Decision on 4,000-home Kent garden city deferred over nitrogen and phosphorus pollution fears

Councillors have pushed back a planning decision on a 4,000-home "garden city" in Kent over fears that the development could increase the risk of nutrients overloading the area's protected waterways.

by James Agyepong-Parsons
Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve - image: Marathon / geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve - image: Marathon / geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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