What next for youth centre?
Lashings given warning Continued from page one
to the police. Mr Burrough said that both the
Lenham Youth Centre member Gavin Evans, 13, presents the petition to County Cllr Jenny Whittle, with (from left) Bradley Cain, ReeceWatson, parish council chairman Nigel Godfrey and Cllr John Bone.
Continued from page one Scheme would have
‘eroded’ privacy DEVELOPER Rydon Homes has been blocked from replac- ing 251 Willington Street, Maidstone, with six four-bed- room houses. Maidstone Council said the application: “by virtue of its backland siting to the rear of existing properties, scale and subsequent intensification of use, would fail to respond pos- itively to the prevailing charac- ter of the area, that consists of large properties with long rear gardens, and would result in the erosion of the seclusion and well-landscaped appearance to the rear of these properties.” The proposal also included a
garage and associated parking, as well as the formation of a new private access drive.
youth services across the county in a bid to save £900,000 funding from next April. Consultation closed in October on the proposals which include making the town centre Infozone the hub for Maidstone’s youth serv- ices and axing Lenham Youth Centre, as well as the Manor Centre, Shepway.
club owner David Folb and the premises supervisor John Tobin, who was acting as doorman, were "shocked" when they discovered the girl was only 15. She was heavily made up and dressed for a night out, the sub- committee was told. But PC Neil Barnes, licensing of-
ficer, said there had been failings at every level of the club to "simply as- sume" that she was old enough. Mr Burrough said it was a gen-
uine mistake, based on the girl ar- riving with a known adult at 2am. That initial error had been com- pounded byMrTobin admitting her on two further occasion. Mr Tobin accepted that, butMrBurrough said this was his first such transgression in 33 years in the licensed trade. Lashingsnowoperates a strict "no
ID,no entry" policy and has aCCTV system whose coverage and image quality satisfy the police. But the sub-committee decided to officially warn the club and to in- sist that it has a door keeper onduty at all times from 9pm to the end of trading. This person must be regis- tered with the SIA security indus- try association. The premises supervisor must train all bar staff to a required level, with the emphasis on age restriction rules and serving anyone intoxicated. Chairman Cllr Peter Parvin, a for-
mer mayor, said they considered it a "very serious failing".Heaccepted there had been no previous cases involving Lashings, which had since put steps in place that satis- fied most of the points raised by the police. The sub-committee also noted the financial impact on the club if its licence had been sus- pended for a month.
Funds for hearing charity
Ian Brightman, Sam Barker and deputy governor Mark Taylor of HMP Maidstone and, at the front, Liz Clayton and Debra Jones of Hi Kent
THE Deputy Governor of HMP Maidstone, Mark Taylor, and his colleague Ian Bright- man attended the launch of Hi Kent’s sale of wooden gifts made by inmates of the prison. These included bird tables, photograph holders, tea light holders and various Christmas goods. The items will raise funds for Maidstone-based Hi Kent, the charity for deaf and hard of hearing people.
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