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Posted On: September 30th 2026, 08:33 pm
This evening the Conservatives brought a motion to council asking us to write a letter to government on water - something we’ve already done.
They spoke in support of our work to date, which includes meeting with the Chief Executive of South East Water, and writing to the relevant Minister on multiple occasions. This work started months ago, with the most recent letter dated 28th September.
Despite standing up to say that they weren’t bothered about the content of the letter, they used a meeting procedure to force us into a vote whether intentionally or not, to send the motion straight to Cabinet, rather than being discussed at the relevant Committee. This would have required us to use the specific wording in their motion.
This is included a halt on all house building in the borough, which would have included our programme of work to build 1000 affordable homes in Maidstone, something which we were not prepared to do in such black and white terms.
They spoke in support of our work to date, which includes meeting with the Chief Executive of South East Water, and writing to the relevant Minister on multiple occasions. This work started months ago, with the most recent letter dated 28th September.
Despite standing up to say that they weren’t bothered about the content of the letter, they used a meeting procedure to force us into a vote whether intentionally or not, to send the motion straight to Cabinet, rather than being discussed at the relevant Committee. This would have required us to use the specific wording in their motion.
This is included a halt on all house building in the borough, which would have included our programme of work to build 1000 affordable homes in Maidstone, something which we were not prepared to do in such black and white terms.
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