Yes Kent Online, if only something could be done about no one being able to afford somewhere to live. - ThreadSky

edjennings.bsky.social • 122 days ago

Yes Kent Online, if only something could be done about no one being able to afford somewhere to live.

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edjennings.bsky.social•122 days ago

All of these are just from the last few months.

carsmilesteve.bsky.social•122 days ago

I mean, there's a non-zero chance that *some* of these developments are Not Great either aesthetically or in terms of not including additional local services BUT...

edjennings.bsky.social•122 days ago

Certainly. The problem is that you can find a story like this for almost every development proposed in Kent.

carsmilesteve.bsky.social•122 days ago

Not "like" obv...

eddierobson.bsky.social•122 days ago

Yeah, I was already thinking "this is a lot" and then I looked at the dates. It's practically one a week.

edjennings.bsky.social•122 days ago

It's relentless.

lifewithnoirony.bsky.social•122 days ago

There's a planning application for near us, which I was surprised not to see, tbh. Googled, and then, sure enough:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/weald/news/there-is-simply-not-provision-in-the-village-to-accommodate-312206/
Every member of the household had post from the Tories on how to object last week. 🙄

edjennings.bsky.social•122 days ago

At least that's relatively down the line as KM pieces go. The way local councillors and political parties exploit these things is a whole other matter though.

lifewithnoirony.bsky.social•122 days ago

If you'd ever been on our village facebook group, you'd spot one of objectors' names, nod slowly in understanding, then walk away, sucking your teeth.

drewcullen.bsky.social•121 days ago

These days Kent Online is writing mostly for angry old people. Easier, cheaper for a hollowed-out news team to write up planning applications, republish police press releases and lurk on local gossip boards than to do proper reporting. How far KM Media Group has fallen since Iliffe bought it.

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