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Additional buses running

Two additional buses now run on Mondays to Fridays at 1745 hours from Downswood to Maidstone and at 1811 hours from Maidstone Bus Station to Downswood.

• Parsonage Place - Piling Update

  14th June 2023

  Update from Bellway Homes. The piling rig will return to Parsonage Place tomorrow (Thursday 15 June).  Depending on the time of arrival, piling might start the same day. We have been assured that a shroud will be fitted, which should help with the noise.  It's currently...

• Rooftop Solar Revolution

  1st June 2023

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• Foxden Drive Play Area & Field - Update re Planned Works

  31st May 2023

  Foxden Drive Play Area & field– Briefing Note 31/5/2023 Andrew Williams, Parks & Open Spaces Manager Forthcoming works relating to Bellways Development: Sewer Connection: The Bellway development on Church Road has the right to connect to the 6” sewer running under the field at Foxden...

• Mayor of Maidstone - Downswood's Cllr Gordon Newton

  23rd May 2023

  Congratulations to Downswood's Councillor Gordon Newton and Mrs Carol Newton who became Mayor & Mayoress of Maidstone last Saturday, 20th May. ...

• Notes - Bellway Homes Meeting 17.05.23

  18th May 2023

  Notes - Bellway Homes Meeting 17.05.23 ...

• Ramp - Foxden Drive Park

  15th May 2023

  Bellway Homes has provided an update regarding work on the ramp at Foxden Drive Park. The work was originally intended to be carried out in February but this was delayed by MBC. Having checked the trees that are due to be removed, the ecologist has found nesting birds in one of...

• Foxden Drive Play Area/Ramp

  11th May 2023

  The following update was received from Bellway Homes this morning: 'We will be fencing of the ramp area to Foxdown Park to allow us to start building the new cycle ramp today, and tomorrow we will be removing trees that have been agreed that need to be removed to accommodate this work, there...

• Report Anti Social Behaviour on British Rail

  11th April 2023

  How to report anti-social behaviour on our rail networks. Traveling without paying, anti-social behaviour and other risk taking behaviour is becoming an increasing concern for us all on our rail networks. It also leads to increases in these behaviours in areas where young people meet, but...

• Mallards Park

  6th April 2023

  Mallards Park MBC informed the Parish Council some months ago that work is due to be carried out at Mallards Park. Having chased this up, DPC can advise that a project budget is now available to MBC and they will start drawing up a specification with the following aims for the lake and...

• Deringwood Drive/Willington St Traffic Lights Update

  5th April 2023

  DPC has been advised that due to the ‘dip’ in Willington Street at the junction with Deringwood Drive, KCC Highways have decided that it would be unsafe to put any form of traffic signals in this location. This meets the requirements from the Planning Inspector of ‘appropriate junction...

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