Plans for the next phase of development at Kings Hill have been approved unanimously by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.

This will see the delivery of 635 much needed homes including affordable, a new primary school - the third at Kings Hill, an extension to the community centre, additional allotments, trim trails and sports pitches for Kings Hill Sports Park. Land will also be gifted for the development of a place of worship.

Employment land remains for more commercial development and the creation of a further 3,000 jobs.

Kings Hill is being developed as a contemporary 'garden village' by Liberty Property Trust and Kent County Council and to date has already delivered 800,000 sq ft of office space and 5,000 jobs along with almost 2,750 new homes together with shops, schools and amenities for roughly 8,800 residents.

Throughout the planning process Liberty has worked closely with the community in deciding the content of the planning application.

"It is the result of a collaborative journey of detailed consultation with the local community, including resident groups, church groups, sports and social groups and local parish councils," said Liberty's managing director Andrew Blevins.

"We have committed to a package of community benefits which go beyond what is required by the planning system and we are doing this because we are a long term investor.

"I am very pleased that there was unanimous approval of our plans for Kings Hill and it is gratifying to receive further endorsement of our approach to community building from Michael Cassidy, Chairman Designate of the Ebbsfleet Garden City Corporation when he commented at a property event that the quality and diversity of what we call our 'garden village' has many of the elements he would like to see for the Garden City.

"We are very proud of what we have done at Kings Hill and the quality of the development was endorsed recently by The Daily Telegraph when it named Kings Hill as one of the best places to raise a family in the UK."

Kings Hill, a contemporary garden village, is set in 800 acres near the county town of Maidstone and is just two miles from junction 4 of the M20. It was a former airfield and is now home to around 8,000 residents and more than 200 businesses employing some 5,000 people.

There are also two primary schools with a third planned and a village centre with shops including Waitrose; Costa Coffee; Domino's and restaurants as well as a surgery, dry cleaners, shoe repairers, pharmacy and opticians.

For more information visitwww.kings-hill.comhttp://www.kings-hill.com/

For further information on Kings Hill, please contact:

Alison Hardy, Maxim on 01892 513033 / alison@maxim-pr.co.uk

Notes to Editors:

Liberty Property Trust UK Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based Liberty Property Trust, a Real Estate Investment Trust, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT), headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, is a leader in commercial real estate, serving customers in the United States and the United Kingdom, through the development, acquisition, ownership and management of superior office and industrial properties. Liberty Property Trust owns and manages more than 700 properties totalling 100 million sq ft, accommodating 1,800 occupiers and has a market capitalisation of $8.8 billion.

Liberty Property Trust UK Ltd is developing Kings Hill - www.kings-hill.com - as a rapidly growing sustainable community in line with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), ensuring economic, environmental and social progress for this and future generations. Kings Hill combines commercial, residential, educational, retail, community, sports and leisure uses within 800 acres of highly landscaped low density parkland and aims to promote quality of life by providing a unique environment in which people can live, work, play and study. In addition to providing accommodation for SME's, Kings Hill also attracts significant international tenants such as Barclays, Rail Europe, Cabot Financial, Marsh and Kimberly-Clark.

Liberty Property Trust UK Ltd is also developing Didsbury Point business park in Manchester - www.didsburypoint.comhttp://www.didsburypoint.com/and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus www.cambridgebiomedicalcampus.com.

Liberty Property Trust UK and Kent County Council have formed a collaborative public/private sector "partnership" having entered into a Development Agreement to create an exemplar mixed-use community. Kings Hill is the County's flagship development for attracting inward investment and promoting regional economic growth and it also seeks to deliver in all areas of existing and evolving Government policy priorities.

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