to the council, the LDRS said.
Washington Post
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
When a fox says ‘help' in London, there's often an ambulance on its way
PADDOCK WOOD, England — The injured fox is cornered in a cage, teeth bared and snarling at the woman trying to help it. Nicki Townsend is unfazed. Wearing only rubber gloves and an outfit suitable for a yoga class, she approaches with soothing words. 'All right, baby,' she coos as she deftly drapes a towel over his head, grabs him by the scruff of his neck, scoops up his wounded legs and moves him to a clean cage.
BBC News
28-02-2025
- General
- BBC News
Paddock Wood: Road improvement scheme delayed until summer
A road improvement scheme in a Kent town has been deferred to make it "fit for purpose", a council has to junctions at Paddock Wood, where 1,000 new homes are being built by three separate developers, were set to be undertaken by Kent County Council (KCC).Much of the £4.7m cost of the scheme at Mascalls Court Road is to be funded by the improvements to the A228/B2017 and B2017/B2160 junctions will now require a larger roundabout and extra land, KCC has said. A new traffic-signalled crossroads design near Mascalls Academy has also proved "problematic", according to Local Democracy Reporting flood mapping by the Environment Agency meant planners now have to find a way of redirecting surface water entering a culvert before the environment and transport cabinet committee on 25 February said: "This is a difficult situation, and the way forward is a clear choice of either progressing this amended scheme or not carrying out an improvement at all."Abandoning the scheme has been rejected because this would result in no mitigation or improved accessibility to support the major housing developments in Paddock Wood delivering nearly 1,000 homes."Vegetation clearance will take place almost immediately to avoid the bird nesting season, the council added. Construction will start this summer and work is estimated to take between four and six is expected before March 2026.
