Podcast: Plans approved for new stadium, homes and shops at Northfleet Harbourside from lauren lander Watch Video

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✓ Published: 01-May-2024

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<p>Plans for a an 8,000 seater stadium in north Kent</a> have been approved.</p><p>It is the centre piece of a major development on brownfield land in Northfleet which also includes houses, shops, medical services and community venues.</p><p>Also in today’s episode, another person has been arrested over the deaths of five people</a> as they tried to cross the Channel to Kent.</p><p>Figures show 900 asylum seekers have made the dangerous journey since Friday.</p><p>Bungalow owners in Dymchurch say they feel like they are living in a box</a> after new houses we're built behind their gardens </p><p>Residents in Hythe Road say they have been let down by council and have called for the two-storey properties to be demolished.</p><p>Council bosses say plans are underway to bring back a ferry service between Gravesend and Tilbury</a>.</p><p>It has been a month since it stopped running and businesses in the town centre say they have lost up to 30% of their trade.</p><p>Controversial plans to redevelop Chatham Docks</a> have been recommended for approval.</p><p>The idea is to demolish the existing warehouses on the site and build a new business campus</p><p>And voting will take place tomorrow for Kent's Police and Crime Commissioner.</p><p>Their job is to hold the chief constable to account and give a voice to the public.</p>