Thurnham Parish News
Customised scheme for former Poundstop site?
A VEHICLE-customising busi- nessiskeentomoveintothe former Poundstop site in Crismill Lane. It could be several months be-
Meetings normally held on the third Monday of each month at the Marriott Tudor Park Hotel. Public welcome.
CHAIRMAN:Richard Morley CLERK: Sherrie Babington 01634 867173
Society donation THE parish council agreed to a request for a £25 donation to the Bearsted & Thurnham Soci- ety amenity group, which has about 1,000 members.
Hall is hailed THE Bearsted & Thurnham King George VMemorialHall is one of the best used in the Maidstone area. Cllr Pat Sand- ford agreed: "It's really brilliant. It's down to the management."
Barbed comment COUNCILLOR Pat Sandford- called for the clearance of a "dangerous" barbed wire fence between G-Forces' site in Car- ing Lane and the golf club.
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HAIR DRESSING
Bearsted Green
10 East
fore an application is submit- ted, councillors heard, as there is an ongoing issue with Maid- stone Council over the legal sta- tus of the site. However, land owner Mal-
colm Hill seems happy with what is proposed, said Cllr Pat Sandford, of the parish's plan- ning sub-group. Parish council vice-chairman
PeterWaite said the proposal is from an established firm that decorates and does sign writing on cars and other vehicles. On a
visit, he saw a car completely covered in a vinyl finish that was "quite striking". He said there would normally
be misgivings about a vehicle operation as they tend to be noisy and smelly. "This particular application
isn't," said Cllr Waite. But the concern may be that once there is an established use for vehicle activity it could lead on to serv- icing and repairs. He said the company was pre-
pared to make a "very large in- vestment" and completely rebuild the asbestos-roof build- ing, which was recently the sub- ject of a church's plan to hold services and meetings there,
FOUR senior councillors are standing down after many years of service to the community. Cllr Pat Sandford, who is in his mid-80s, has decided to call it a day after 35 years in local gov- ernment "on and off". He has served on two parish councils, Thurnham and Aylesford, as well as the county council. He said it would be a "wrench" giving it up. Cllr Richard Jacques, a former chairman, said
he would not be standing either. Until last year he was also chairman of the Joint Parishes Group that fought the KIG scheme at a lengthy public in- quiry.
which has since been dropped. Landscaping and environmen- tal improvements are part of the latest proposal. Current proposals retain a similar footprint for the build- ing but an alternative of a smaller unit with a new de- tached house is being consid- ered. The house would retain the existing entrance, with a new entry for the business. Cllr Sandford said: "On the
face of it, it's going to clean up a rather ugly site. It looks like a planning gain.” But he added that planning
gains usually have a down side, picking up Cllr Waite's point about possible future uses.
More councillors needed after departures
Cllr Anna Bloomfield is also stepping down, because of other commitments. Cllr John Horne, a former Maidstone mayor, earlier told the meeting that he would not be standing in the May borough council elections. Parish councillors agreed to send a letter thank- ing him for all his work over the past 30-plus years. The parish council agreed there is a need to re-
cruit new members both to replace retiring ones and to introduce new ideas. The clerk was asked to mail all electors to invite candidates for elec- tion.
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