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Farmer’s bid to New bid for Sutton Road homes
stay in caravan JOHN Smith (70) wants to re- main living in a caravan at Croft Cottage, Claygate Road, Laddingford. A planning application was submitted after Maidstone Council lodged an enforcement notice against his occupation in the caravan. Mr Smith has lived on the site since 1981, according to his supporting statement, so that he can look after the crops and to provide security. The council will determine the planning application.
Café consent WENDY Wagle has been given planning permission to set up a café in Haven Farm, North Street, Sutton Valence. She intends to convert a stor-
age building into a tearoom serving hot drinks and snacks. It would be open from 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Sunday, and there would be occasional evening groups.
Farm visit MEMBERS of East Farleigh Gardening Club and their guests enjoyed an evening visit to Poultry Farm and Little Mill Farm in Marden. They were given a tour of the organic apple orchard, hop gar- den and vineyard before a ploughman’s supper.
THE prospect of almost 900 homes being built in the Sutton Road area of Maidstone has moved closer after another two planning applications were lodged. Downs Mail reported last month that Bellway Homes had applied for permission to build 186 homes on a 5.58 hectare site bordering Gore Court Road, Park Wood, to be known as Im- perial Park. Now, an outline planning ap- plication has been submitted to Maidstone Council to build up to 600 homes, a primary school, shops and a pub on fields south of Sutton Road, between Bir- cholt Road and Langley Park driving range. Developer Taylor
Wimpey also hopes to create a community centre, allotments and a nature conservation area at the 32 hectare development, known as Langley Park, and there is the potential for offices and a care home near the site entrance. It proposes creating a roundabout in Sutton Road leading to the site. A 10m wide “woodland buffer” is planned for the devel- opment’s western boundary to separate it from Parkwood In- dustrial Estate. Buildings will be mainly two and 2.5 storeys with some three storeys. They will vary in size and style. Redrow Homes has become
the third developer to formalise its interest in new housing off
Sutton Road by submitting a screening opinion indicating it intends to apply for planning permission to build about 100 homes on 3.8 hectares of land to the east of Imperial Park. Redrow and Bellway say they are co-operating to ensure the developments proceed “in a co- ordinated manner”. The council’s emerging core strategy and local plan 2000 identified all three sites as suit- able for residential develop- ment. The council will determine both planning appli- cations and decide whether Redrow needs to carry out an environmental impact assess- ment before it can submit a full planning application.
Airmen remembered
THEannual service ofremembranceat theStaplehurstAd- vanced Landing Ground Memorial on Chickenden Farm sawrecord crowdsturn out to see theMkIXSpitfire, Spirit of Kent, perform a 15-minute display before the service. Rev Andrew Mills led the service, which remembered
the Canadian airmen who flewfrom Staplehurst in 1943. Colonel Bland,of theRCAF, laidawreath with Gerry Byrne from Tesco, which sponsored the Spitfire display, and oth- ers from the parish council and British Legion. Next year marks the 70th anniversary of the USAAF fly-
ing from the airstrip prior to D-Day, from which many of them did not return. Their names are on the memorial. Plans are underway to mark the event and it is hoped
Flags are lowered at the memorial
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