Podcast: Anger as developer asks to remove affordable housing from new development in Deal from mobile philip kent age jodi janet Watch Video

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✓ Published: 25-Apr-2024

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<p>A developer has been criticised for going back on a promise to provide affordable housing in Deal.</p><p>100 properties are due be built in Cross Road</a> and 30% were supposed to be affordable. We've been getting reaction from people who live nearby.</p><p>Also in the podcast, bosses in Dartford have approved plans to build more than 12 and a half thousand homes over the next 13 years.</p><p>The area's seen a 20% population increase in recent years</a> - partly driven by the development of a garden city at Ebbsfleet. Hear from the council leader.</p><p>A Gravesend dad with an inoperable brain tumour hopes a fundraiser will help him make memories with his children.</p><p>John Rendle received the diagnosis last year</a>, and has undergone treatment for the condition - but is unsure just how much time he has left.</p><p>A study by the University of Kent and World Health Organisation has found underage girls are smoking, drinking and vaping more than boys. Lucy Hickmott joins the episode with the details.</p><p>A dad whose young son died in a suspected hit and run has revealed he's opening a dessert parlour in Folkestone</a> in his memory.</p><p>Seven-year-old William Brown had been going to retrieve a football when it happened in December. William Brown Senior has been telling us about his project.</p><p>And in sport, Maidstone United</a> are through to the National League South play-off semi-finals. </p><p>We've got reaction from manager George Elokobi.</p>