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A dilapidated home with a sofa and mattress covered in debris.

'Eyesore Pigeon Hotel' turned into flats

A developer has transformed the property which had been empty for nearly 20 years.

An aerial view of location of the solar farm in the village of Lympne, Kent. There are areas of greenery, as well as a series of houses.

Large solar farm to power thousands of homes

The local authority says the scheme will generate £21m over the next three decades.

The Romney Marsh Visitor Centre, with white walls and a dark brown roof and wall beams, with vegetation in front of the building and a blue sky behind it.

New tenant sought for Romney Marsh Visitor Centre

Folkestone and Hythe Council is seeking a new operator for the centre, which closed in July 2024.

Folkestone Harbour

Multi-million-pound seafront revamp plans refused

Plans for hundreds of new waterfront homes, leisure, hospitality and retail outlets are rejected.

The exterior of the Airport Cafe in Sellindge, on a sunny day, with tables and chairs and the sign showing opening times.

'Substandard' buildings near cafe face demolition

Permission has been given to demolish the commercial units and replace them with new structures.

A light brown agricultural field with a big, green tree in the middle of it, and a post with satellite dishes on it

Rural communities awarded cash help

A council says the funding could help areas that "felt forgotten" in the past.

A view of the stairwell inside British artists' Sam Cox, aka Mr Doodle, as he reveals the Doodle House, a twelve-room mansion at Tenterden, in Kent, which has been covered, inside and out in the artist's trademark monochrome, cartoonish hand-drawn doodles.

Artist faces criticism over plan for doodle house

Doodle artist Sam Cox is seeking to replace an existing home with a unique three-bedroom structure.

A field stretching uphill is seen from behind a fence at lower ground. The grass is green and the sky is blue with light white clouds and there are bare trees seen at the far edge of the field.

Proposed solar farm could power 140,000 homes

Energy firm Low Carbon has plans for a 500 megawatt facility on Romney Marsh in Kent.

Folkestone Beach

Poor swimming water not caused by floods - firm

Southern Water says sewage discharge from storm overflows has not caused issues on the Kent coast.