Plans for new housing have been axed just weeks after part of the design was labelled “a white elephant”. More than 30 people wrote to Maidstone council objecting to the proposal for a 20-home development in Ulcombe when it was submitted in October. The application was put forward by developers Esquire and would have been built off Eastwood Road. It included plans for a new building featuring a shop and changing rooms. The homes would have been next to the village recreation ground and eight were to be marketed as affordable housing. However, developers have now withdrawn the plans. Maidstone …
