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News Aldi and drive-through scheme
sAN ALDI supermarket, two non- food stores and a drive-through fast food restaurant are planned for the junction of Hermitage Lane and the A20 London Road, near Allington. The site is next to Sainsbury’s su- perstore and the Quarry Wood re- tail park, which includes Homebase, Halfords and Currys PCWorld. Ajoint application by Hawkstone Vale and Royal British Legion In-
Town magnet
for migrants A LARGE number of the eastern European immigrants to South East England are expected to head for Maidstone, a report has claimed. The “network” effect cited in a
study suggests the county town will be the most favoured destination in the South East for Bulgarians and Romanians, following the lifting of immigration restrictions for the two countries on January 1. A report by Reading University
found that a significant number of Bulgarians and Romanians had al- ready made it into Britain, despite previous restrictions.
dustries, seeks to demolish the old post office at 203 London Road and eight vacant bungalows built in the 1920s for servicemen disabled in World War I as part of the nearby RBLI Village at Preston Hall. A number of other RBLI bunga-
lows without are still inhabited, and allotments, are not affected. Discount food store Aldi would
take the largest unit, with 1,431sqm of floorspace, while two non-food retail units of 1,115sqm and 139sqm
are planned. The restaurant would have a ground floor of 288sqm and an upper floor of 228sqm, aswell as a drive-through facility. Aldi is the only firm yet to have been named. Access to the development
would be via a new road off Her- mitage Lane, leading to parking for 130 vehicles and a rear service yard. Outline permission was granted
in 2008 for a single retail unit of 1,500sqm, an access road and park- ing for 60 cars. However, the appli-
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SIXTY-one groups have registered with a new online “dating” agency, de- signed to bring business and charity partners together. The Big Exchange, which
aims to pair up charities needing help with local com- panies, is the brainchild of Voluntary Action Maidstone (VAM) and Maidstone Coun- cil, which launched the web- site atMaidstone Studios. Representatives fromchar-
ities including the Centre for Independent Living Kent and Emilia’s Little Heart thought it was a great, much-needed idea.
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Charlotte Osborn-Forde of VAM, Clive Emson, AngelaWoodhouse of Maidstone Council and Dan Tozer of Whitehead Monckton
cants say a larger floorspace is needed to make the development viable. An area on the London Road frontage has been earmarked for a public artwork marking the RBLI’s history and links with the site. Key tenants were said to be in
place, subject to planning permis- sion being granted by Tonbridge and Malling Council. Aylesford Parish Council has raised no objec- tion to the scheme.
Homes plan
on office site WRYDevelopments has applied to build eight homes on the site of the former office block, Kent House, in Beaver Road, Allington. A car wash currently occupies
the site. To the south, the existing trans-
port yard has planning permission for 43 dwellings. To the east is Beaver Road, a furniture super- store, a pub/hotel and a park and ride site. There would be a mixture of de-
tached and semi-detached homes. Tonbridge and Malling Council will determine the outline application.
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