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The draft Tonbridge and Malling Local Plan which was supposed to set out development policies for the borough appears to have hit the buffers.

In a strong response from the Planning Inspectorate following initial hearings in October they have found the borough council failed to co-operate with surrounding districts as required by current planning law.

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Liberal Democrats are delighted to announce that Graham Colley has been selected as their candidate at the next Police and Crime Commissioner election, due to take place in May 2021. Graham has been a vocal supporter of Kent Police and will campaign for more frontline officers, community policing  and improved visibility of police, especially in rural areas of the county.

On behalf of Tonbridge and Malling Liberal Democrats, I will be putting a motion to Council to prepare a tree planting strategy on 18 February 2020. 

Though the national results were extremely disappointing - and particularly frustrating in the number of Lib Dem target seats missed by under 1000 votes - the local results in Tonbridge and Malling provided a much needed boost. 

The General Election called for 12th December is dominated by Brexit.  The Election is only happening because Boris Johnson knew his Brexit deal would not survive full parliamentary scrutiny.  But, far more importantly, Brexit is the biggest political issue for the UK since 1945. Every area of policy, be it the economy, foreign affairs, the environment, health, education, social security or whatever, will be profoundly affected by whether or not we leave the European Union.