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New homes built in the middle of a housing estate have angered residents who claim developers have built them in the wrong palce and 1.8m higher than planned. Work on 49 homes on an old chalk quarry, which later became home to Nicholls Transport, in Sittingbourne, began in 2019 with plans to complete them within 18 months. Five years on and with the houses nearly finished, locals haven’t got what they had expected. Ann Smith and Alan Belsom both own properties along Lydbrook Close near the development. Ann has lived in her home since 1978 and welcomed the plans when they were first put forward…