A town is to undergo a major regeneration project with the construction of 180 apartments, shops and a new public park. Plans for the redevelopment of the former Royal Mail Sorting office site near Maidstone East Station in the county town were finally approved nine years after the scheme was first mooted. Maidstone Borough Council will solely undertake the development. Originally, MBC and KCC had jointly purchased the land for redevelopment back in 2015, with the idea of building a joint council headquarters building for both authorities there, but nothing materialised. The local authority bo…
