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A council has doubled down after a major residential developer claimed it could no longer afford money promised to help a community. Gillcrest Homes this month told Canterbury City Council (CCC) its £60k contribution pledge – made in return for converting 24 flats in the city – was now “unaffordable”. But the authority clapped back this week warning it would pursue the Rochester developer for the cash “as per the legal agreement” it entered. In 2019, Gillcrest agreed to shell out the section 106 money to the city council when it green-lit plans to transform the former tannery in Stour Street i…

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