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Additional reporting by Gabriel Morris, Local Democracy Reporter Plans for 96 new homes are to be sent back to the drawing board following fears over flooding and claims infrastructure is already “pushed to the limit” in the area. Pentland Homes lodged their application for a mix of houses and flats on land west of Ashford Road, in New Romney, with Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) in October last year. The proposal attracted six letters of objection from neighbours. And last week, locals and politicians insisted New Romney “cannot sustain new large developments” at the authority’s la…

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