Calendar helps local groups


TWO local charities split the £1,362 pro- ceeds of the seventh Staplehurst Calendar produced by artist Ken Collins. The 2011 calendar, which features Ken’s drawings of churches throughout the Weald Deanery, yielded the third highest donation since the annual project began and was divided between Weald Club for the Disabled, which meets at the McCabe Centre, and Leonard Cheshire Disability, based in Sobell Lodge. He sold a total of 350 calendars, each costing £4. Sponsorship from 13 local companies and organisations covered printing costs and other donations were received. Ken has begun working on the 2012 calendar, which will feature images of village footpaths and raise money for local churches.


Road closure alert MOTORISTS have been warned that a part of Broom- field Road in Kingswood will be closed from 9am to 5pm on Sundays until April due to micro-asphalt re-surfacing. The closure will affect the junction with Chartway Street, through the Gravelly Bottom Road crossroads for around 900m to just beyond the last residential property. Access to Broomfield Road properties will be maintained whenever possible although residents are warned that short delays may be experienced.


Playscheme is ‘high quality’


A HOLIDAY playscheme at Headcorn meets the needs of all children well and has a good capacity for further im- provement. The scheme, which oper-


Ken Collins with Ray- mond Vidler, chairman of Weald Club for the Dis- abled, and Philip Green, resident of Leonard Cheshire Disability.


Extension refusal


upheld on appeal APROPOSAL to erect an extension in Goudhurst Road, Marden, was refused on appeal. Inspector JulieWest reported that


the extension at Roughlands Barn, which would have created a formal courtyard, would have been harm- ful to the character and appearance of the countryside and the host property. It would also have been clearly visible from the public footpath that abuts the building. Maidstone Council originally re-


fused the application in September last year.


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ates in the primary school premises for three weeks during the summer holidays, can take up to 90 children at any one time, including no more than 40 who are aged under five. Ofsted rated the overall ef- fectiveness of the holiday playscheme as “good” with


Clubs bid to stay MAIDSTONE Model Fly- ing Club has applied for retrospective permission to use agricultural land in Linton. The organisation has


flown model aircrafts and held model car races from Wares Farm, Redwall Lane, for 12 yearswithout permission. “In which time we have been totally ‘at one’ with the farming community and the local residents,” wrote the ap- plicant in a supporting document. The application has


been submitted jointly with Kent Model Rally Cross Club, which has also been using the site for the past three years.


the quality of its early years provision as “satisfactory”. Inspector John Viner con- sidered the manager and team of play workers were highly organised and pro- vided a rich learning envi- ronment in which children thrived. The report said the leader-


ship and management were satisfactory, but to make fur- ther improvements, there should be enough suitably qualified staff to meet statu- tory requirements.


Extension agreed PERMISSION was granted for a single-storey extension in Pet- lands, Boughton Monchelsea. The parish council objected


over the loss of a parking space, but Cllr FranWilson’s daughter lives nearby and claimed that parking was ample.


Wall for play area IAN Holmes has been permit- ted to erect a 1.8m-high wall at the front of a home in Lime Trees, Staplehurst, to enable the creation of an enclosed play area for his young children.


Shop conversion GARY Saunders was given the go-ahead to convert an empty shop into a coffee shop at Fore- mans Walk, High Street, Head- corn.


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