A family have hit out at Royal Mail after going four weeks without any post. Damien McArdle is yet to receive a single card for his birthday on October 13, but the delays have now gone from being irritating to potentially costly, as they are now affecting his work. Damien …
Read More »Major plans to regenerate Royal Mail sorting office in Maidstone into 180 flats and dozens of shops approved
A town is to undergo a major regeneration project with the construction of 180 apartments, shops and a new public park. Plans for the redevelopment of the former Royal Mail Sorting office site near Maidstone East Station in the county town were finally approved nine years after the scheme was …
Read More »Plans for former Royal Mail sorting office in Sandling Road, Maidstone changed as demolition continues
Plans for flats on the site of a former sorting office which is being demolished have been changed after being criticised by councillors. Maidstone council owns the old Royal Mail buildings off Sandling Road after buying the 19,607 sq m plot for £2.5 million in 2022. The demolition is expected …
Read More »Flats plan for Royal Mail sorting centre in Maidstone deferred over fears they would be ‘building slums’
A council has been sent to rework plans for its own development after councillors feared they would be “building a slum.” Maidstone Borough Council submitted plans in October for the redevelopment of the former Royal Mail sorting office on Sandling Road into three blocks of flats. CGIs of the former …
Read More »Maidstone council plans to redevelop Royal Mail Sorting Office near train station get government funding
Plans to redevelop part of a town left derelict for a decade have been given a boost by the government. Maidstone council has received a £2.1m grant from the Brownfield Land Release Fund to help it bring forward plans to regenerate the former Royal Mail Sorting Office site. An artist’s …
Read More »Lighthouse Church celebrates permanent home at St Faith’s after 20 years’ sofa surfing
A Pentecostal church is to celebrate its new permanent home with a civic dedication ceremony. The Lighthouse Church has taken over the former St Faith’s Church in Station Road, Maidstone. New light shines on historic church Under the direction of pastor Julius Eniolu, the Lighthouse has had a presence in …
Read More »People in Snodland left without post for more than two weeks due to Royal Mail problems
Royal Mail issues have left people in a Kent town waiting more than two weeks to receive their post. A number of streets in Snodland, near Maidstone, are having to make do with their mail arriving on an almost fortnightly basis with some having to collect their post themselves from …
Read More »Marden loses broadband and phones after car crash
A village has been left without broadband connection and landline phones following a car accident. A collision between a Royal Mail van at the junction of Chantry Road and Church Green in Marden, resulted in one of the vehicles smashing into a green telecommunications junction box. The damaged junction box …
Read More »Maidstone council reveals plans for 220 homes on former Royal Mail Sorting Office next to station
Proposals for a £50m regeneration scheme for Maidstone town centre have been unveiled. The first artist’s impressions of Maidstone council’s plans to redevelop the former Royal Mail Sorting Office near Maidstone East were shown at a public exhibition at The Kent History and Library Centre yesterday. The town houses would …
Read More »Consultation launched on £50m proposals to turn Royal Mail sorting office next to Maidstone East into 220 homes
“Ambitious” plans have been put forward to build hundreds of homes and a leisure space on a former Royal Mail sorting office. Maidstone council has developed proposals to regenerate the 3.5-acre site as part of a £50million investment. The former Royal Mail sorting office in Sandling Road, Maidstone, is earmarked …
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