Hundreds of homes have been dropped from a controversial garden village plan to make space for a recycling centre. An amended outline planning application for the Highsted Park development, which could be built on land to the south and east of Sittingbourne near Teynham, has slashed the number of dwellings pencilled in for the site to 7,150 in response to concerns raised by Kent County Council (KCC). In 2021 Quinn Estates submitted plans to Swale council for the phased development of up to 578.65 hectares of land comprising of up to 8,000 homes. These included sheltered and extra care accommod…
