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Survey on how to use trust land


MEMBERS of the public are being consulted on how a piece of land, left to the Bearsted Woodland Trust, can be cared for and developed to provide pleasure for future generations. Pauline Moore (pictured),


who died in August, lived in Bearsted for86ofher 88 years, where she ran a highly re- spected riding school. She was keen to ensure that


her land – the 12-acre Gore Meadow – did not fall to devel- opers after her death and, in 2005, she decided to leave it with Bearsted Woodland Trust to ensure it would remain as a green space in perpetuity. Miss Moore had strong views


on how it should be looked after, to be preserved as a place for quiet recreation, but she also wanted it to be welcoming for young people, with tree plant- ing a particular wish.


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Collection thanks THE Salvation Army has thanked people in Harriet- sham for collecting £640. Rowland Little, from Hollingbourne, on behalf of Major Grayson Williams and the Salvation Army in Maid- stone, thanked villagers for carrying out a door-to-door collection and said the cash would be used by the Chris- tian charity for social work.


Conversion agreed PLANNING consent has been granted to convert a garage into accommodation at 11 The Landway, Bearsted.


The Woodland Trust is draw-


ing up detailed plans on how her ideas can be implanted and has compiled a survey to garner views from residents and those who knew Miss Moore. Woodland Trust President


Peter Willson said: “The land played an important part not only in her life, but in the lives of many local people. ”Bearsted Woodland Trust


wants to ensure that the land is looked after in the best way pos- sible. The Trust now needs to draw up detailed plans on how Miss Moore's wishes can be im- plemented, just how this can be achieved, and the funding needed.” MrWillson said: “The consul-


tation process will help us greatly in drawing up the plans and also in securing the signifi- cant funding which will be needed.” There are more than 1,100 members of BearstedWoodland Trust and the survey is available via their website www.bearst- edwoodlandtrust.org.


Home opposed PROPOSALS for a four-bed- room detached house at Hillah in Cossington Road, Walder- slade, were opposed by Boxley councillors. There were fears that the de- velopment and footprint over- whelmed the site, which is infilling in a garden, andwould have an adverse effect on the neighbours’ privacy. Members wished to see the


plans refused by Maidstone Council and requested they be reported to the planning com- mittee. Should the plan be ap- proved, the parish council asked for landscaping and traf- fic management.


Time to spend £1.1m savings A SUPPORT worker to help Maidstone’s “troubled families” and investment in employment and housing support are to be key ben- eficiaries of the town’s unspent cash. A report prepared by the council’s head of finance, Paul Riley


has itemised 22 areas where the council could make a difference. There was an underspend of £1.1m in 2011/12, which has en-


abled the council to bring forward projects which support the coun- cil’s key priorities. They include a town centre “health check” costing £50,000, a £50,000 investment in up to six affordable housing units, £60,000 for emergency accommodation as an alternative to using B&B, and £50,000 to return empty homes to use. The sum of £30,000 will be set aside to appoint an employment support co-ordinator to help get young people into jobs, and £35,000 will pay for a project manager for the second phase of the High Street refurbishment. The largest sum of £100,000 has been allocated for a street wash-


ing and scrubbing machine to maintain the granite surface in the High Street. In a bid to reduce teenage pregnancies, the council is proposing £25,000 be added to the “Don’t Abuse the Booze” project, to fund a preventative health programme for young people and £60,000 for a “troubled families” co-ordinator and a support programme. An allowance of £50,000 has been made for landscaping at Park


Wood Industrial Estate, while £30,000 has been set aside for town centre signs and maps.


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