A homeowner who is willing to sell his house to a developer so 62 new homes can be built says he has been ostracised from the local community and abused by neighbours because of it – but he doesn’t care.
Aile Homes is desperate to buy Perry Mason’s Maidstone property off him so they can use it as an access site for their collosal new estate that has spent years in development hell.
And the 64-year-old is more than happy to sell up, despite what his neighbours think, as he has been given ‘an offer [he] cannot refuse’.
Planning permission for the controversial development was granted five years ago despite severe local objections and many villagers believe the developers should be made to go through the process again due to their lack of action.
However Aile Homes has argued that as they installed a piece of kerb near the site four days before their December 20 2021 construction deadline they have technically made a ‘material start’ on works and do not need to seek permission again.
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