Traveller site


rules changed KCC HAS changed rules gov- erning a gypsy and traveller site at Coldharbour. Families who can prove a


local connection to the Ton- bridge and Malling borough will now be given priority when pitches are allocated. KCC will consider people


from outside the area in excep- tional circumstances. The deci- sion was made by KCC’s environment, highways and waste cabinet committee. The Coldharbour site, near Allington and Aylesford, will soon have 18 new pitches, which are likely to be filled by local families on a waiting list.


Loft conversion PLANS for a single-storey rear extension and loft conversion at 2 Sassoon Close, Larkfield, have been submitted to Ton- bridge andMalling Council.


House extension A REAR extension to the main house at 4 Hazelview, Adding- ton, has been proposed by An- thony Hale. Tonbridge and Malling Council will decide.


Village scheme APPROVAL has been sought from Tonbridge and Malling Council by Amberley Construc- tion for a two-storey extension at 8 Blackmans Lane, Hadlow.


Council picks up safety award


TONBRIDGE and Malling Council has received a na- tional award for its approach to occupational health and safety. The Royal Society for the Pre- vention of Accidents (RoSPA) gold awardwas presented to the council’s health and safety offi- cer Bill Parkinson, at a cere- mony in Birmingham alongside Safety and Health Expo 2013, Europe’s leading exhibition on the issue. Mr Parkinson said:“I am very pleased that we have again won a gold health and safety award. The RoSPA awards are not just about reducing the number of accidents and cases of ill-health at work; they are


SNODLANDtraders and council- lors have renewed their battle against the NatWest bank’s deci- sion to close its branch in the town on two days a week. Following a campaign sup- ported by the Chamber of Com- merce, residents and MP Tracey Crouch, the bank said in April it had deferred the part-closure for 10 weeks. However, town coun- cil chairmanAnneMoloney said the decision about when this would start appeared to have been delayed. She said: “It would be a real shame if we were to lose


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