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Gypsy plan wins backing
A BID to establish a gypsy site in Linton has been endorsed by a bor- ough councillor known for being critical of traveller developments. Lorraine Penfold has applied to site
three caravans and erect two amenity blocks on land south east of Stile- bridge Lane. Cllr Richard Thick has objected to a number of gypsy developments, par- ticularly in Headcorn, the ward he represents. In a planning committee meeting last July, he said the number of gypsies compared to those in the settled community in Maplehurst Lane, Staplehurst, constituted “forced domination”. But hewas full of praise forMsPen-
fold. In a letter to the council, he wrote: “I have known many members of Lorraine Penfold’s extended Ro-
FIVE one-bed flats are to replace a doctors’ surgery in Headcorn. The surgery is moving from its current location in Clerks Field to Grigg Lane, where it has been cre- ated as part of Golding Homes’com-
many family over the past 28 years and found them to be respectable cit- izens who have integrated well into their respective communities. “They have proved themselves to
be hard-working, decent people and I am confident that Lorraine will prove to be a good neighbour within the community where she seeks to estab- lish her home. “When Iwas made redundant from
my professional employment and was forced to undertake work where I felt insecure, Lorraine took me under her wing and helped me through what was a rather difficult period.”
Maidstone Council will determine
the planning application, which in- cludes the laying of hardstanding and construction of a driveway.
Surgery will be converted into flats
pleted development of 25 affordable homes at Hardwicks. The Clerks Field building will be
converted into residential use after Maidstone Council granted planning permission.
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Kye is guest at charity night for air ambulance
A FIVE-year-old boy whose life was saved by the Kent Air Ambulance was the special guest at an auction and raffle charity night, organised by a Coxheath man. Kye Sharrad, fromHarrietsham,was
feeding a horse at his grandfather’s stables when it swung round and knocked him over. He suffered a head injury and was airlifted to a specialist major trauma centre in London, where he underwent emergency brain sur- gery. He has since made a full recovery,
and was at Richard and Jeanette Steele’s Walnut Tree public house, in East Farleigh to draw the raffle at the annual fund-raising event in aid of the air ambulance. It was a full house at the pub and
raised £5,000, bringing the total raised at the pub for the air ambu- lance in 2013 to more than £9,000. The auctionwas organised by Steve Cloude, of Hanover Road, Coxheath, who started fund-raising seven years ago at the Bird in Hand, Coxheath, and switched to theWalnut Tree four years ago, when the former pub closed. Steve and his friends have raised more than £45,000 for the air ambu-
Kye Sharrad helps to draw the raffle tickets at theWalnut Tree
lance. A quiz night is held every Wednesday, a bonus ball competition every week and a T20 cricket match is held in the summer between the pub and Hunton andWest Farleigh cricket clubs. The charity has become the first air ambulance in the country to launch a 24-hour helicopter emergency med- ical service (HEMS). Until recently, the service could only
fly during daylight, operating from 7am to 7pm.
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