Villagers vow to fight £240m housing plan

More than 100 people crammed into Beltinge Village Hall to unanimously oppose a planned £240 million housing development.

The lively crowd gathered to voice their anger at a controversial scheme to build up to 1,375 homes on land in Hillborough. Everyone voted to fight the proposals, choosing to form a Beltinge and Reculver Residents’ Association to help the cause.

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Developer's anger over MP's criticism

Developer Kitewood has slammed Bay MP Roger Gale for "vulgar populist grandstanding" after his outspoken criticism of the company's planned development in Hillborough. After reading his comments in last week's Herne Bay Times, Kitewood director Mike Dolan said:

"I am very disturbed at Roger Gale's comments, not least because it strikes me as vulgar, populist grandstanding to take a stab at the developer community when his own government's policy is precisely what we are pursuing.

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