MPs Tracey Crouch and Rehman Chishti join residents fight against Lidsing Garden Village proposal
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Updated: 07:32, 12 December 2020
A campaign group opposing plans for a garden village on farmland has grown from five members to 1,000 in just a week and its objections have already been voiced in the House of Commons.
Against Lidsing Garden Development was set up to fight proposals by Maidstone Borough Council to designate a large area in the parishes of Boxley and Bredhurst for a garden village of 2,000 homes in its Local Plan Review.
One of the objectors banners
Although the area is officially in the borough of Maidstone, it is more closely connected to the Medway Towns than Maidstone, and the opposition group has already won the support of Tracey Crouch (Con), the MP for Chatham and Aylesford, and Rehman Chishti (Con), the MP for Gillingham and Rainham.