Protecting our green spaces from inappropriate housing developments and safeguarding our precious environment.

One of the big issues concerning residents of Maidstone and The Weald over the last few years has been the spectre of substantial new housing developments underscored by a lack of commitment to necessary supporting infrastructure.

Maidstone’s road network is unique. It is where four of Kent’s arterial routes meet and it encompasses four junctions of the M20. The volume of traffic this creates means there is little or no resilience in the network.

For at least the last five years, the most persistent  issue raised with me by the people of Maidstone & the Weald has been concern about excessive housing development, particularly when it isn’t accompanied by the required infrastructure.   It was at the forefront of my discussio

Local MPs Tracey Crouch and Helen Grant have formally requested the Secretary of State call in the Gladman application to develop land between Aylesford and Allington. Further to initial correspondence with MHCLG during the election, when TMBC approved the application to build 840 houses on land in

A Kent MP has welcomed the decision to protect a crucial rural bus service for school pupils. Helen Grant, Member of Parliament for Maidstone and The Weald, was very concerned to learn that the service, which is mostly used by students who live in Marden to get to schools across Maidstone, was unde

Maidstone’s MP has met with senior rail executives in Parliament to exert pressure over the continued failure to introduce the new City Thameslink Service from Maidstone East. In a meeting with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) Chief Executive Patrick Verwer and his team, Helen Grant, made clear the l

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Chris Heaton-Harris MP, the Trains Minister, will come to Maidstone for a round table meeting with commuters, local businesses and local authority representatives to discuss the continued delay to the City Thameslink service from Maidstone East.  The Minister agreed to attend the meeting in re

Over the summer months, I have been out and about delivering my transport and housing surveys around Maidstone and The Weald.

Be it catching the train to work, riding the bus into town for shopping or hopping in the car to take our children to school we all rely on transport in our everyday lives. Ever since I was selected to stand as MP for Maidstone and the Weald 11 years ago, campaigning to improve our transport system