‘It shouldn’t be this hard’

By Heather Jameson | 16 February 2022

Handing housing targets down from central to local government is one thing, but delivering them on the ground is another.

At a district level, many councils are stymied by local resistance to development or a lack of political will, but for Folkestone and Hythe DC in Kent, it is the political determination that has driven its push for growth.

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