Is Kent ready for the Duchy of Cornwall’s next Poundbury?
21-04-2024 10:00 via theguardian.com

Is Kent ready for the Duchy of Cornwall’s next Poundbury?

Plans for 2,500 new homes outside the historic market town of Faversham have gone down badly with some residents. But the UK needs housing, and this is a promising site…“We’re all proud to have a king,” laments a resident of Faversham in Kent, “but we thought he was going to be a custodian of the land and look after it.” “Disgusting”, says a passerby, walking her dog, when asked her opinion of proposals by the Duchy of Cornwall to build almost 2,5
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