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HUNTON Parish Council is to get £50,000 towards the cost of a new cricket pavilion for the King GeorgeVPlaying Field. The village is the latest of 324 local


sports projects to secure a share of £17m of National Lottery funding from Sport England since 2011 that is breathing new life into commu- nity sports facilities. The existing wooden pavilion


dates from 1938. It was originally thatched and is now beyond repair. The cost of the new structure is


likely to be about £70,000, with the additional funding pledged by Hunton Wanderers Cricket Club, the parish council and KCC. Parish council chairman Roger Sawtell said: “The cricket club has done a marvellous job in helping us obtain this grant from Sport Eng-


Chairman Roger Sawtell and fellow Hunton parish councillors with Steve Jones, Simon Taylor andWanderers cricketers in front of the old pavilion


land, which receives thousands of applications every year. “The new pavilion will benefit the


whole community and, in the parish plan, villagers said that theywould like to encourage greater use of the playing field and facilities for the people of the parish.” Wanderers’ chairman Simon Tay- lor said: “To attract more users, both


to the cricket club and from the community, a better equipped and more attractive building is needed. We are delighted with the Sport England grant and thank parish councillors for their support.” The club aims to start demolish-


ing the old pavilion at the end of the coming season and have the new one in place for 2015.


Residents oppose new housing application


COXHEATH residents are taking on the parish council over a bid to build new homes, including apart- ments for the elderly. Members of RACE – Residents Against Coxheath Expansion – have handed in a petition of more than 1,200 names to Maidstone Town Hall objecting to a plan for 72


homes and 43 extra care apart- ments south of Heath Road. The parish council supports the outline plan, but members ofRACE say the village is already over- crowded and the sewerage, water supply, doctors’ surgeries and road network could not cope. Hillreed Homes’ application for


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Clockhouse Farm allows space for 180 cars and 144 bicyles. Planning consultant Alister


Humesaid: “The contemporary de- sign adopted for the Clockhouse Rise site, which adjoins the appli- cation site, gives considerable flex- ibility for a quality contemporary or more traditional design.”


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for garden homes THE former vice chairman of Langley Parish Council has resubmitted her application to Maidstone Council to build six houses on rear gardens at her home in Green Lane. Jackie Cassin’s proposal for Ye Old


Cottage was withdrawn in January after criticism from the local com- munity provoked an objection by other members of the parish council. Ms Cassin, who has since resigned


from the parish council, has resub- mitted the scheme, which includes theplantingof43trees andestab- lished shrubs to conceal the site from the wider landscape. Previous concerns for the scheme included increases in traffic, unsuit- able access and setting a precedent that could see further developments. Itwas also felt classifying the land as a garden was incorrect.


Bid to fell trees


A GROUP of nine protected sweet chestnut trees could be felled in Gravelly Bottom Road, Kingswood. A planning application says the


trees at Mickelwood are dead or declining. The proposal includes the felling of a non-protected birch tree andwork to other sweet chest- nuts and a common oak. Maid- stone Council will decide the application.


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