Homes and
store planned APROPOSAL has been submit- ted for nine homes and a con- venience store at the former ambulance station in Loose Road,Maidstone. The proposal, from Oliver
James Homes Ltd, would see the demolition of buildings and the introduction of two pairs of four-bedroom semi-detached houses facing The Farrows and a terrace of five three-bedroom houses overlooking open space to the east. The convenience store, slightly forward of Boughton Parade, would provide top-up shopping from a national re- tailer. Spaces for 13 cars would be provided to the rear. It would open from 7am-11pm, seven days a week. A supporting statement said:
“The shop unit is towards the west end of the site, in line with Boughton Parade. The ap- plication relates to develop- ment of a site adjacent to the local centre that has become va- cant following reorganisation of the ambulance service locally.” Maidstone Council will de- termine the planning applica- tion.
Palace gates plan PLANNING permission has been granted for the erection of iron gates to the central tower of Archbishop’s Palace.
Journalist to fight Weald seat
AUTHOR and journalist Jasper Gerard has won a hotly-con- tested selection battle to be- come the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary can- didate for the marginal seat of Maidstone and theWeald. Mr Gerard (45), former chief interviewer for The Sunday Times and Times leader writer, will go into battle against Helen GrantMP at the next election. At a meeting in Coxheath Vil-
lage Hall, Mr Gerard (pictured) saw off competition from seven rivals for the Lib Dem nomina- tion. Born and bred in theWeald, he says he will campaign full time in the constituency leading up to the 2015 election. He succeeds Peter Carroll,
who at the last election turned the once rock-solid Conserva- tive seat of Ann Widdecombe into a two-way marginal, with the Lib Dems coming within 6,000 votes of the Tories and
Labour a dis- tant third. Mr Gerard in-
tends to spend thenexttwo years cam- paigning on the meaty issues facing the area. “I will also focus on how we can improve local schools and oppose the
MAIDSTONE and Weald Con- servative Association is getting behind its MP Helen Grant – and counters attacks on her par- liamentary expenses claims re- garding her London apartment. In his report to the annual meeting, deputy chairman (po- litical) Stephen Paine said there had been “some unfortunate news coverage of our MP’s le- gitimate expense claims”. He added: “Those negative sto-
Developer’s bid for bigger premises DEVELOPER ChartwayGroup, based in Church Street,Tovil has ap- plied to move its HQ to the former Beds Direct site at 92-100 Upper Stone Street, Maidstone. Asupporting statement said: “The Chartway Group has been pro- viding developments locally, serving the borough in providing af- fordable units to meet this ever increasing demand. Due to the company’s growth, larger premises are now being secured, subject to the change of use permission.” The scheme, which will be determined by Maidstone Council, is for the change of use from retail to light industrial/offices.
decision of the council to axe parish funding without consul- tation.” Mr Gerard is married with
two children who both attend school in Kent. He is a former speech writer
to successive Liberal Democrat party leaders and wrote a biog- raphy of the deputy PrimeMin- ister Nick Clegg.
Tories get behind Helen’s message
ries have been kept alive by the grumblings of political oppo- nents, as well as vindictive ele- ments of the local press. “We need to quash these grumblings when we hear them and remind the public just how hard Helen is working for us. I am sure the matter will be raised at the next election so it is our duty to campaign harder than ever to get the Helen we know, and hermessage, across.”
VIP speakers INVICTA Grammar School has welcomed two VIP speakers. Sir Keith Mills, chief execu-
tive of the bid company for London Olympics 2012, told pupils about his path to suc- cess, and Maidstone MP Helen Grant spoke to sixth form stu- dents on “Democracy in School and Beyond”.
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