Doddington Parish Council

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  Hopper bus Saturday service starts on 15th August

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  Faversham Hopper Community Bus to launch a Saturday service on the FH2 route from 15th August. The timings will be the same as the current ...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 11 Aug 26
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  Updates from Citizens Advice North East Kent August 2026

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Citizens Advice North East Kent

  What can you do if you hire a company to do some work in your house or garden, and the quality of their work is poor? What if you’ve a...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 11 Aug 26
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  Mobile Post Office

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  The mobile Post Office will be operating from The Chequers Inn car park on Mondays from 11.20- 11.50am Please support this service.

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 3 Aug 26
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  Emergency Road Closure - Doddington Lane , Doddington - 25th July 2026

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Kent Highways

  It will be necessary to close Doddington Lane, Doddington from 25th July 2026 for up to 5 days. The road will be closed in the vicinity ...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 27 Jul 26
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  Updates from Citizens Advice North East Kent July 2026

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Citizens Advice North East Kent

  When the weather heats up there are times when the temperature in our home can become unbearable. An overheating home can make life very unc...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 9 Jul 26
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  MP's letter to Secretary of State for Housing

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  MP Helen Whately has sent a letter to the Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, calling o...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 6 Jul 26
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  Kent Trading Standards Checked

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Trading Standards Checked

  Trading Standards Checked is Kent County Council's (KCC) safe traders scheme for businesses in the home improvement sector. Together wit...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 19 Jun 26
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  Police Force Mergers

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  he Government has proposed merging police forces creating fewer and larger ones across England and Wales which is a significant change that ...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 3 Jun 26
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  Chairman's Annual Report 2025-26

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  The Chairman's Annual Report 2025-26 has been published and can be found here

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 12 May 26
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  KALC Community Award 2026

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  Karen Potts receives this year's Kent Association of Local Councils (KALC) Award for services to the Community from Councillor Neville H...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 12 May 26
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  Highsted Park s106 Agreement- Action Group response

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  The Action Group’s representation raises concerns over inadequate healthcare contributions, low affordable housing provision, weak rel...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 25 Nov 25
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  Action Group Presents Further Evidence to Highsted Inquiry

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  Cllr Julien Speed has given evidence to the Inquiry, a short summary of this can be found here. Full details of the Action Group can be fou...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 6 Oct 25
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  Asian Hornet monitoring traps for farmers and landowners

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Kent Downs National Landscape

  Kent Downs National Landscape is working in conjunction with Asian Hornet Alert to help distribute monitoring traps for this invasive non-n...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 11 Sep 25
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  Police Report

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: PC Jez Chittim

  Police received a report on 11/07/2025 of a caravan on fire in a field along Homestall Road. It appears this was an unwanted and dumped cara...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 14 Jul 25
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  Volunteers needed

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Faversham Hopper

  Faversham hopper bus

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 6 Jun 25
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  Faversham Community Bus Service

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Faversham Hopper

  Faversham Community Bus Service

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 4 Jun 25
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  Chairman's Annual Report 2024-25

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  The Chairman's Annual Report 2024-25 has been published and can be found here

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 16 May 25
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  Highsted Park Update 17.2.2025

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  Latest update on the Highsted Park Planning Inquiry The Planning Inquiry is moving at a pace, driven by a strict timetable set by the Pla...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 17 Feb 25
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  Proposed Highsted Park development update

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  On 17 January, the Teynham & Highsted Community Action Group formally submitted its Statement of Case to the Planning Inspectorate as pa...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 20 Jan 25
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  Highsted Park Update

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  Doddington,Lynsted with Kingsdown, Teynham and Tonge Parish Councils will continue working together to represent community views on the High...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 23 Dec 24
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  Proposed Highsted Park

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  Proposed Highsted Park Ref: 21/503914/EIOUT -Location: Land South and East of Sittingbourne Ref: 21/503906/EIOUT -Location: Land to The We...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 6 Nov 24
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  Are you eligible for Pension Credit?

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Citizens Advice

  What is Pension Credit? Pension Credit gives you extra money to help with your living costs if you’re over State Pension age and o...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 21 Oct 24
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  Highsted Park Proposal

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  21/503914/EIOUT Southern Site - Land South And East Of Sittingbourne Kent 21/503906/EIOUT Northern Site - Land To The West Of Teynham Londo...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 30 Jul 24
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  Report drainage faults

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Mrs Wendy Licence

  Kent County Council recommends the use of their online fault reporting portal as this ensures that issues are routed to the correct team str...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 6 Dec 23
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  Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  Sally Mills, our current Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator is having to step down from this position. Doddington Parish Council would like to...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 26 Sep 23
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  Catapults

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Swale Community Safety Unit

  The Police are seeing an increase of Anti-Social Behaviour involving the use of catapults across Swale. They are working hard to identif...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 22 May 23
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  Mental Health Support for Swale Residents

  Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent

  Article by: Wendy Licence

  Mid Kent Mind, the local branch of ‘Mind’ which covers Swale, has received some funding from Swale Borough Council to provide We...

  Doddington Parish Council   |  

  Posted: 2 Mar 23